W. Mason

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 691 citations indexed

About

W. Mason is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Mason has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 691 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Strategy and Management, 1 paper in Management Information Systems and 1 paper in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in W. Mason's work include Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (1 paper), Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper) and Accounting and Organizational Management (1 paper). W. Mason is often cited by papers focused on Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (1 paper), Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 paper) and Accounting and Organizational Management (1 paper). W. Mason collaborates with scholars based in . W. Mason's co-authors include Robert S. Kaplan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Operational Research Society and Operational Research Quarterly (1970-1977).

In The Last Decade

W. Mason

13 papers receiving 547 citations

Hit Papers

Advanced Management Accounting 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 200 400 600
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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. Advanced Management Accounting
    1983 617 citations W. Mason, Robert S. Kaplan 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Mason 5 302 255 201 151 124 17 691
John K. Shank United States 10 319 1.1× 175 0.7× 260 1.3× 96 0.6× 49 0.4× 26 604
Werner Bruggeman Belgium 16 458 1.5× 158 0.6× 250 1.2× 209 1.4× 75 0.6× 34 839
Wayne G. Bremser United States 12 297 1.0× 239 0.9× 236 1.2× 83 0.5× 66 0.5× 28 634
Davood Askarany New Zealand 14 348 1.2× 295 1.2× 251 1.2× 131 0.9× 63 0.5× 79 705
Tony Grundy United Kingdom 13 119 0.4× 57 0.2× 238 1.2× 140 0.9× 75 0.6× 40 509
Carl A. Scheraga United States 14 52 0.2× 203 0.8× 217 1.1× 180 1.2× 168 1.4× 37 602
Ned C. Hill United States 11 123 0.4× 377 1.5× 280 1.4× 23 0.2× 111 0.9× 15 635
Martin Putterill New Zealand 10 225 0.7× 51 0.2× 183 0.9× 140 0.9× 48 0.4× 17 446
Robin Robin Indonesia 8 193 0.6× 151 0.6× 184 0.9× 93 0.6× 56 0.5× 64 533
James Hodson United States 8 119 0.4× 203 0.8× 118 0.6× 143 0.9× 254 2.0× 18 702

Countries citing papers authored by W. Mason

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Mason

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Mason

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Mason, W.. (1990). Modern Business Statistics. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 41(7). 647–647. 6 indexed citations
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Mason, W., et al.. (1983). How to Write Effective Reports. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 34(11). 1130–1130. 1 indexed citations
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Mason, W. & Robert S. Kaplan. (1983). Advanced Management Accounting. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 34(2). 176–176. 617 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mason, W.. (1983). Advanced Management Accounting. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 34(2). 176–177. 27 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1982). The Adaptive Organisation. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 33(11). 1050–1051. 1 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1982). Management Control (2nd Edition). Journal of the Operational Research Society. 33(6). 594–594. 2 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1980). Modern Managerial Finance. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 31(1). 86–86. 2 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1978). Management Planning and Control in Inflation. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 29(9). 932–933. 1 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1976). Quantitative Approaches to Management (Third Edition). Journal of the Operational Research Society. 27(3). 783–784. 2 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1976). On the Nature of Organisations. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 27(1). 141–142. 3 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1975). Case Studies in Management Accounting.. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 26(2). 463–464. 2 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1975). Financial Control: A Systems Approach.. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 26(3). 668–669.
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Mason, W.. (1974). An Introduction to Production and Inventory Control. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 25(3). 510–511. 2 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1974). Management Control and Information. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 25(3). 506–507. 19 indexed citations
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Mason, W., et al.. (1974). Management Control and Information. Operational Research Quarterly (1970-1977). 25(3). 506–506. 2 indexed citations
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Mason, W.. (1974). New Thinking in Management. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 25(3). 504–505.
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Mason, W., et al.. (1972). Managing for Profit -- The Added Value Concept. Operational Research Quarterly (1970-1977). 23(4). 603–603. 4 indexed citations

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