2026 John Mingers: 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	60	532	495	79	69	188	22696

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

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Business and Management

532

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188

22696

Overview

John Mingers is affiliated with the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across several fields within social sciences, with a focus on information systems and complex decision-making processes.

The scholar's main fields of study include:

Social Sciences

Within these broader areas, their work delves into subfields such as:

Sociology and Political Science
Management Science and Operations Research
Artificial Intelligence
Management Information Systems
Computer Science Applications

John Mingers' research topics cover:

Information Systems Theories and Implementation
Complex Systems and Decision Making
Big Data and Business Intelligence
Open Source Software Innovations
Philosophy and History of Science
Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
Semantic Web and Ontologies

Their recent papers include:

A Framework for Validating Information Systems Research Based on a Pluralist Account of Truth and Correctness (2020) in Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Thoughts on Siponen and Klaarvuniemi's 'Demystifying Beliefs about the Natural Sciences in IS': The way forward (2020) in Journal of Information Technology
Issue Information (2020) authored by Michael C. Jackson in Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Issue Information (2023) authored by Alex Gregory in Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Issue Information (2020) authored by Michael C. Jackson in Systems Research and Behavioral Science

John Mingers collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

Michael C. Jackson
Alex Gregory
Peter Checkland
Gandolfo Dominici
Robert L. Flood

The publications frequently appear in the following venues:

Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Journal of Information Technology
Technology, Work and Globalization

In addition to articles, John Mingers has contributed to book publications, including The Semiotics of Information Systems published by Springer International Publishing in 2023.

Best Publications

Combining IS Research Methods: Towards a Pluralist Methodology

John Mingers

2443
Citations
A review of theory and practice in scientometrics

John Mingers;Loet Leydesdorff

1079
Citations
Self-Producing Systems: Implications and Applications of Autopoiesis

John Mingers

1024
Citations
Rational analysis for a problematic world revisited : problem structuring methods for complexity, uncertainty and conflict

Jonathan Rosenhead;John Mingers

1019
Citations
Multimethodology: Towards a framework for mixing methodologies

John Mingers;John Brocklesby

1006
Citations
Problem Structuring Methods in Action

John Mingers;Jonathan Rosenhead

978
Citations
An Empirical Comparison of Pruning Methods for Decision Tree Induction

John Mingers

958
Citations
Critical Heuristics of Social Planning: A New Approach to Practical Philosophy

John Mingers

910
Citations
An Empirical Comparison of Selection Measures for Decision-Tree Induction

John Mingers

860
Citations
REAL-IZING INFORMATION SYSTEMS: CRITICAL REALISM AS AN UNDERPINNING PHILOSOPHY FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS

John Mingers

831
Citations
A review of the recent contribution of systems thinking to operational research and management science

John Mingers;Leroy White

650
Citations
Rational Analysis for a Problematic World Revisited

Jonathan Rosenhead;John Mingers

614
Citations
The paucity of multimethod research: a review of the information systems literature

John Mingers

582
Citations
Multimethodology : the theory and practice of combining management science methodologies

John Mingers;Anthony Gill

521
Citations
Critical Heuristics of Social Planning: A New Approach to Practical Philosophy.

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486
Citations
Critical realism in information systems research

John Mingers;Alistair Mutch;Leslie Willcocks

450
Citations
Realising Systems Thinking: Knowledge and Action in Management Science

John Mingers

427
Citations
Self-Producing Systems: Implications and Applications of Autopoiesis

Michael King;John Mingers

404
Citations
Soft OR comes of age—but not everywhere!

John Mingers

376
Citations
Toward ethical information systems: the contribution of discourse ethics

John Mingers;Geoff Walsham

360
Citations
The contribution of critical realism as an underpinning philosophy for OR/MS and systems

John Mingers

333
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Loet Leydesdorff University of Amsterdam

Lutz Bornmann Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

Martin Meyer University of Kent

Michael Jackson Harvard University

Bernd Carsten Stahl De Montfort University

External Links

Personal website of John Mingers Google Scholar page

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