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Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing

Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing is a research topic within Marketing. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 31.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the economic analysis of retail and marketing strategies, focusing on topics such as consumer behavior, online advertising, price perception, brand loyalty, store brands, market competition, and e-commerce. It delves into the impact of various promotional tactics, the influence of store image on consumer perceptions, and the dynamics of consumer demand in the digital age.

  • Retail Economics
  • Marketing Strategies
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Online Advertising
  • Price Perception
  • Brand Loyalty
  • Store Brands
  • Market Competition
  • Consumer Choice
  • E-commerce
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
10k
per year above
Top-10% rate
31.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+1%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 1k works
  3. 3 India 349 works
  4. 4 Germany 284 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 206 works
  6. 6 Canada 140 works
  7. 7 Japan 131 works
  8. 8 France 123 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 104 works
  10. 10 Italy 104 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: 34.0%China: 27.7%India: 9.3%Germany: 7.6%6 others listed: 21.5%34%largest
United States1,279 · 34.0%China1,043 · 27.7%India349 · 9.3%Germany284 · 7.6%6 others listed809 · 21.5%

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

Which institutions lead Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Science and Technology of China publishes the most Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing research, followed by Columbia University and Cornell University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 31 works
  2. 2 Columbia UniversityUnited States 24 works
  3. 3 Cornell UniversityUnited States 24 works
  4. 4 University of ChicagoUnited States 21 works
  5. 5 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 21 works
  6. 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 20 works
  7. 7 New York UniversityUnited States 20 works
  8. 8 University of TorontoCanada 20 works
  9. 9 The University of Texas at DallasUnited States 19 works
  10. 10 Stanford UniversityUnited States 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing include Marko Sarstedt, Daron Acemoğlu and Richard Blundell.

  1. 1 Marko Sarstedt Germany 11k citations
  2. 2 Daron Acemoğlu United States 5.7k citations
  3. 3 Richard Blundell United Kingdom 5.2k citations
  4. 4 Michael I. Jordan United States 4.8k citations

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

Where is Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing research done?

The largest centres of Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 164 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 129 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 76 works
  4. 4 New York United States 68 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 68 works
  6. 6 Hong Kong China 65 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 61 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 59 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 51 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 50 works
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Where is the best place to study Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Science and Technology of China and South China University of Technology 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%20%40%mean 35.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 21, 45.5%University of Science and Technology of China: 31, 39.3%South China University of Technology: 17, 41.5%The University of Texas at Dallas: 19, 26.2%University of South Australia: 10, 37.4%Tianjin University: 15, 46.0%Renmin University of China: 16, 30.0%Zhongnan University of Economics and Law: 9, 32.0%Southwestern University of Finance and Economics: 9, 32.3%Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen: 12, 21.4%Hong Kong Polytechni…South China Universi…University of Scienc…The University of Te…
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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 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 65.545.5%4.7×21 -3.9%
2 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 62.339.3%5.2×31 +27.3%
3 South China University of TechnologyChina 59.941.5%3.2×17 +237.8%
4 The University of Texas at DallasUnited States 58.426.2%19.1×19 +28.9%
5 University of South AustraliaAustralia 58.237.4%9.4×10 +24.0%
6 Tianjin UniversityChina 56.846.0%2.6×15 +146.0%
7 Renmin University of ChinaChina 56.530.0%9.8×16 +5.2%
8 Zhongnan University of Economics and LawChina 53.432.0%17.6×9 +64.6%
9 Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina 52.932.3%12.1×9 +51.9%
10 Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenChina 52.521.4%13.1×12 +60.0%

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 Market Behavior and Pricing research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing.

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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.