Simon Croom

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Simon Croom is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Croom has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Strategy and Management, 17 papers in Management Information Systems and 4 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Simon Croom's work include Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (14 papers), Quality and Supply Management (10 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (8 papers). Simon Croom is often cited by papers focused on Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (14 papers), Quality and Supply Management (10 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (8 papers). Simon Croom collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Simon Croom's co-authors include Mihalis Giannakis, Pietro Romano, Alistair Brandon‐Jones, Robert B. Johnston, Natalia Vidal, Donna Marshall, Lucy McCarthy, Alan Betts, Dawei Lü and John Ramsay and has published in prestigious journals such as Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of the Association for Information Systems and International Journal of Operations & Production Management.

In The Last Decade

Simon Croom

30 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Supply chain management: an analytical framework for crit... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Supply chain management: an analytical framework for critical literature review
    2000 620 citations Simon Croom, Pietro Romano et al. Institutional Research Information System (University of Udine) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Croom United Kingdom 16 1.3k 1.2k 278 245 224 31 2.0k
Stefano Ronchi Italy 27 1.3k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 100 0.4× 293 1.2× 248 1.1× 69 2.1k
Nigel Caldwell United Kingdom 20 1.2k 1.0× 858 0.7× 109 0.4× 267 1.1× 220 1.0× 59 1.9k
Erkan Bayraktar Türkiye 19 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 173 0.6× 291 1.2× 426 1.9× 37 2.0k
Élisabeth Lefebvre Canada 23 865 0.7× 503 0.4× 281 1.0× 136 0.6× 161 0.7× 87 1.8k
Christine Harland United Kingdom 24 2.3k 1.8× 2.0k 1.7× 108 0.4× 427 1.7× 334 1.5× 45 3.2k
Ismail Sila Cyprus 15 1.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 235 0.8× 334 1.4× 286 1.3× 30 2.2k
Arash Azadegan United States 24 1.8k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 109 0.4× 196 0.8× 378 1.7× 47 2.4k
Edward Bernroider Austria 20 486 0.4× 709 0.6× 283 1.0× 200 0.8× 88 0.4× 54 1.6k
Bruce Dehning United States 17 920 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 325 1.2× 189 0.8× 85 0.4× 45 1.9k
Jens Dibbern Switzerland 17 972 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 224 0.8× 152 0.6× 254 1.1× 73 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Croom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Croom

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Croom. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Croom based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Simon Croom. Simon Croom is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Vidal, Natalia, et al.. (2022). Supply chain stakeholder pressure for the adoption of sustainable supply chain practices: examining the roles of entrepreneurial and sustainability orientations. Supply Chain Management An International Journal. 28(3). 598–618. 30 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon, et al.. (2021). Psychometric properties of the psychopathic personality inventory: Application to high-functioning business population. Current Psychology. 42(1). 460–469. 2 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon, et al.. (2021). Personality differences and buyer-supplier relationships: Psychopathy in executives, gender differences and implications for future research. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 27(4). 100721–100721. 5 indexed citations
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Vidal, Natalia, et al.. (2020). Stakeholder Pressure for the Adoption of Sustainable Supply Chain Practices. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2020(1). 21798–21798. 1 indexed citations
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Fritzon, Katarina, et al.. (2019). Corporate Psychopathy: Investigating Destructive Personalities in the Workplace. 3 indexed citations
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Vidal, Natalia & Simon Croom. (2018). Integrating Sustainable Practices Within Supply Chain Management: A Systems Perspective. 92–106. 2 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon, et al.. (2016). Does customer or competitor performance drive operations prioritisation?. Production Planning & Control. 1–15. 2 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon, et al.. (2016). The Impact of Responsible Practices on Operations Outcomes: a Study of US companies.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2016(1). 10453–10453. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Dawei, Alan Betts, & Simon Croom. (2011). Re-investigating business excellence: Values, measures and a framework. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence. 22(12). 1263–1276. 50 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon. (2010). Introduction to Research Methodology in Operations Management. 56–97. 22 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon & Alistair Brandon‐Jones. (2007). Impact of e-procurement: Experiences from implementation in the UK public sector. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 13(4). 294–303. 145 indexed citations
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Secchi, Raffaele, et al.. (2007). Exploring the impact of a supplier portal on the buyer–supplier relationship. The case of Ferrari Auto. Industrial Marketing Management. 36(7). 1010–1017. 20 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon. (2005). The impact of e‐business on supply chain management. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 25(1). 55–73. 123 indexed citations
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Giannakis, Mihalis & Simon Croom. (2004). Toward the Development of a Supply Chain Management Paradigm: A Conceptual Framework. Journal of Supply Chain Management. 40(1). 27–37. 96 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon & Robert B. Johnston. (2002). Internal Customer Service: The Potential for E-Service. Journal of the Association for Information Systems.
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Croom, Simon. (2001). Restructuring supply chains through information channel innovation. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 21(4). 504–515. 98 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon, et al.. (2001). Retaining architectural knowledge within automotive design chains. International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management. 1(2/3). 217–217. 4 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon, Pietro Romano, & Mihalis Giannakis. (2000). Supply chain management: an analytical framework for critical literature review. Institutional Research Information System (University of Udine). 6(1). 67–83. 620 indexed citations breakdown →
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Croom, Simon, et al.. (2000). Managing Operations Improvements through Relational Capabilities in the Context of Small-Firm Networks. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 3(1). 83–96. 7 indexed citations
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Croom, Simon, et al.. (1997). The development of strategic capabilities ‐ an interaction view. Integrated Manufacturing Systems. 8(5). 299–312. 22 indexed citations

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