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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 81 152 142 11 11 189 36989

Qinghua Zhu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Qinghua Zhu between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Qinghua Zhu published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2013. 17 of the 216 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2013. 2001: 2 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 6 publications
2001 2025

216 publications in total across all disciplines

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Qinghua Zhu: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 2
2002 0
2003 0
2004 4
2005 1
2006 2
2007 6
2008 8
2009 6
2010 7
2011 13
2012 10
2013 16
2014 10
2015 13
2016 14
2017 16
2018 15
2019 11
2020 15
2021 13
2022 10
2023 7
2024 11
2025 6
Total 216
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Qinghua Zhu publications per year - data summary

  • Qinghua Zhu, a Business and Management scholar from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has 216 publications recorded across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2001 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2013 and 2017, with 16 publications each.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2005, with 1 publication.
  • 2 of the 25 years in the span carry no publications at all (2002 and 2003).
  • The rate of publication averages 8.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.4 per year counting only the 23 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 47 publications, 22% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2001-2009: 29 publications (3.2 per year); 2010-2018: 114 publications (12.7 per year); 2019-2025: 73 publications (10.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Qinghua Zhu 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 Qinghua Zhu 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, 185–189 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: 189 publications — 72nd percentile

72% 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 59 189
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
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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Qinghua Zhu 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.
  • Qinghua Zhu, a Business and Management scholar from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, records 189 publications - the 72nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 72% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Qinghua Zhu, and about 28% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 135–139 publications range, and Qinghua Zhu 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).

Qinghua Zhu 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 Qinghua Zhu 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, 81 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: 81 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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 81
82 7
83 7
84 6
85 10
86 4
87 11
88 6
89+ 96
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Qinghua Zhu 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.
  • Qinghua Zhu, a Business and Management scholar from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, records 81 D-Index - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Qinghua Zhu, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 42 D-Index range, and Qinghua Zhu 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 China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in China Leader Award

Overview

Qinghua Zhu is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Their scholarly output spans 31 publications in this broad area, addressing multiple subfields such as Strategy and Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Management Information Systems.

Their research topics include Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Environmental Sustainability in Business, and Digital Transformation in Industry. Additional areas covered in their work include Municipal Solid Waste Management, Big Data and Business Intelligence, and Quality and Supply Management.

Qinghua Zhu has published in several academic venues, notably contributing frequently to the International Journal of Production Economics, where five publications appear under their name. Other venues with multiple papers include Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review and Journal of Cleaner Production. They also have publications in SSRN Electronic Journal and Resources Conservation and Recycling.

  • International Journal of Production Economics
  • Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling

Several co-authors appear repeatedly in their work, including Yunting Feng, Junjun Liu, Yuan Chen, Pourya Pourhejazy, and Kee-hung Lai. This suggests ongoing collaboration networks within their research community.

  • Yunting Feng
  • Junjun Liu
  • Yuan Chen
  • Pourya Pourhejazy
  • Kee-hung Lai

Among the recent publications by Qinghua Zhu are:

  • "Green supply chain innovation: Emergence, adoption, and challenges" (2022), published in International Journal of Production Economics
  • "Behavioral and technical perspectives of green supply chain management practices: Empirical evidence from an emerging market" (2020), published in Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
  • "New technologies in operations and supply chains: Implications for sustainability" (2020), published in International Journal of Production Economics
  • "An integrated supply chain management system for end-of-life tires in China and its promotion barriers: A stakeholder perspective" (2020), published in Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • "Product deletion as an operational strategic decision: Exploring the sequential effect of prominent criteria on decision-making" (2020), published in Computers & Industrial Engineering

Best Publications

  • RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OPERATIONAL PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE AMONG EARLY ADOPTERS OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN CHINESE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis

  • An Organizational Theoretic Review of Green Supply Chain Management Literature

    Joseph Sarkis;Qinghua Zhu;Kee Hung Lai

  • Green supply chain management in China: pressures, practices and performance

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Yong Geng

  • Confirmation of a measurement model for green supply chain management practices implementation

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • Green supply chain management: pressures, practices and performance within the Chinese automobile industry

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • The moderating effects of institutional pressures on emergent green supply chain practices and performance

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis

  • AN INTER- SECTORAL COMPARISON OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN CHINA: DRIVERS AND PRACTICES

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis

  • Institutional-based antecedents and performance outcomes of internal and external green supply chain management practices

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • Green supply chain management implications for “closing the loop”

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • Firm-level correlates of emergent green supply chain management practices in the Chinese context

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;James J. Cordeiro;Kee-Hung Lai

  • Examining the effects of green supply chain management practices and their mediations on performance improvements

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • Initiatives and outcomes of green supply chain management implementation by Chinese manufacturers.

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee Hung Lai

  • Circular economy practices among Chinese manufacturers varying in environmental-oriented supply chain cooperation and the performance implications

    Qinghua Zhu;Yong Geng;Kee hung Lai

  • Drivers and barriers of extended supply chain practices for energy saving and emission reduction among Chinese manufacturers

    Qinghua Zhu;Yong Geng

  • Green supply chain management innovation diffusion and its relationship to organizational improvement: An ecological modernization perspective

    Qinghua Zhu;Joseph Sarkis;Kee-Hung Lai

  • Analysis of third party reverse logistics provider using interpretive structural modeling

    Kannan Govindan;Murugesan Palaniappan;Qinghua Zhu;Devika Kannan

  • Integrating green supply chain management into an embryonic eco-industrial development: a case study of the Guitang Group

    Qinghua Zhu;Raymond P Cote

  • Green supply chain management in leading manufacturers: Case studies in Japanese large companies

    Qinghua Zhu;Yong Geng;Tsuyoshi Fujita;Shizuka Hashimoto

  • How transformational leadership and employee motivation combine to predict employee proenvironmental behaviors in China

    Laura M. Graves;Joseph Sarkis;Qinghua Zhu

  • Analyzing internal barriers for automotive parts remanufacturers in China using grey-DEMATEL approach

    Xiqiang Xia;Kannan Govindan;Qinghua Zhu

  • Corporate social responsibility for supply chain management: A literature review and bibliometric analysis

    Yunting Feng;Qinghua Zhu;Kee-Hung Lai

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Sarkis
Joseph Sarkis Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Kee-hung Lai
Kee-hung Lai Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yong Geng
Yong Geng Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Kannan Govindan
Kannan Govindan University of Adelaide
Tsuyoshi Fujita
Tsuyoshi Fujita University of Tokyo
NaiQi Wu
NaiQi Wu Macau University of Science and Technology
Stefan Seuring
Stefan Seuring University of Kassel
Ming-Lang Tseng
Ming-Lang Tseng Asian University
T.C.E. Cheng
T.C.E. Cheng Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jingzheng Ren
Jingzheng Ren Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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