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Luk N. Van Wassenhove

Luk N. Van Wassenhove

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Business and Management
France
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 108 28 26 1 1 379 57426

Luk N. Van Wassenhove publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Luk N. Van Wassenhove between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Luk N. Van Wassenhove published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 9.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2009. 25 of the 442 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2009. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 4 publications 1983: 6 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 10 publications 1995: 11 publications 1996: 13 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 23 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 14 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 27 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 9 publications
1978 2025

442 publications in total across all disciplines

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Luk N. Van Wassenhove: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 1
1980 0
1981 1
1982 4
1983 6
1984 2
1985 5
1986 5
1987 2
1988 4
1989 4
1990 5
1991 5
1992 8
1993 9
1994 10
1995 11
1996 13
1997 9
1998 9
1999 8
2000 3
2001 8
2002 6
2003 23
2004 14
2005 14
2006 8
2007 6
2008 12
2009 27
2010 18
2011 10
2012 11
2013 19
2014 13
2015 7
2016 17
2017 11
2018 9
2019 8
2020 8
2021 16
2022 12
2023 15
2024 16
2025 9
Total 442
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Luk N. Van Wassenhove publications per year - data summary

  • Luk N. Van Wassenhove, a Business and Management scholar from INSEAD, has 442 publications recorded across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1978 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2009, with 27 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1978, 1979 and 1981, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 48 years in the span carries no publications at all (1980).
  • The rate of publication averages 9.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.4 per year counting only the 47 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 68 publications, 15% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1978-1993: 62 publications (3.9 per year); 1994-2009: 181 publications (11.3 per year); 2010-2025: 199 publications (12.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Luk N. Van Wassenhove 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 Luk N. Van Wassenhove 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, 375–379 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: 379 publications — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 8 379
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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Luk N. Van Wassenhove 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.
  • Luk N. Van Wassenhove, a Business and Management scholar from INSEAD, records 379 publications - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Luk N. Van Wassenhove, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 135–139 publications range, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove 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).

Luk N. Van Wassenhove 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 Luk N. Van Wassenhove 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, 89+ 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: 108 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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+ 96 108
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Luk N. Van Wassenhove 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.
  • Luk N. Van Wassenhove, a Business and Management scholar from INSEAD, records 108 D-Index - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Luk N. Van Wassenhove, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 42 D-Index range, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove 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).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 2006 - EURO Gold Medal

Overview

Luk N. Van Wassenhove is affiliated with INSEAD in France and has contributed extensively to research in the field of business, management, and accounting. Their work spans a wide range of subfields including strategy and management, management information systems, organizational behavior and human resource management, sociology and political science, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist's research addresses multiple key topics, notably:

  • Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
  • Facility Location and Emergency Management
  • Quality and Supply Management
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Supply Chain and Inventory Management

Van Wassenhove has published frequently in various academic venues. Their most common publication outlets include:

  • Production and Operations Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

Some of their recent papers are as follows:

  • Fast Fashion, Charities, and the Circular Economy: Challenges for Operations Management, 2021, Production and Operations Management
  • The Coordination-Information Bubble in Humanitarian Response: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Investigations, 2020, Production and Operations Management
  • Humanitarian Operations and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2021, Production and Operations Management
  • Sustainable humanitarian operations: An integrated perspective, 2022, Production and Operations Management
  • Fleet Coordination in Decentralized Humanitarian Operations Funded by Earmarked Donations, 2020, Operations Research

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications alongside them. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Sajad Fayezi
  • Robert D. Klassen
  • Stefan Gold
  • Amy Benstead
  • Atalay Atasu

Van Wassenhove has received recognition in their field, including the EURO Gold Medal awarded in 2006 and was named a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Quantitative models for reverse logistics: A review

    Moritz Fleischmann;Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard;Rommert Dekker;Erwin van der Laan

  • Closed-Loop Supply Chain Models with Product Remanufacturing

    R. Canan Savaskan;Shantanu Bhattacharya;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • Sustainable Operations Management

    Paul R. Kleindorfer;Kalyan Singhal;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • Strategic Issues in Product Recovery Management

    Martijn Thierry;Marc Salomon;Jo Van Nunen;Luk Van Wassenhove

  • Humanitarian aid logistics: supply chain management in high gear

    L N Van Wassenhove

  • OR FORUM---The Evolution of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Research

    V. Daniel R. Guide;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • Reverse Channel Design: The Case of Competing Retailers

    R. Canan Savaskan;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • The impact of ERP on supply chain management: Exploratory findings from a European Delphi study

    Henk A Akkermans;Paul Bogerd;Enver Yücesan;Luk N van Wassenhove

  • The Impact of Product Recovery on Logistics Network Design

    Moritz Fleischmann;Moritz Fleischmann;Patrick Beullens;Patrick Beullens;Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard;Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard;Luk N. Van Wassenhove;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • Remanufacturing as a Marketing Strategy

    Atalay Atasu;Miklos Sarvary;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • MANAGING PRODUCT RETURNS FOR REMANUFACTURING

    V. Daniel R. Guide;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • Market Segmentation and Product Technology Selection for Remanufacturable Products

    Laurens G. Debo;L. Beril Toktay;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • Reverse logistics : quantitative models for closed-loop supply chains

    Rommert Dekker;Moritz Fleischmann;Karl Inderfurth;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • Reverse Supply Chains for Commercial Returns

    Joseph D. Blackburn;V. Daniel R. Guide;Gilvan C. Souza;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • Matching Demand and Supply to Maximize Profits from Remanufacturing

    V. Daniel R. Guide;Ruud H. Teunter;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • The Challenge of Closed-Loop Supply Chains

    V. Daniel R. Guide;Terry P. Harrison;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • On the unique features of post‐disaster humanitarian logistics

    José Holguín-Veras;Miguel Jaller;Luk N. Van Wassenhove;Noel Pérez

  • Trade-offs? What Trade-offs? Competence and Competitiveness in Manufacturing Strategy:

    Charles Corbett;Luk Van Wassenhove

  • A multiplier adjustment method for the generalized assignment problem

    M L Fisher;R Jaikumar;L N Van Wassenhove

  • On the appropriate objective function for post-disaster humanitarian logistics models

    José Holguín-Veras;Noel Pérez;Miguel Jaller;Luk N. Van Wassenhove

  • Integrating Scheduling with Batching and Lot-Sizing: A Review of Algorithms and Complexity

    C. N. Potts;L. N. Van Wassenhove

  • Concurrent product and closed-loop supply chain design with an application to refrigerators

    H.R. Krikke;J. Bloemhof-Ruwaard;L.N. van Wassenhove

Frequent Co-Authors

V. Daniel R. Guide
V. Daniel R. Guide Pennsylvania State University
Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard
Jacqueline M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard Wageningen University & Research
Christoph H. Loch
Christoph H. Loch University of Navarra
Charles J. Corbett
Charles J. Corbett University of California, Los Angeles
L. Beril Toktay
L. Beril Toktay Georgia Institute of Technology
Rommert Dekker
Rommert Dekker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Leo Kroon
Leo Kroon Erasmus University Rotterdam
José Holguín-Veras
José Holguín-Veras Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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