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Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification

Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification is a research topic within Marketing. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 36.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores various aspects of consumer behavior in relation to brand consumption, including brand trust, brand community, consumer culture theory, brand attachment, luxury brands, materialism, sponsorship effects, and ethnocentrism. It delves into the factors influencing consumer perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors towards brands, with a particular focus on the emotional and psychological connections individuals form with brands.

  • Brand Trust
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Brand Equity
  • Brand Community
  • Consumer Culture Theory
  • Brand Attachment
  • Luxury Brands
  • Materialism
  • Sponsorship Effects
  • Ethnocentrism
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
16k
per year above
Top-10% rate
36.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 1.4k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 1.4k works
  3. 3 India 971 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 782 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 653 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 500 works
  7. 7 Germany 345 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 291 works
  9. 9 Australia 285 works
  10. 10 South Korea 279 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 21.2%China: 19.8%India: 14.0%Indonesia: 11.2%6 others listed: 33.8%21%largest
United States1,475 · 21.2%China1,374 · 19.8%India971 · 14.0%Indonesia782 · 11.2%6 others listed2,353 · 33.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Binus University publishes the most Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification research, followed by Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Symbiosis International University.

Who are the leading researchers in Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification include Marko Sarstedt, Christian M. Ringle and Jörg Henseler.

  1. 1 Marko Sarstedt Germany 11k citations
  2. 2 Christian M. Ringle Germany 11k citations
  3. 3 Jörg Henseler Netherlands 7.6k citations
  4. 4 Richard E. Petty United States 4.2k citations
  5. 5 Joe F. Hair United States 4.1k citations
  6. 6 Joseph F. Hair United States 3.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification research done?

The largest centres of Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Macao.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 177 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 177 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 173 works
  4. 4 Istanbul Türkiye 147 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 130 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 108 works
  7. 7 Bandung Indonesia 103 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 103 works
  9. 9 Hong Kong China 85 works
  10. 10 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 83 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MacaoCN · 81.5 works9.2×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification?

Among universities, judged by research, Sunway University, City University of Macau and Taylor's University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%50%100%mean 56.85%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sunway University: 12, 72.2%City University of Macau: 24, 67.4%Taylor's University: 12, 57.8%Sejong University: 17, 66.2%Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa: 16, 55.5%Jaipuria Institute of Management: 14, 52.0%Symbiosis International University: 37, 27.6%University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City: 24, 52.9%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 47, 64.7%University of Business and Technology: 11, 52.2%Sunway UniversityCity University of M…Sejong UniversityTaylor's University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Sunway UniversityMalaysia 82.872.2%11.5×12 +208.0%
2 City University of MacauMacau 79.867.4%14.0×24
3 Taylor's UniversityMalaysia 74.357.8%12.9×12 +231.1%
4 Sejong UniversitySouth Korea 74.166.2%8.1×17 +167.9%
5 Iscte – Instituto Universitário de LisboaPortugal 73.655.5%15.9×16 +196.3%
6 Jaipuria Institute of ManagementIndia 71.352.0%43.4×14 +254.4%
7 Symbiosis International UniversityIndia 69.927.6%9.9×37 +433.4%
8 University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 68.652.9%28.6×24
9 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 68.364.7%4.8×47 -9.6%
10 University of Business and TechnologySaudi Arabia 66.452.2%10.7×11

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.