Nigel Slack

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nigel Slack is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Slack has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Management Information Systems, 14 papers in Strategy and Management and 10 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nigel Slack's work include Quality and Supply Management (15 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (12 papers) and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (8 papers). Nigel Slack is often cited by papers focused on Quality and Supply Management (15 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (12 papers) and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (8 papers). Nigel Slack collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Denmark. Nigel Slack's co-authors include Stuart Chambers, Robert B. Johnston, Michael Lewis, Robert Johnston, Giovani J.C. da Silveira, Ray Wild, Alistair Brandon‐Jones, Henrique Luiz Corrêa, Geoff Buxey and Alan Betts and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Cancer, International Journal of Production Research and International Journal of Operations & Production Management.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Slack

47 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Operations Management

1995 1.1k citations Nigel Slack, Stuart Chambers et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel Slack United Kingdom	21	1.8k	1.4k	699	609	607	48	3.5k
Donald J. Bowersox United States	23	2.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	669 1.0×	567 0.9×	569 0.9×	54	4.0k
G. Keong Leong United States	29	2.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	481 0.7×	527 0.9×	498 0.8×	53	3.7k
Damodar Y. Golhar United States	17	1.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	337 0.5×	307 0.5×	591 1.0×	44	3.0k
Mark Frohlich United Kingdom	7	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	404 0.6×	478 0.8×	413 0.7×	9	3.2k
Robert J. Vokurka United States	20	2.4k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	356 0.5×	588 1.0×	548 0.9×	45	4.0k
Roy Westbrook United Kingdom	13	2.6k 1.4×	2.5k 1.8×	291 0.4×	528 0.9×	558 0.9×	19	4.1k
David J. Closs United States	34	3.4k 1.9×	2.9k 2.0×	630 0.9×	504 0.8×	549 0.9×	56	5.3k
Jaideep Motwani United States	34	2.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	396 0.6×	637 1.0×	685 1.1×	174	3.9k
Sunder Kekre United States	28	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	596 0.9×	583 1.0×	637 1.0×	62	3.8k
Lee J. Krajewski United States	22	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	827 1.2×	439 0.7×	586 1.0×	46	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nigel Slack

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All Works

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Brandon‐Jones, Alistair, Niall Piercy, & Nigel Slack. (2012). Bringing teaching to life. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 32(12). 1369–1374. 12 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel, Stuart Chambers, & Robert Johnston. (2009). Administração da Produção. 136 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel & Michael Lewis. (2008). Operations Strategy (2nd ed.). British Journal of Cancer. 89(4). 653–9. 27 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel, et al.. (2007). Valuepack:Operations Management/Management Accounting for Decision Makers/Companion Website with Gradetracker Student Access Card:Operations Mngt 5e/Atrill Management Accounting for Decision Makers.

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Slack, Nigel & Michael Lewis. (2005). Towards a definitional model of business process technology. International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking. 1(1). 3–3. 6 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel, et al.. (2004). The two worlds of operations management research and practice. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 24(4). 372–387. 127 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel. (2000). Flexibility, trade-offs and learning in manufacturing system design. International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management. 1(4/5). 331–331. 8 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel. (1999). The Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of operations management. 22 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel. (1994). The Importance‐Performance Matrix as a Determinant of ImprovementPriority. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 14(5). 59–75. 315 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel. (1994). A Review of: “ Managing for Total Quality: From Deming to Taguchi and SPC”. By N. LOGOTHETIS (Prentice Hall, 1992) [Pp.xv + 447] Price: £24·95.. International Journal of Production Research. 32(7). 1754–1754. 1 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel. (1988). Manufacturing systems flexibility - an assessment procedure. Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems. 1(1). 25–31. 59 indexed citations

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Armistead, Colin, Robert B. Johnston, & Nigel Slack. (1988). The Strategic Determinants of Service Productivity. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 8(3). 95–108. 15 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel. (1987). The Flexibility of Manufacturing Systems. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 7(4). 35–45. 435 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel. (1983). Flexibility as a Manufacturing Objective. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 3(3). 4–13. 313 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel, et al.. (1980). The nonsteady-state performance of unpaced manual assembly lines. International Journal of Production Research. 18(5). 583–595. 8 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel & Ray Wild. (1975). Production flow line and ‘ collective ’ working: a comparison. International Journal of Production Research. 13(4). 411–418. 6 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel. (1973). Assembly lines-some determinants of unpaced operating efficiency. Production Engineer. 52(6). 215–218. 2 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel. (1973). Assembly lines—some determinants of unpaced operating efficiency. Production Engineer. 52(6). 215–215. 2 indexed citations

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Buxey, Geoff, Nigel Slack, & Ray Wild. (1973). Production Flow Line System Design–A Review. A I I E Transactions. 5(1). 37–48. 78 indexed citations

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Slack, Nigel, et al.. (1972). A note on the operating characteristics of‘ balanced’ and ‘ unbalanced’ production flow lines. International Journal of Production Research. 10(1). 93–98. 57 indexed citations

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