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Researcher · University of Exeter · United Kingdom

John Bessant

John Bessant publishes mostly in Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Management Information Systems, on topics such as Innovation and Knowledge Management, Quality and Supply Management and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development.

ORCID 0000-0002-5040-4949 OpenAlex
World rank
#31,126
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,386
of 367,258
Works
442
Citations
23k
Citations per work
51.5
h-index
60
i10-index 155Top 0.3% in Strategy and Management
John Bessant

What does John Bessant research?

John Bessant's work is mostly in Business, Management and Accounting (43%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%), Engineering (4%).

Social Sciences: 231 works · 52.2% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 189 works · 42.8% of their workStrategy and Management: 100 works · 22.6% of their workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 57 works · 13.0% of their workManagement Information Systems: 32 works · 7.2% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 works · 5.3% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 works · 5.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 18 works · 4.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 18 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 193 works · 43.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 19 works · 4.2% of their workEngineering: 19 works · 4.2% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 works · 4.2% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn Bessant442works
Physical Sciences4%Social Sciences52%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting18942.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance235.3%
    3. Social Sciences184.1%
  2. Everything else19343.6%
    1. Engineering194.2%
  1. 1Strategy and Management23% of their works
  2. 2Management of Technology and Innovation13% of their works
  3. 3Management Information Systems7% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics5% of their works
  5. 5Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John Bessant's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Strategic Alliances, Social Capital, Dynamic Capabilities, Knowledge Transfer, Smart Specialization, Innovation Ecosystem, Lean Manufacturing and Open Innovation.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Strategic Alliances1392 topics
  2. Social Capital1322 topics
  3. Dynamic Capabilities1101 topic
  4. Knowledge Transfer1101 topic
  5. Smart Specialization592 topics
  6. Innovation Ecosystem321 topic
  7. Lean Manufacturing321 topic
  8. Open Innovation321 topic
  9. Quadruple Helix321 topic
  10. Supply Chain Management321 topic
  11. User-Centric Design321 topic
  12. Business Networks291 topic
  13. Coopetition291 topic
  14. Emerging Markets271 topic
  15. European Union Cohesion Policy271 topic
  16. Frugal Innovation271 topic
  17. Regional Growth271 topic
  18. Entrepreneurial Orientation221 topic
  19. Opportunity Recognition221 topic

Where does John Bessant work?

John Bessant's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Exeter, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does John Bessant have?

OpenAlex counts 442 works and 22,773 citations for John Bessant, an h-index of 60, ranking #31,126 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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