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D-Index
48
Citations
9451
World Ranking
1102
National Ranking
167

Robert Huggins 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 Robert Huggins sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 197 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Robert Huggins 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 Robert Huggins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert Huggins is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly work spans multiple fields primarily within social sciences, economics, econometrics and finance, and business, management and accounting. Their subfields of study include economics and econometrics, management of technology and innovation, political science and international relations, urban studies, and sociology and political science.

The research topics covered by Robert Huggins focus on regional development and policy, regional economics and spatial analysis, entrepreneurship studies and influences, cultural industries and urban development, regional resilience and development, innovation and knowledge management, and university-industry-government innovation models.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Robert Huggins include:

  • Human agency, network dynamics and regional development: the behavioural principles of new path creation, 2022, Regional Studies
  • Historical industrialisation, path dependence and contemporary culture: the lasting imprint of economic heritage on local communities, 2021, Journal of Economic Geography
  • Behavioral Explanations of Spatial Disparities in Productivity: The Role of Cultural and Psychological Profiling, 2021, Economic Geography

Other papers related to Huggins' research environment include works authored by frequent collaborators:

  • The Environmental and Social Impacts of Unplanned and Rapid Industrialization in Suburban Areas: The Case of the Greater Dhaka Region, Bangladesh, 2021, Environment and Urbanization Asia
  • Networking and strategic planning to enhance small and medium-sized enterprises growth in a less competitive economy, 2020, Strategic Change

Frequent co-authors of Robert Huggins include:

  • Piers Thompson
  • Andrew Johnston
  • Nick Clifton
  • Max Munday

They have contributed to a range of publication venues with multiple articles in:

  • Eurasian Geography and Economics
  • Regional Studies
  • Economic Geography
  • European Planning Studies
  • Cardiff Metropolitan Research Repository (Cardiff Metropolitan University)

Robert Huggins has also published books with notable publishers. These include a title released by Edward Elgar Publishing in 2021 named Networks, SMEs, and the University, and a related work published by Concordia University in the same year titled Networks, SMEs, and the University: The Process of Collaboration and Open Innovation.

Best Publications

  • The success and failure of policy-implanted inter-firm network initiatives: motivations, processes and structure

    Robert Huggins

  • Creating a UK Competitiveness Index: Regional and Local Benchmarking

    Robert Huggins

  • Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth: a network theory

    Robert Huggins;Piers Thompson

  • Knowledge flow and inter-firm networks: The influence of network resources, spatial proximity and firm size

    Robert Huggins;Andrew Johnston

  • Network Capital, Social Capital and Knowledge Flow: How the Nature of Inter-organizational Networks Impacts on Innovation

    Robert Huggins;Andrew Johnston;Piers Thompson

  • Benchmarking the knowledge competitiveness of the globe's high performing regions:a review of the World Knowledge Competitiveness Index

    Robert Huggins;Hiro Izushi

  • Universities, knowledge networks and regional policy

    Robert Huggins;Andrew Johnston;Rebecca Steffenson

  • Forms of Network Resource: Knowledge Access and the Role of Inter‐Firm Networks

    Robert Huggins

  • Entrepreneurship and regional competitiveness: The role and progression of policy

    Robert Huggins;Nick Williams

  • The Economic and Innovation Contribution of Universities: A Regional Perspective

    Robert Huggins;Andrew Johnston

  • Knowledge Networks in an Uncompetitive Region: SME Innovation and Growth

    Robert Huggins;Andrew Johnston

  • A Network-based view of regional growth

    Robert Huggins;Piers Thompson

  • Competing for Knowledge: Creating, Connecting, and Growing

    Robert A Huggins;Hiro Izushi

  • The Evolution of Knowledge Clusters Progress and Policy

    Robert Huggins

  • Inter-firm network policies and firm performance: evaluating the impact of initiatives in the United Kingdom

    Robert Huggins

  • Entrepreneurship and the determinants of firm survival within regions: human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions

    Robert Huggins;Daniel Prokop;Piers Thompson

  • Regional Competitive Intelligence: Benchmarking and Policy-making

    Robert Huggins

  • Regional competitiveness:theories and methodologies for empirical analysis

    Robert Huggins;Hiro Izushi;Thompson Piers

  • Drivers of University–Industry Links: The Case of Knowledge-Intensive Business Service Firms in Rural Locations

    Andrew Johnston;Robert Huggins

  • The economic impact of Cardiff University: Innovation, learning and job generation

    Robert Huggins;Philip Nicholas Cooke

  • Local entrepreneurial resilience and culture: the role of social values in fostering economic recovery

    Robert Huggins;Piers Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mehmet Demirbag
Mehmet Demirbag University of Essex
Frank van Oort
Frank van Oort Erasmus University Rotterdam
John Goddard
John Goddard Newcastle University
Martin Obschonka
Martin Obschonka Queensland University of Technology
Philip McCann
Philip McCann University of Manchester
David Pickernell
David Pickernell Swansea University
Bart Los
Bart Los University of Groningen
Michael E. Porter
Michael E. Porter Harvard University
Chris Stride
Chris Stride University of Sheffield
Giovanni Schiuma
Giovanni Schiuma LUM University

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