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Rene Belderbos

Rene Belderbos

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 49 1035 964 12 11 266 13246

Rene Belderbos publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Rene Belderbos between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Rene Belderbos published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 7.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2010. 21 of the 287 publications appeared in the last two years.

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

287 publications in total across all disciplines

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Rene Belderbos: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 2
1990 1
1991 0
1992 4
1993 0
1994 3
1995 4
1996 1
1997 1
1998 6
1999 6
2000 7
2001 3
2002 3
2003 12
2004 7
2005 9
2006 14
2007 11
2008 10
2009 15
2010 19
2011 11
2012 12
2013 14
2014 13
2015 13
2016 8
2017 12
2018 5
2019 4
2020 11
2021 12
2022 8
2023 4
2024 15
2025 6
Total 287
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Rene Belderbos publications per year - data summary

  • Rene Belderbos, a Business and Management scholar from KU Leuven, has 287 publications recorded across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1988 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2010, with 19 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1988, 1990, 1996 and 1997, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 38 years in the span carry no publications at all (1991 and 1993).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.0 per year counting only the 36 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 45 publications, 16% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1988-2000: 36 publications (2.8 per year); 2001-2013: 140 publications (10.8 per year); 2014-2025: 111 publications (9.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Rene Belderbos 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 Rene Belderbos 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, 265–269 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: 266 publications — 88th percentile

88% 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 16 266
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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Rene Belderbos 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.
  • Rene Belderbos, a Business and Management scholar from KU Leuven, records 266 publications - the 88th percentile of the discipline.
  • 88% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Rene Belderbos, and about 12% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 135–139 publications range, and Rene Belderbos 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).

Rene Belderbos 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 Rene Belderbos 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, 49 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: 49 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% 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 49
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
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Rene Belderbos 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.
  • Rene Belderbos, a Business and Management scholar from KU Leuven, records 49 D-Index - the 67th percentile of the discipline.
  • 67% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Rene Belderbos, and about 33% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 42 D-Index range, and Rene Belderbos 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

Rene Belderbos is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has an extensive publication record in the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their research spans several specialized subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The scientist's main research topics focus on Innovation Policy and R&D, Innovation and Knowledge Management, International Business and FDI, Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis, Global Trade and Economics, Firm Innovation and Growth, and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Significant recent papers authored by Rene Belderbos include:

  • Do R&D investments in weak IPR countries destroy market value? The role of internal linkages (2021), published in Strategic Management Journal
  • Whither geographic proximity? Bypassing local R&D units in foreign university collaboration (2021), published in Journal of International Business Studies
  • Trademarks, patents and the appropriation strategies of incumbents: the scope of new firm formation in European regions (2021), published in Regional Studies

Frequent co-authors of Rene Belderbos include:

  • Bart Leten
  • Stijn Kelchtermans
  • Massimo Riccaboni
  • Davide Castellani
  • Geon Ho Lee

Rene Belderbos's research has been published in venues such as:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • Industrial and Corporate Change
  • Global Strategy Journal

Best Publications

  • Cooperative R&D and firm performance

    René Belderbos;Martin Carree;Boris Lokshin

  • Heterogeneity in R&D cooperation strategies

    René Belderbos;Martin Carree;Bert Diederen;Boris Lokshin

  • Complementarity in R&D cooperation strategies

    René Belderbos;René Belderbos;Martin Carree;Boris Lokshin

  • Technological Diversification, Coherence, and Performance of Firms

    Bart Leten;Rene Belderbos;Rene Belderbos;Bart Van Looy

  • Backward Vertical Linkages of Foreign Manufacturing Affiliates: Evidence from Japanese Multinationals

    Ren E Belderbos;Giovanni Capannelli;Kyoji Fukao

  • Co-ownership of intellectual property: Exploring the value-appropriation and value-creation implications of co-patenting with different partners

    René Belderbos;René Belderbos;Bruno Cassiman;Bruno Cassiman;Bruno Cassiman;Driems Faems;Driems Faems;Bart Leten

  • Technological Activities and Their Impact on the Financial Performance of the Firm: Exploitation and Exploration within and between Firms*

    Rene Belderbos;Dries Faems;Bart Leten;Bart Van Looy

  • The Productivity Effects of Internal and External R&D: Evidence from a Dynamic Panel Data Model*

    Boris Lokshin;René Belderbos;René Belderbos;Martin Carree

  • The Location of Japanese Investments in China: Agglomeration Effects, Keiretsu, and Firm Heterogeneity

    Rene Belderbos;Martin Carree

  • The Location of Japanese Investments in China: Agglomeration Effects, Keiretsu, and Firm Heterogeneity

    René Belderbos;Martin Carree

  • Entry Mode, Organizational Learning and R&D in Foreign Affiliates: Evidence from japanese Firms

    René Belderbos

  • The determinants of expatriate staffing by Japanese multinationals in Asia: control, learning and vertical business groups

    René A Belderbos;Mariëlle G Heijltjes

  • Top management team nationality diversity, corporate entrepreneurship, and innovation in multinational firms

    Christophe Boone;Boris Lokshin;Hannes Guenter;René Belderbos

  • Real options and foreign affiliate divestments: A portfolio perspective

    René Belderbos;Jianglei Zou

  • Japanese firms and the decision to invest abroad: Business groups and regional core networks

    Rene Belderbos;Leo Sleuwaegen

  • Overseas innovations by Japanese firms: an analysis of patent and subsidiary data

    René Belderbos

  • Tariff jumping DFI and export substitution: Japanese electronics firms in Europe

    René Belderbos;Leo Sleuwaegen;Leo Sleuwaegen

  • Inter-temporal patterns of R&D collaboration and innovative performance

    René Belderbos;René Belderbos;Martin Carree;Boris Lokshin;Juan Fernández Sastre

  • Antidumping and tariff Jumping: Japanese firms’ DFI in the European union and the United States

    René A. Belderbos

  • How global is R&D? Firm-level determinants of home-country bias in R&D

    Rene Belderbos;Rene Belderbos;Bart Leten;Shinya Suzuki

  • Foreign investment, divestment and relocation by Japanese electronics firms in East Asia

    René Belderbos;Jianglei Zou

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris Lokshin
Boris Lokshin Maastricht University
Martin Carree
Martin Carree Maastricht University
Victor Gilsing
Victor Gilsing Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bart Van Looy
Bart Van Looy KU Leuven
Dries Faems
Dries Faems WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management
Tony W. Tong
Tony W. Tong University of Colorado Boulder
Wim Vanhaverbeke
Wim Vanhaverbeke University of Antwerp
Christophe Boone
Christophe Boone University of Antwerp

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