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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 54 760 703 337 305 226 19568

John Cantwell publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by John Cantwell between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. John Cantwell published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 5.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2024. 25 of the 297 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2024. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 9 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 5 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 14 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 15 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 9 publications
1970 2025

297 publications in total across all disciplines

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John Cantwell: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 1
1987 9
1988 2
1989 4
1990 0
1991 3
1992 2
1993 3
1994 1
1995 5
1996 1
1997 0
1998 9
1999 9
2000 14
2001 9
2002 15
2003 12
2004 13
2005 13
2006 14
2007 5
2008 7
2009 9
2010 4
2011 9
2012 5
2013 15
2014 11
2015 10
2016 11
2017 5
2018 9
2019 9
2020 6
2021 2
2022 8
2023 4
2024 16
2025 9
Total 297
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John Cantwell publications per year - data summary

  • John Cantwell, a Business and Management scholar from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has 297 publications recorded across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1970 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 16 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1970, 1976, 1983, 1985 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 14 of the 56 years in the span carry no publications at all (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 5.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.1 per year counting only the 42 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 39 publications, 13% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1970-1988: 16 publications (0.8 per year); 1989-2007: 132 publications (6.9 per year); 2008-2025: 149 publications (8.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

John Cantwell publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Cantwell sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 35–39 to 436+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 122. Most scientists, 122, have 95–99 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 225–229 publications, is where this scientist sits. 35–39 publications: 2 scientists 40–44 publications: 2 scientists 45–49 publications: 5 scientists 50–54 publications: 20 scientists 55–59 publications: 39 scientists 60–64 publications: 66 scientists 65–69 publications: 52 scientists 70–74 publications: 80 scientists 75–79 publications: 83 scientists 80–84 publications: 116 scientists 85–89 publications: 94 scientists 90–94 publications: 111 scientists 95–99 publications: 122 scientists 100–104 publications: 104 scientists 105–109 publications: 113 scientists 110–114 publications: 96 scientists 115–119 publications: 97 scientists 120–124 publications: 112 scientists 125–129 publications: 93 scientists 130–134 publications: 79 scientists 135–139 publications: 69 scientists 140–144 publications: 80 scientists 145–149 publications: 81 scientists 150–154 publications: 85 scientists 155–159 publications: 50 scientists 160–164 publications: 74 scientists 165–169 publications: 61 scientists 170–174 publications: 40 scientists 175–179 publications: 44 scientists 180–184 publications: 47 scientists 185–189 publications: 59 scientists 190–194 publications: 35 scientists 195–199 publications: 37 scientists 200–204 publications: 49 scientists 205–209 publications: 48 scientists 210–214 publications: 34 scientists 215–219 publications: 31 scientists 220–224 publications: 37 scientists 225–229 publications: 34 scientists 230–234 publications: 25 scientists 235–239 publications: 28 scientists 240–244 publications: 34 scientists 245–249 publications: 28 scientists 250–254 publications: 23 scientists 255–259 publications: 22 scientists 260–264 publications: 11 scientists 265–269 publications: 16 scientists 270–274 publications: 23 scientists 275–279 publications: 12 scientists 280–284 publications: 16 scientists 285–289 publications: 10 scientists 290–294 publications: 12 scientists 295–299 publications: 12 scientists 300–304 publications: 8 scientists 305–309 publications: 13 scientists 310–314 publications: 13 scientists 315–319 publications: 6 scientists 320–324 publications: 10 scientists 325–329 publications: 9 scientists 330–334 publications: 7 scientists 335–339 publications: 10 scientists 340–344 publications: 10 scientists 345–349 publications: 7 scientists 350–354 publications: 4 scientists 355–359 publications: 10 scientists 360–364 publications: 3 scientists 365–369 publications: 7 scientists 370–374 publications: 2 scientists 375–379 publications: 8 scientists 380–384 publications: 4 scientists 385–389 publications: 5 scientists 390–394 publications: 5 scientists 395–399 publications: 2 scientists 400–404 publications: 2 scientists 405–409 publications: 4 scientists 410–414 publications: 3 scientists 415–419 publications: 2 scientists 420–424 publications: 5 scientists 425–429 publications: 3 scientists 430–434 publications: 1 scientist 435 publications: 1 scientist 436+ publications: 100 scientists
35–39 publications 436+

This scientist: 226 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
35–39 2
40–44 2
45–49 5
50–54 20
55–59 39
60–64 66
65–69 52
70–74 80
75–79 83
80–84 116
85–89 94
90–94 111
95–99 122
100–104 104
105–109 113
110–114 96
115–119 97
120–124 112
125–129 93
130–134 79
135–139 69
140–144 80
145–149 81
150–154 85
155–159 50
160–164 74
165–169 61
170–174 40
175–179 44
180–184 47
185–189 59
190–194 35
195–199 37
200–204 49
205–209 48
210–214 34
215–219 31
220–224 37
225–229 34 226
230–234 25
235–239 28
240–244 34
245–249 28
250–254 23
255–259 22
260–264 11
265–269 16
270–274 23
275–279 12
280–284 16
285–289 10
290–294 12
295–299 12
300–304 8
305–309 13
310–314 13
315–319 6
320–324 10
325–329 9
330–334 7
335–339 10
340–344 10
345–349 7
350–354 4
355–359 10
360–364 3
365–369 7
370–374 2
375–379 8
380–384 4
385–389 5
390–394 5
395–399 2
400–404 2
405–409 4
410–414 3
415–419 2
420–424 5
425–429 3
430–434 1
435 1
436+ 100
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John Cantwell publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,017 Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 82 ranges running from 35–39 to 436+ publications.
  • John Cantwell, a Business and Management scholar from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, records 226 publications - the 82nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 82% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than John Cantwell, and about 18% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 135–139 publications range, and John Cantwell ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 95–99 publications, holding 122 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 52% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 135–139 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 436 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

John Cantwell D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Cantwell sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 89+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 171. Most scientists, 171, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 156
31 159
32 171
33 161
34 135
35 124
36 114
37 111
38 103
39 89
40 81
41 97
42 80
43 69
44 68
45 63
46 54
47 69
48 50
49 58
50 54
51 62
52 54
53 43
54 49 54
55 35
56 40
57 44
58 34
59 29
60 48
61 32
62 30
63 22
64 22
65 19
66 20
67 18
68 17
69 21
70 20
71 19
72 14
73 10
74 16
75 24
76 13
77 19
78 8
79 6
80 4
81 12
82 7
83 7
84 6
85 10
86 4
87 11
88 6
89+ 96
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John Cantwell D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,017 Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 60 ranges running from 30 to 89+ D-Index.
  • John Cantwell, a Business and Management scholar from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, records 54 D-Index - the 75th percentile of the discipline.
  • 75% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than John Cantwell, and about 25% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 42 D-Index range, and John Cantwell ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32 D-Index, holding 171 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 44 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Overview

John Cantwell is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these areas, Cantwell has contributed extensively to subfields such as Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The main topics of Cantwell's scholarly work focus on International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Innovation and Knowledge Management, Global trade and economics, Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis, Family Business Performance and Succession, Firm Innovation and Growth, and Innovation Policy and R&D.

Cantwell has published in a broad array of venues, including multiple contributions to the Academy of Management Proceedings, the Journal of International Business Studies, Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness, Journal of International Business Policy, and the Journal of Economic Geography.

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Making connections: Social networks in international business" (2020) in Journal of International Business Studies
  • "The local co-evolution of firms and governments in the Information Age" (2020) in Journal of International Business Studies
  • "Income divergence and global connectivity of U.S. urban regions" (2020) in Journal of International Business Policy
  • "International knowledge connectivity and the increasing concentration of innovation in major global cities" (2024) in Journal of Economic Geography
  • "OFDI activity and urban-regional development cycles: a co-evolutionary perspective" (2022) in Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness

Frequent collaborators include Harald Bathelt, Pallavi Shukla, Maximilian Buchholz, Salma Zaman, and Marianna Marra. These coauthors have worked on various aspects of innovation, international business, and regional economic development alongside Cantwell.

Best Publications

  • Technological Innovation and Multinational Corporations

    John Cantwell

  • MNE competence‐creating subsidiary mandates

    John Cantwell;Ram Mudambi

  • The Globalisation of Technology: What Remains of the Product Cycle Model?

    John Cantwell

  • An evolutionary approach to understanding international business activity: The co-evolution of MNEs and the institutional environment

    John Cantwell;John H. Dunning;Sarianna M. Lundan

  • Technological globalisation and innovative centres: the role of corporate technological leadership and locational hierarchy

    John Cantwell;Odile Janne

  • A survey of theories of international production

    John Cantwell

  • Multinational Corporations and European Regional Systems of Innovation

    John Cantwell;Simona Iammarino

  • Location and the multinational enterprise

    John Cantwell

  • Recent Location of Foreign-owned Research and Development Activities by Large Multinational Corporations in the European Regions: The Role of Spillovers and Externalities

    John Cantwell;Lucia Piscitello

  • Accumulating technological competence: its changing impact on corporate diversification and internationalization

    J Cantwell;L Piscitello

  • Multinational Corporations and the Location of Technological Innovation in the UK Regions

    John Cantwell;Simona Iammarino

  • Knowledge connectivity: An agenda for innovation research in international business

    Marcelo Cano-Kollmann;John Cantwell;Thomas J Hannigan;Ram Mudambi

  • The Eclectic Paradigm in the Global Economy

    John Cantwell;Rajneesh Narula

  • Innovation and Competitiveness

    John Cantwell

  • Creating competition?: Globalisation and the emergence of new technology producers

    Suma Athreye;John Cantwell

  • Physical attraction and the geography of knowledge sourcing in multinational enterprises

    John A. Cantwell;Ram Mudambi

  • Internationalization in the information age: A new era for places, firms, and international business networks?

    Juan Alcácer;John Cantwell;Lucia Piscitello

  • The frontier of international technology networks: sourcing abroad the most highly tacit capabilities

    John Cantwell;Grazia D. Santangelo

  • The location of technological activities of MNCs in European regions: the role of spillovers and local competencies

    John Cantwell;Lucia Piscitello;Lucia Piscitello

  • Market Structure and Foreign Trade: Increasing Returns, Imperfect Competition, and the International Economy

    John Cantwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia Piscitello
Lucia Piscitello Polytechnic University of Milan
John H. Dunning
John H. Dunning University of Reading
Grazia D. Santangelo
Grazia D. Santangelo Copenhagen Business School
Simona Iammarino
Simona Iammarino London School of Economics and Political Science
Ram Mudambi
Ram Mudambi Temple University
Rajneesh Narula
Rajneesh Narula University of Reading
Ilan Alon
Ilan Alon Ariel University
Alfonso Gambardella
Alfonso Gambardella Bocconi University
Harald Bathelt
Harald Bathelt University of Toronto
Geoffrey Jones
Geoffrey Jones Harvard University

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