2026 Rui Cunha Marques: 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	61	510	475	6	6	272	11903

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Rui Cunha Marques is affiliated with the Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal. Their research focuses on public-private partnerships, water resource management, and the broader intersection of economics, political science, and management related to infrastructure and service delivery.

Their scientific work spans multiple aspects of public-private partnership projects, particularly within the water sector and healthcare services. Key topics of their research include:

Public-Private Partnership Projects
Water resources management and optimization
Water Governance and Infrastructure
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Public Procurement and Policy
Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

Their publications appear frequently in journals that specialize in environmental, utility, and policy-oriented fields. The most common publication venues include:

Water
Utilities Policy
Sustainability
Water Policy
SSRN Electronic Journal

Among Rui Cunha Marques' recent papers are:

Investment in drinking water and sanitation infrastructure and its impact on waterborne diseases dissemination: The Brazilian case (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
Public-private partnerships in health care services: Do they outperform public hospitals regarding quality and access? Evidence from Portugal (2020, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences)
Public-private partnerships in the water sector: A review (2021, Utilities Policy)
Performance and its determinants in the Portuguese municipal solid waste utilities (2021, Waste Management)
Incorporating preference information in a range directional composite indicator: The case of Portuguese public hospitals (2021, European Journal of Operational Research)

Rui Cunha Marques collaborates regularly with several coauthors, among whom the most frequent are:

Diogo Cunha Ferreira
Jorge Gonçalves
Carlos Novaes
Paula Vale de Paula
Mai Wardeh

Their work intersects with multiple subfields of study, including:

Strategy and Management
Economics and Econometrics
Political Science and International Relations
Ocean Engineering
Sociology and Political Science

Best Publications

Risks, Contracts, and Private-Sector Participation in Infrastructure

Rui Cunha Marques;Sanford Berg

336
Citations
Flexible contracts to cope with uncertainty in public–private partnerships

Carlos Oliveira Cruz;Rui Cunha Marques

323
Citations
Measuring Local Government Transparency

Nuno Ferreira da Cruz;António F. Tavares;Rui Cunha Marques;Susana Jorge

323
Citations
Quantitative studies of water and sanitation utilities: a benchmarking literature survey

S. Berg;R. Marques

277
Citations
Revisiting the determinants of local government performance

Nuno Ferreira da Cruz;Rui Cunha Marques

276
Citations
Packaging waste recycling in Europe: is the industry paying for it?

Nuno F. da Cruz;Sandra Ferreira;Marta Cabral;Pedro Simões

244
Citations
A meta-regression analysis of benchmarking studies on water utilities market structure

Pedro Carvalho;Rui Cunha Marques;Sanford Berg

207
Citations
Designing performance incentives, an international benchmark study in the water sector

Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Rui Cunha Marques

203
Citations
On the economic performance of the waste sector. A literature review.

Pedro Simões;Rui Cunha Marques

196
Citations
Measuring the sustainability of urban water services

Rui Cunha Marques;Nuno Ferreira da Cruz;João Pires

186
Citations
Mixed companies and local governance: no man can serve two masters

Nuno F. da Cruz;Rui Cunha Marques

182
Citations
The influence of the operational environment on the efficiency of water utilities

Pedro Carvalho;Rui Cunha Marques

176
Citations
Nonparametric Benchmarking of Japanese Water Utilities: Institutional and Environmental Factors Affecting Efficiency

Rui Cunha Marques;Sanford Berg;Shinji Yane

160
Citations
PUBLIC‐PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS: A TALE OF TWO CITIES WITH DIFFERENT CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS

Rui Cunha Marques;Sanford V. Berg

149
Citations
Regulation of Water and Wastewater Services: An International Comparison

Rui Cunha Marques

149
Citations
Economic cost recovery in the recycling of packaging waste: the case of Portugal

Nuno Ferreira da Cruz;Pedro Simões;Rui Cunha Marques

148
Citations
Influential observations in frontier models, a robust non-oriented approach to the water sector

Kristof De Witte;Kristof De Witte;Rui Cunha Marques

142
Citations
Public–private partnerships for wind power generation: The Portuguese case

Ana Cravinho Martins;Rui Cunha Marques;Carlos Oliveira Cruz

140
Citations
Revisiting the strengths and limitations of regulatory contracts in infrastructure industries

Rc Marques;Sanford Berg

139
Citations
Influence of regulation on the productivity of waste utilities. What can we learn with the Portuguese experience

Pedro Simões;Rui Cunha Marques

136
Citations
Effectiveness of solid waste policies in developing countries: A case study in Brazil

Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo;Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo;Rui Cunha Marques;Natália Molina Cetrulo;Francisco Silva Pinto

121
Citations
An analytical review of the efficiency of water and sanitation utilities in developing countries.

Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo;Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo;Rui Cunha Marques;Tadeu Fabrício Malheiros

112
Citations
Investment in drinking water and sanitation infrastructure and its impact on waterborne diseases dissemination: The Brazilian case.

Diogo Cunha Ferreira;Ingrid Graziele;Rui Cunha Marques;Jorge Gonçalves

104
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanford V. Berg University of Florida

Kristof De Witte KU Leuven

Brian Dollery University of New England

José Rui Figueira Instituto Superior Técnico

João Pires University of Lisbon

Germà Bel University of Barcelona

Mario Grosso Polytechnic University of Milan

Salvatore Greco University of Portsmouth

Carlos Pestana Barros University of Lisbon

External Links

Personal website of Rui Cunha Marques Google Scholar page

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