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Russell W. Belk

Russell W. Belk

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Business and Management
Canada
2026
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Social Sciences and Humanities
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 89 93 86 6 5 347 76435

Russell W. Belk publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Russell W. Belk between 1966 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Russell W. Belk published across 61 years, from 1966 to 2026, averaging 9 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2024. 30 of the 547 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1966 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2024. 1966: 1 publication 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 1 publication 1973: 0 publications 1974: 2 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 5 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 4 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 6 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 7 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 7 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 8 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 9 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 24 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 23 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 28 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 31 publications 2025: 29 publications 2026: 1 publication
1966 2026

547 publications in total across all disciplines

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Russell W. Belk: publications per year, 1966 to 2026
Year Publications
1966 1
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 1
1973 0
1974 2
1975 3
1976 2
1977 2
1978 5
1979 1
1980 4
1981 3
1982 6
1983 2
1984 5
1985 7
1986 3
1987 7
1988 7
1989 8
1990 5
1991 9
1992 4
1993 6
1994 5
1995 5
1996 8
1997 4
1998 7
1999 4
2000 6
2001 8
2002 6
2003 7
2004 6
2005 13
2006 10
2007 12
2008 7
2009 12
2010 13
2011 22
2012 24
2013 21
2014 23
2015 15
2016 15
2017 21
2018 20
2019 19
2020 25
2021 11
2022 28
2023 16
2024 31
2025 29
2026 1
Total 547
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Russell W. Belk 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 Russell W. Belk 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, 345–349 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: 347 publications — 94th percentile

94% 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
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 7 347
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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Russell W. Belk 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 Russell W. Belk 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, 89+ 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: 89 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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
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 89
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Canada Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Russell W. Belk is affiliated with York University in Canada and has contributed extensively to social sciences, with particular focus on business, management, and accounting.

The primary fields of study covered by their research include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Business, Management and Accounting

Key subfields of Belk's work encompass:

  • Marketing
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Their major research topics comprise:

  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Sharing Economy and Platforms
  • Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
  • AI in Service Interactions
  • Anthropological Studies and Insights

Among Belk's recent research publications are the following:

  • "Money, possessions, and ownership in the Metaverse: NFTs, cryptocurrencies, Web3 and Wild Markets" (2022), Journal of Business Research
  • "Ethical issues in service robotics and artificial intelligence" (2020), Service Industries Journal

Other relevant papers in associated research domains listed include:

  • "Metaverse marketing: How the metaverse will shape the future of consumer research and practice" (2022), Psychology and Marketing
  • "Consumers' technology-facilitated brand engagement and wellbeing: Positivist TAM/PERMA- vs. Consumer Culture Theory perspectives" (2021), International Journal of Research in Marketing
  • "Immersive time (ImT): Conceptualizing time spent in the metaverse" (2023), International Journal of Information Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Belk include:

  • Vitor Lima
  • Varsha Jain
  • Anupama Ambika
  • Rohit Varman
  • Vikram Kapoor

Belk's papers have frequently appeared in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Marketing Management
  • Journal of Business Research
  • Journal of Consumer Behaviour
  • Marketing Theory
  • Consumption Markets & Culture

In recognition of their contributions, Belk was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada by the Academy of Social Sciences in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Possessions and the extended self.

    Russell W. Belk

  • Possessions and Self

    Russell Belk

  • You are what you can access: Sharing and collaborative consumption online

    Russell Belk

  • Materialism: Trait Aspects of Living in the Material World

    Russell W. Belk

  • Situational Variables and Consumer Behavior

    Russell W. Belk

  • The Sacred and the Profane in Consumer Behavior: Theodicy on the Odyssey

    Russell W. Belk;Melanie Wallendorf;John F. Sherry

  • Extended Self in a Digital World

    Russell W. Belk

  • Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities

    Russell W. Belk;Grant McCracken

  • Sharing: Table 1

    Russell Belk

  • The Fire of Desire: A Multisited Inquiry into Consumer Passion

    Russell W. Belk;Güliz Ger;Søren Askegaard

  • A naturalistic inquiry into buyer and seller behavior at a swap meet

    Russell W. Belk;John F. Sherry;Melanie Wallendorf

  • Gift Giving as Agapic Love: An Alternative to the Exchange Paradigm Based on Dating Experiences

    Russell W. Belk;Gregory S. Coon

  • Collecting in a consumer society

    Russell W. Belk

  • An Exploratory Assessment of Situational Effects in Buyer Behavior

    Russell W. Belk

  • Developmental Recognition of Consumption Symbolism

    Russell W. Belk;Kenneth D. Bahn;Robert N. Mayer

  • Assessing Trustworthiness in Naturalistic Consumer Research

    Melanie Wallendorf;Russell W. Belk

  • Cross-cultural differences in materialism

    Giiliz Ger;Russell W. Belk

  • Why Not Share Rather Than Own

    Russell Belk

  • Becoming a Consumer Society: A Longitudinal and Cross-Cultural Content Analysis of Print Ads from Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan

    David K. Tse;Russell W. Belk;Nan Zhou

  • I'd like to buy the world a coke: Consumptionscapes of the “less affluent world”

    Güliz Ger;Russell W. Belk

  • Images of Ourselves: The Good Life in Twentieth Century Advertising

    Russell W. Belk;Richard W. Pollay

  • The Cult of Macintosh

    Russell W. Belk;Gülnur Tumbat

  • Sharing Versus Pseudo-Sharing in Web 2.0

    Russell Belk

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert V. Kozinets
Robert V. Kozinets University of Southern California
Ayalla Ruvio
Ayalla Ruvio Michigan State University
John F. Sherry
John F. Sherry University of Notre Dame
Giana M. Eckhardt
Giana M. Eckhardt Royal Holloway University of London
Elizabeth C. Hirschman
Elizabeth C. Hirschman University of Virginia
Nan Zhou
Nan Zhou City University of Hong Kong
Morris B. Holbrook
Morris B. Holbrook Columbia University
Eileen Fischer
Eileen Fischer York University
Timothy M. Devinney
Timothy M. Devinney University of Manchester
Alan R. Andreasen
Alan R. Andreasen Georgetown University

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