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51
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21125
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2503
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433

Stephen Brown publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen Brown sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 216 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Stephen Brown D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen Brown sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stephen Brown is affiliated with the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the fields of social psychology, marketing, gender studies, literature, and literary theory. Their work intersects multiple subfields including economics and econometrics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to academic inquiry.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to consumer behavior, particularly focusing on brand consumption and identification as well as nostalgia's influence on consumer decisions. Other thematic areas covered in their research include media, gender, and advertising, cinema and media studies, and analyses of literature, film, and journalism. Additionally, Stephen Brown addresses themes related to mentoring and academic development and research in higher education.

Stephen Brown's recent scholarly output features research published in a range of academic journals. These recent papers include:

  • "Me-search? Search me! A new twist in the tale of introspection," 2021, Journal of Marketing Management
  • "Once Upon a Theory: Editorial Introduction to Expressions of Interest," 2020, Marketing Theory
  • "Raising the dead: on brands that go bump in the night," 2020, Journal of Marketing Management
  • "What's the story, allegory?" 2021, Consumption Markets & Culture

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Customer Behaviour
  • Marketing Theory
  • Journal of Marketing Management
  • Business Horizons
  • Consumption Markets & Culture

Stephen Brown has collaborated with several coauthors multiple times, including:

  • Anthony Patterson
  • Rachel Ashman
  • Cynthia Sims
  • Angela D. Carter
  • Arelis Moore de Peralta

Best Publications

  • Teaching Old Brands New Tricks: Retro Branding and the Revival of Brand Meaning

    Stephen Brown;Robert V. Kozinets;John F. Sherry

  • Moving Forward and Making a Difference: Research Priorities for the Science of Service

    Amy L. Ostrom;Mary Jo Bitner;Stephen W. Brown;Kevin A. Burkhard

  • Choosing among Alternative Service Delivery Modes: An Investigation of Customer Trial of Self-Service Technologies:

    Matthew L. Meuter;Mary Jo Bitner;Amy L. Ostrom;Stephen W. Brown

  • Tracking the evolution of the services marketing literature

    Raymond P. Fisk;Stephen W. Brown;Mary Jo Bitner

  • Consumer satisfaction and perceived quality : complementary or divergent constructs ?

    Jerry B. Gotlieb;Dhruv Grewal;Stephen W. Brown

  • Client Co-Production in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services:

    Lance A. Bettencourt;Amy L. Ostrom;Stephen W. Brown;Robert I. Roundtree

  • Consumer Psychology for Marketing

    G. R. Foxall;Ronald Earl Goldsmith;Stephen Brown

  • Service Customization Through Employee Adaptiveness

    Kevin P. Gwinner;Mary Jo Bitner;Stephen W. Brown;Stephen W. Brown;Ajith Kumar

  • The Development and Emergence of Services Marketing Thought

    Stephen W. Brown;Raymond P. Fisk;Mary Jo Bitner

  • Branded Service Encounters: Strategically Aligning Employee Behavior with the Brand Positioning

    Nancy J. Sirianni;Mary Jo Bitner;Stephen W. Brown;Naomi Mandel

  • Customer positivity and participation in services: an empirical test in a health care context

    Andrew S. Gallan;Cheryl Burke Jarvis;Stephen W. Brown;Mary Jo Bitner

  • On Explaining and Predicting the Effectiveness of Celebrity Endorsers

    John C. Mowen;Stephen W. Brown

  • The Center Cannot Hold: Consuming the Utopian Marketplace

    Pauline Maclaran;Stephen Brown

  • The service imperative

    Mary Jo Bitner;Stephen W. Brown

  • A general framework for explaining internal vs. external exchange

    Robert F. Lusch;Stephen W. Brown;Gary J. Brunswick

  • The evolution and discovery of services science in business schools

    Mary Jo Bitner;Stephen W. Brown

  • Marketing - The Retro Revolution

    Stephen Brown

  • No intente hacer esto en otro país

    Stephen Brown

  • Paradigms in service research

    Bård Tronvoll;Stephen W. Brown;Dwayne D. Gremler;Bo Edvardsson

  • Titanic: Consuming the Myths and Meanings of an Ambiguous Brand

    Stephen Brown;Pierre McDonagh;Clifford J. Shultz

  • Institutional Change in Retailing: A Review and Synthesis

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Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Sherry
John F. Sherry University of Notre Dame
Robert V. Kozinets
Robert V. Kozinets University of Southern California
Mary Jo Bitner
Mary Jo Bitner Arizona State University
Ronald E. Goldsmith
Ronald E. Goldsmith Florida State University
Elizabeth C. Hirschman
Elizabeth C. Hirschman University of Virginia
John C. Mowen
John C. Mowen Oklahoma State University
Valarie A. Zeithaml
Valarie A. Zeithaml University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David Carson
David Carson University of Ulster
Clifford J. Shultz
Clifford J. Shultz Loyola University Chicago
Gordon R. Foxall
Gordon R. Foxall Cardiff University

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