Sue Holwell

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Sue Holwell is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Sue Holwell has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Sue Holwell's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (6 papers), Cognitive Science and Mapping (3 papers) and Information Systems Theories and Implementation (3 papers). Sue Holwell is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (6 papers), Cognitive Science and Mapping (3 papers) and Information Systems Theories and Implementation (3 papers). Sue Holwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong. Sue Holwell's co-authors include Peter Checkland, Ann Taket, Martin Reynolds, Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto, Ray Ison, Chris Blackmore and Kevin Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Operational Research Society, Information Systems Journal and Systemic Practice and Action Research.

In The Last Decade

Sue Holwell

9 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Information, Systems and Information Systems-Making Sense of the Field.

1999 616 citations Ann Taket, Peter Checkland et al. Journal of the Operational Research Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sue Holwell United Kingdom	9	703	546	390	230	229	9	1.7k
Thomas Gough United Kingdom	9	1.2k 1.7×	619 1.1×	472 1.2×	232 1.0×	413 1.8×	28	2.5k
Luis F. Luna‐Reyes United States	27	575 0.8×	689 1.3×	421 1.1×	355 1.5×	352 1.5×	170	3.1k
Anthony M. Cresswell United States	20	264 0.4×	483 0.9×	342 0.9×	172 0.7×	186 0.8×	48	1.8k
Yuqiang Feng China	26	454 0.6×	445 0.8×	311 0.8×	251 1.1×	479 2.1×	123	2.1k
James F. Courtney United States	25	719 1.0×	566 1.0×	876 2.2×	507 2.2×	635 2.8×	88	3.0k
Chorng‐Shyong Ong Taiwan	20	336 0.5×	541 1.0×	240 0.6×	192 0.8×	411 1.8×	49	2.4k
Raúl Espejo United Kingdom	17	718 1.0×	327 0.6×	148 0.4×	251 1.1×	155 0.7×	68	1.2k
Vincent S. Lai Hong Kong	23	433 0.6×	962 1.8×	573 1.5×	541 2.4×	210 0.9×	61	2.8k
Murugan Anandarajan United States	23	235 0.3×	521 1.0×	245 0.6×	163 0.7×	268 1.2×	51	1.7k
James C. Hershauer United States	12	775 1.1×	298 0.5×	855 2.2×	678 2.9×	362 1.6×	33	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Sue Holwell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sue Holwell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sue Holwell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sue Holwell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sue Holwell 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 Sue Holwell. Sue Holwell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

1.

Reynolds, Martin & Sue Holwell. (2020). Systems Approaches to Making Change: A Practical Guide. Open Research Online (The Open University). 52 indexed citations

2.

Ison, Ray, Chris Blackmore, Kevin Collins, Sue Holwell, & Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto. (2012). Insights into Operationalizing Communities of Practice from SSM-Based Inquiry Processes. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 27(2). 91–113. 20 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Martin & Sue Holwell. (2010). Systems Approaches to Managing Change: A Practical Guide. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 269 indexed citations

4.

Holwell, Sue. (2000). Soft Systems Methodology: Other Voices. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 13(6). 773–797. 25 indexed citations

5.

Taket, Ann, Peter Checkland, & Sue Holwell. (1999). Information, Systems and Information Systems-Making Sense of the Field.. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 50(5). 554–554. 616 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Checkland, Peter & Sue Holwell. (1998). Action Research: Its Nature and Validity. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 11(1). 9–21. 443 indexed citations

7.

Holwell, Sue & Peter Checkland. (1998). An information system won the war. IEE Proceedings - Software. 145(4). 95–95. 8 indexed citations

8.

Checkland, Peter & Sue Holwell. (1997). Information, Systems and Information Systems. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 282 indexed citations

9.

Checkland, Peter & Sue Holwell. (1993). Information management and organizational processes: an approach through soft systems methodology. Information Systems Journal. 3(1). 3–16. 27 indexed citations

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