2026 Richard T. Watson: 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	78	173	159	86	78	338	35300

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

Overview

Richard T. Watson is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple interconnected areas, particularly focusing on sustainability, information systems, and interdisciplinary applications bridging technology and environmental concerns.

The primary fields and subfields in which Richard T. Watson has published include:

Sociology and Political Science
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Strategy and Management
Artificial Intelligence
Economics and Econometrics

The main topics of work covered by their publications are:

Green IT and Sustainability
Information Systems Theories and Implementation
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Smart Cities and Technologies
Big Data and Business Intelligence
Economic and Environmental Valuation
Innovation and Knowledge Management

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard T. Watson are:

"Analysing the past to prepare for the future: Writing a literature review a roadmap for release 2.0," 2020, Journal of Decision System
"How the AIS can Improve its Contributions to the UN's Sustainability Development Goals: Towards A Framework for Scaling Collaborations and Evaluating Impact," 2021, Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated include:

Yuanyuan Song
Saji K. Mathew
Xia Zhao
Leyland Pitt
Kenan Degirmenci

Richard T. Watson's works have frequently appeared in several publication venues, notably:

Communications of the Association for Information Systems
SSRN Electronic Journal
Business & Information Systems Engineering
Journal of Decision System
Journal of the Association for Information Systems

In addition to articles, Richard T. Watson has authored books published by Springer International Publishing and Springer Nature:

Maritime Informatics (2020), Springer International Publishing
Capital, Systems, and Objects (2021), Springer Nature

Best Publications

Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: writing a literature review

Jane Webster;Richard T. Watson

11173
Citations
Service quality: a measure of information systems effectiveness

Leyland F. Pitt;Richard T. Watson;C. Bruce Kavan

3105
Citations
Information systems and environmentally sustainable development: energy informatics and new directions for the is community

Richard T. Watson;Marie-Claude Boudreau;Adela J. Chen

1497
Citations
WebQual: An Instrument for Consumer Evaluation of Web Sites

Eleanor Loiacono;Richard Watson;Dale Goodhue

1148
Citations
THE WORLD WIDE WEB AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM

Pierre Berthon;Leyland F. Pitt;Richard T. Watson

836
Citations
U-Commerce: Expanding the Universe of Marketing

Richard T. Watson;Leyland F. Pitt;Pierre Berthon;George M. Zinkhan

732
Citations
Using a GDSS to facilitate group consensus: some intended and unintended consequences

Richard T. Watson;Gerardine DeSanctis;Marshall Scott Poole

688
Citations
Webqual(tm): a web site quality instrument

Eleanor Terese Loiacono;Richard T. Watson

586
Citations
Information systems and ecological sustainability

Adela J.W. Chen;Marie‐Claude Boudreau;Richard T. Watson

553
Citations
Measuring information systems service quality: lessons from two longitudinal case studies

Richard T. Watson;Leyland F. Pitt;C. Bruce Kavan

540
Citations
Measuring information systems service quality: concerns for a complete canvas

Leyland F. Pitt;Richard T. Watson;C. Bruce Kavan

502
Citations
Location-based services

Iris A. Junglas;Richard T. Watson

484
Citations
Key issues in information systems management: an international perspective

Richard T. Watson;Gigi G. Kelly;Robert D. Galliers;James C. Brancheau

466
Citations
Research Commentary: Transformational Issues in Researching IS and Net-Enabled Organizations

Detmar W. Straub;Richard T. Watson

460
Citations
Culture: a fourth dimension of group support systems

Richard T. Watson;Teck Hua Ho;K. S. Raman

411
Citations
Spurring impactful research on information systems for environmental sustainability

Arvind Malhotra;Nigel P. Melville;Richard T. Watson

380
Citations
The penguin’s window: Corporate brands from an open-source perspective

Leyland F. Pitt;Richard T. Watson;Pierre Berthon;Donald Wynn

372
Citations
The Influence of Home Page Complexity on Consumer Attention, Attitudes, and Purchase Intent

Gary L. Geissler;George M. Zinkhan;Richard T. Watson

370
Citations
Electronic Commerce: The Strategic Perspective

Richard Thomas Watson;George Zinkhan;Pierre Berthon;Leyland Pitt

338
Citations
Computer-Mediated Communication and Majority Influence

Bernard C. Y. Tan;Kwok-Kee Wei;Richard T. Watson;Danial L. Clapper

334
Citations
The Internet and the birth of real consumer power

Leyland F. Pitt;Pierre R. Berthon;Richard T. Watson;George M. Zinkhan

320
Citations
Green IS: Building sustainable business practices

Richard Watson

305
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Leyland Pitt Simon Fraser University

Marie-Claude Boudreau University of Georgia

Pierre Berthon Bentley University

Kwok Kee Wei National University of Singapore

Jan vom Brocke University of Münster

Ephraim R. McLean Georgia State University

Kalipada Pahan Rush University Medical Center

Kevin C. Desouza Queensland University of Technology

Ananthanarayanan Parasuraman University of Miami

Robert D. Galliers Bentley University

External Links

Personal website of Richard T. Watson Google Scholar page

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