Ronald H. Ballou

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Ronald H. Ballou is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Information Systems and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald H. Ballou has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 15 papers in Management Information Systems and 9 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Ronald H. Ballou's work include Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (11 papers), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (9 papers) and Quality and Supply Management (9 papers). Ronald H. Ballou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (11 papers), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (9 papers) and Quality and Supply Management (9 papers). Ronald H. Ballou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and India. Ronald H. Ballou's co-authors include D. Daryl Wyckoff, Stephen M. Gilbert, Kamlesh Mathur, Ahmad M. Alshamrani, Noriaki Sakai, Apostolos Burnetas, Yogesh K. Agarwal, James Piercy, James M. Masters and James L. Heskett and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Ronald H. Ballou

49 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Business Logistics Management 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Business Logistics Management
    1973 520 citations Ronald H. Ballou et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald H. Ballou United States 24 1.3k 988 921 487 398 50 2.8k
James H. Bookbinder Canada 29 1.3k 1.0× 628 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 631 1.3× 133 0.3× 103 2.6k
R. Sridharan India 27 832 0.6× 970 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 249 0.5× 427 1.1× 121 2.8k
Yossi Sheffi United States 22 2.0k 1.5× 2.3k 2.3× 500 0.5× 370 0.8× 202 0.5× 42 3.7k
George Ioannou Greece 24 477 0.4× 705 0.7× 855 0.9× 255 0.5× 203 0.5× 79 2.3k
Alessandro Perego Italy 33 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 669 0.7× 671 1.4× 77 0.2× 79 3.4k
Warren H. Hausman United States 29 1.6k 1.3× 893 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 393 0.8× 87 0.2× 65 3.4k
J.A.E.E. van Nunen Netherlands 20 1.1k 0.9× 2.1k 2.2× 641 0.7× 213 0.4× 89 0.2× 41 3.0k
Donald J. Bowersox United States 23 2.4k 1.9× 1.8k 1.8× 669 0.7× 318 0.7× 411 1.0× 54 4.0k
Ramchandran Jaikumar United States 15 366 0.3× 353 0.4× 1.5k 1.6× 394 0.8× 164 0.4× 37 2.3k
Qiuhong Zhao China 24 532 0.4× 647 0.7× 862 0.9× 325 0.7× 128 0.3× 100 2.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (2007). The evolution and future of logistics and supply chain management. European Business Review. 19(4). 332–348. 262 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (2004). Logística : administración de la cadena de suministro. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 25 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (2004). Business logistics/supply chain management : planning, organizing, and controlling the supply chain. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 121 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (2004). Business Logistics/Supply Chain Management -5/E. 174 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H., et al.. (2002). Selected country circuity factors for road travel distance estimation. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 36(9). 843–848. 71 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (2001). Unresolved Issues in Supply Chain Network Design. Information Systems Frontiers. 3(4). 417–426. 63 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (2000). Evaluating inventory management performance using a turnover curve. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management. 30(1). 72–85. 35 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (1999). Business logistics management : planning, organizing, and controlling the supply chain. University of Maribor digital library (University of Maribor). 171 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Stephen M. & Ronald H. Ballou. (1999). Supply chain benefits from advanced customer commitments. Journal of Operations Management. 18(1). 61–73. 83 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H., et al.. (1996). WAREHOUSE LOCATION WITH UNCERTAIN STOCK AVAILABILITY.. Journal of Business Logistics. 10 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (1994). Measuring transport costing error in customer aggregation for facility location. Transportation Journal. 33(3). 49–59. 18 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H. & James M. Masters. (1991). A SURVEY OF COMMERCIAL-GRADE WAREHOUSE LOCATION MODELS.. 3 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (1990). A CONTINUED COMPARISON OF SEVERAL POPULAR ALGORITHMS FOR VEHICLE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING. Journal of Business Logistics. 11(1). 12 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (1989). HEURISTICS : RULES OF THUMB FOR LOGISTICS DECISION MAKING. Journal of Business Logistics. 10(1). 18 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H. & Yogesh K. Agarwal. (1988). A PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF SEVERAL POPULAR ALGORITHMS FOR VEHICLE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING. Journal of Business Logistics. 9(1). 16 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (1984). DISPLAN: A multiproduct plant/warehouse location model with nonlinear inventory costs. Journal of Operations Management. 5(1). 75–90. 11 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H.. (1981). Estimating and auditing aggregate inventory levels at multiple stocking points. Journal of Operations Management. 1(3). 143–153. 23 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H., et al.. (1980). MSVS: AN EXTENDED COMPUTER MODEL FOR TRANSPORT MODE SELECTION. Logistics and transportation review. 16(4). 5 indexed citations
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Piercy, James & Ronald H. Ballou. (1978). A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FREIGHT TRANSPORT MODES. Logistics and transportation review. 14(2). 7 indexed citations
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Ballou, Ronald H. & James Piercy. (1974). A SURVEY OF CURRENT STATUS AND TRENDS IN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS EDUCATION. Transportation Journal. 14(2). 7 indexed citations

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