Yong Lin

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yong Lin is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Lin has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Strategy and Management, 19 papers in Management Information Systems and 17 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Yong Lin's work include Service and Product Innovation (13 papers), Quality and Supply Management (12 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (12 papers). Yong Lin is often cited by papers focused on Service and Product Innovation (13 papers), Quality and Supply Management (12 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (12 papers). Yong Lin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Finland. Yong Lin's co-authors include Li Zhou, Ke Rong, Petros Ieromonachou, Truong Van Nguyen, Virginia Spiegler, Yongjiang Shi, Shihua Ma, Guangyu Hu, Liang Guo and Saara Pekkarinen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and International Journal of Production Economics.

In The Last Decade

Yong Lin

56 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Big data analytics in supply chain management: A state-of-the-art literature review

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Lin United Kingdom	21	765	531	307	274	269	60	1.5k
Xiaowei Zhu United States	18	516 0.7×	622 1.2×	301 1.0×	287 1.0×	301 1.1×	37	1.4k
Saqib Shamim United Kingdom	13	686 0.9×	680 1.3×	221 0.7×	168 0.6×	359 1.3×	26	1.6k
Jiafu Su China	23	658 0.9×	300 0.6×	320 1.0×	177 0.6×	246 0.9×	108	1.7k
Barbara Scozzi Italy	17	1.0k 1.3×	380 0.7×	444 1.4×	194 0.7×	126 0.5×	38	1.7k
Parisa Maroufkhani Australia	12	480 0.6×	495 0.9×	190 0.6×	197 0.7×	373 1.4×	17	1.4k
Vimal Kumar Taiwan	28	1.1k 1.4×	660 1.2×	337 1.1×	336 1.2×	324 1.2×	144	2.2k
Per Hilletofth Sweden	25	1.1k 1.5×	1.1k 2.1×	195 0.6×	232 0.8×	227 0.8×	150	2.1k
Christopher A. Boone United States	15	688 0.9×	949 1.8×	343 1.1×	134 0.5×	309 1.1×	24	1.7k
Harri Haapasalo Finland	24	695 0.9×	522 1.0×	205 0.7×	388 1.4×	268 1.0×	189	1.9k
Mauro Caputo Italy	24	875 1.1×	395 0.7×	189 0.6×	289 1.1×	230 0.9×	76	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Lin

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Xiaomei, et al.. (2025). Linking social exchange theory to B2B relationship innovation management: The moderating role of reciprocity. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 212. 124003–124003. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Yong, Yi Sun, Yongjiang Shi, Gu Pang, & Jing Luo. (2025). Developing resilience with modular logic for the internationalization of platform MNCs. Long Range Planning. 58(3). 102530–102530.

Lin, Yong, et al.. (2024). The impacts of digital and learning orientations on supply chain resilience. Industrial Management & Data Systems. 125(2). 535–574. 3 indexed citations

Lin, Yong, et al.. (2024). Digitalization to achieve greener healthcare supply chain. Journal of Cleaner Production. 463. 142802–142802. 7 indexed citations

He, Yuanqiong, et al.. (2023). Effects of complementors' perceived coopetition on fostering innovation: Evidence from Chinese software platforms. Industrial Marketing Management. 117. 66–78. 7 indexed citations

Lin, Yong, et al.. (2023). Simulated driving performance in abstinent heroin misusers: A comparative control study. Current Psychology. 43(6). 4856–4865.

Pang, Gu, et al.. (2023). Exploring the current status and future opportunities of blockchain technology adoption and application in supply chain management. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 2. 244–288. 26 indexed citations

Lin, Yong, et al.. (2022). Service supply chain resilience: a social-ecological perspective on last-mile delivery operations. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 43(1). 140–165. 24 indexed citations

Rong, Ke, et al.. (2020). Exploring regional innovation ecosystems: an empirical study in China. Industry and Innovation. 28(5). 545–569. 51 indexed citations

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Lin, Yong, et al.. (2018). Temporal Features of the Differentiation between Self-Name and Religious Leader Name among Christians: An ERP Study. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 2114–2114. 4 indexed citations

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Lin, Yong, et al.. (2018). Manufacturing System Evolution. 33. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, Yong, et al.. (2018). Strategic orientation of servitization in manufacturing firms and its impacts on firm performance. Industrial Management & Data Systems. 119(2). 292–316. 36 indexed citations

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Rong, Ke, et al.. (2018). Business ecosystem research agenda: more dynamic, more embedded, and more internationalized. Asian Business & Management. 17(3). 167–182. 49 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Truong Van, Li Zhou, & Yong Lin. (2016). A multi-objective, multi-product and multi-transportation mode sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design. 9. 1–6. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Yong, et al.. (2016). Smart manufacturing and supply chain management. Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich). 1–5. 9 indexed citations

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Lin, Yong, et al.. (2015). Drivers and Patterns of Supply Chain Collaboration in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Case Study on SMEs in China. Open Journal of Social Sciences. 3(7). 23–29. 5 indexed citations

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Lin, Yong, Saara Pekkarinen, & Shihua Ma. (2015). Service-dominant logic for managing the logistics-manufacturing interface. The International Journal of Logistics Management. 26(1). 195–214. 20 indexed citations

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Lin, Yong. (2013). Comparative Study on Transmission Planning Standards in China and Foreign Countries. Power System Technology. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Wei & Yong Lin. (2010). Fuzzy-based multi-objective optimization of DMFC system efficiencies. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 35(18). 9701–9708. 14 indexed citations

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Lin, Yong. (2000). Choice of Collaborative Partner Based on Supply Chain. Logistics Technology. 1 indexed citations

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