2026 J. Jeffrey Inman: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	50	968	903	420	384	134	18206

Overview

J. Jeffrey Inman is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their scholarly work intersects the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Social Sciences, contributing primarily to Marketing, Sociology and Political Science, Management Information Systems, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Social Psychology.

The research focuses on several main topics, including:

Digital Marketing and Social Media
Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Sharing Economy and Platforms
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Cultural Differences and Values

J. Jeffrey Inman's recent publications include:

"In Times of Trouble: A Framework for Understanding Consumers' Responses to Threats," 2020, Journal of Consumer Research
"How consumer digital signals are reshaping the customer journey," 2022, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
"Wordify: A Tool for Discovering and Differentiating Consumer Vocabularies," 2021, Journal of Consumer Research
"Consumer Health in the Digital Age," 2021, Journal of the Association for Consumer Research
"Identifying Emotions in Images and Their Effects on Donation Behavior in Online Crowdsourcing Platforms," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Their frequent co-authors comprise:

Elham Yazdani
Anindita Chakravarty
David A. Schweidel
Margaret C. Campbell
Amna Kirmani

Publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

Journal of Consumer Research
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of the Association for Consumer Research
International Journal of Research in Marketing

Best Publications

From Multi-Channel Retailing to Omni-Channel Retailing: Introduction to the Special Issue on Multi-Channel Retailing

Peter C. Verhoef;P.K. Kannan;J. Jeffrey Inman

2841
Citations
Why Switch? Product Category–Level Explanations for True Variety-Seeking Behavior:

Hans C. M. Van Trijp;Wayne D. Hoyer;J. Jeffrey Inman

984
Citations
Promotion Signal: Proxy for a Price Cut?

J. Jeffrey Inman;Leigh McAlister;Wayne D. Hoyer

781
Citations
The Interplay Among Category Characteristics, Customer Characteristics, and Customer Activities on In-Store Decision Making

J. Jeffrey Inman;Russell S . Winer;Rosellina Ferraro

754
Citations
Innovations in Shopper Marketing: Current Insights and Future Research Issues

Venkatesh Shankar;J. Jeffrey Inman;Murali Mantrala;Eileen Kelley

716
Citations
A Generalized Utility Model of Disappointment and Regret Effects on Post-Choice Valuation

J. Jeffrey Inman;James S. Dyer;Jianmin Jia

650
Citations
What You Don'T Know About Customer-Perceived Quality: the Role of Customer Expectation Distributions

Roland T. Rust;J. Jeffrey Inman;Jianmin Jia;Anthony Zahorik

637
Citations
Regret in repeat purchase versus switching decisions: The attenuating role of decision justifiability

J.J. Inman;M. Zeelenberg

627
Citations
Regret in Repeat Purchase versus Switching Decisions: The Attenuating Role of Decision Justifiability

J. Jeffrey Inman;Marcel Zeelenberg

626
Citations
Situational price sensitivity: the role of consumption occasion, social context and income

Kirk L Wakefield;J.Jeffrey Inman

618
Citations
Framing the Deal: The Role of Restrictions in Accentuating Deal Value

J. Jeffrey Inman;Anil C. Peter;Priya Raghubir

614
Citations
Shopper-Facing Retail Technology: A Retailer Adoption Decision Framework Incorporating Shopper Attitudes and Privacy Concerns

J. Jeffrey Inman;Hristina Nikolova

584
Citations
The Influence of Incidental Affect on Consumers’ Food Intake:

Nitika Garg;Brian Wansink;J. Jeffrey Inman

523
Citations
The Effect of In-Store Travel Distance on Unplanned Spending: Applications to Mobile Promotion Strategies

Sam K. Hui;J. Jeffrey Inman;Yanliu Huang;Jacob Suher

460
Citations
The Role of Sensory‐Specific Satiety in Attribute‐Level Variety Seeking

J. Jeffrey Inman

384
Citations
A Meta-Analysis of Relationships between Ad-Evoked Feelings and Advertising Responses:

Steven P. Brown;Pamela M. Homer;J. Jeffrey Inman

374
Citations
Promotion has a negative effect on brand evaluations—or does it? Additional disconfirming evidence.

Scott Davis;J. Jeffrey Inman;Leigh McAlister

351
Citations
Why Switch? Product Category: Level Explanations for True Variety-Seeking Behavior

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351
Citations
The Roles of Channel-Category Associations and Geodemographics in Channel Patronage:

J. Jeffrey Inman;Venkatesh Shankar;Rosellina Ferraro

311
Citations
Planning to Make Unplanned Purchases? The Role of In-Store Slack in Budget Deviation

Karen M. Stilley;J. Jeffrey Inman;Kirk L. Wakefield

280
Citations
Do coupon expiration dates affect consumer behavior

J. Jeffrey Inman;Leigh McAlister

273
Citations
The Role of Firm Resources in Returns to Market Deployment

Rebecca J. Slotegraaf;Christine Moorman;J. Jeffrey Inman

262
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Hulland University of Georgia

Leigh McAlister The University of Texas at Austin

Vikas Mittal Rice University

Venkatesh Shankar Southern Methodist University

Kirk L. Wakefield Baylor University

Marcel Zeelenberg Tilburg University

Russell S. Winer New York University

Francesca Gino Harvard University

Linda L. Price University of Wyoming

Michel Tuan Pham Columbia University

External Links

Personal website of J. Jeffrey Inman Google Scholar page

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