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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 113 24 22 2 2 695 64331

V Kumar publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by V Kumar between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. V Kumar published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 27.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 147 publications in 2021. 106 of the 1,515 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 147. Peak 147 publications in 2021. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 3 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 17 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 22 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 28 publications 2009: 21 publications 2010: 33 publications 2011: 39 publications 2012: 68 publications 2013: 55 publications 2014: 72 publications 2015: 73 publications 2016: 94 publications 2017: 129 publications 2018: 117 publications 2019: 113 publications 2020: 133 publications 2021: 147 publications 2022: 76 publications 2023: 91 publications 2024: 52 publications 2025: 54 publications
1970 2025

1,515 publications in total across all disciplines

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V Kumar: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 2
1985 1
1986 3
1987 0
1988 2
1989 0
1990 3
1991 4
1992 1
1993 0
1994 3
1995 3
1996 2
1997 7
1998 5
1999 3
2000 5
2001 3
2002 5
2003 4
2004 17
2005 10
2006 22
2007 14
2008 28
2009 21
2010 33
2011 39
2012 68
2013 55
2014 72
2015 73
2016 94
2017 129
2018 117
2019 113
2020 133
2021 147
2022 76
2023 91
2024 52
2025 54
Total 1,515
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V Kumar 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 V Kumar 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, 436+ 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: 695 publications — 99th percentile

99% 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
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+ 100 695
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V Kumar 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 V Kumar 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: 113 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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+ 96 113
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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 United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

Overview

V Kumar is affiliated with Brock University in Canada and specializes primarily in Marketing, Business, Management and Operations. Their research portfolio consists of over 350 publications within this broad field, with a significant focus on Marketing Strategy and Marketing Management, which accounts for over 150 of these works. Other notable subfields in their research include Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, International Business, and General Economics, Econometrics and Corporate Finance.

Their work extensively covers themes related to Marketing, Retailing, International Business and Customer Relationship Management, Corporate Finance and Governance, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Family Business Performance and Succession, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Business Strategy and Innovation, as well as cross-national diffusion.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by V Kumar are:

  • CSR 'sustainability' practices and firm performance in an emerging economy (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Emerging market internationalizing firms: Learning through internationalization to achieve entrepreneurial orientation (2021, Journal of World Business)
  • A Blessing and a Curse: Institutional Embeddedness of Longstanding MNE Subsidiaries in Emerging Markets (2022, Journal of Management Studies)
  • Internationalization through foreign listing: A review and future research agenda (2021, Journal of World Business)
  • A knowledge-based view of emerging market firm internationalization: the case of the Indian IT industry (2022, Journal of Knowledge Management)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with V Kumar include Anish Purkayastha, Deepak Sardana, Narain Gupta, Ankit Surana, and Meena Chavan. Their joint efforts reflect repeated partnerships across multiple publications.

Publication venues where V Kumar's work appears regularly include the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Production and Operations Management, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, HBR, CMR and Sloan Management Review.

Best Publications

  • Marketing Research

    David Aaker;V. Kumar;George S. Day;David Luck

  • On the Profitability of Long-Life Customers in a Noncontractual Setting: An Empirical Investigation and Implications for Marketing

    Werner J. Reinartz;V. Kumar

  • Customer Experience Management in Retailing: An Organizing Framework

    Dhruv Grewal;Michael Levy;V. Kumar

  • Customer engagement: the construct, antecedents, and consequences

    Anita Pansari;Vikas Kumar

  • Undervalued or Overvalued Customers: Capturing Total Customer Engagement Value:

    V. Kumar;Lerzan Aksoy;Bas Donkers;Rajkumar Venkatesan

  • The Impact of Customer Relationship Characteristics on Profitable Lifetime Duration

    Werner J. Reinartz;V. Kumar

  • Measuring Marketing Productivity: Current Knowledge and Future Directions:

    Roland T. Rust;Tim Ambler;Gregory S. Carpenter;V. Kumar

  • A CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE FRAMEWORK FOR CUSTOMER SELECTION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION STRATEGY

    Rajkumar Venkatesan;V. Kumar

  • Competitive Advantage through Engagement

    V. Kumar;Anita Pansari

  • Building and sustaining profitable customer loyalty for the 21st century

    V. Kumar;Denish Shah

  • Balancing Acquisition and Retention Resources to Maximize Customer Profitability

    Werner Reinartz;Jacquelyn S. Thomas;V. Kumar

  • Modeling Customer Lifetime Value

    Sunil Gupta;Dominique M. Hanssens;Bruce G.S. Hardie;Wiliam Kahn

  • Interaction Orientation and Firm Performance

    Girish Ramani;V. Kumar

  • Who are the multichannel shoppers and how do they perform?: Correlates of multichannel shopping behavior

    V. Kumar;Rajkumar Venkatesan

  • Creating Enduring Customer Value

    V. Kumar;Werner Reinartz

  • Is Market Orientation a Source of Sustainable Competitive Advantage or Simply the Cost of Competing

    V. Kumar;Eli Jones;Rajkumar Venkatesan;Robert P. Leone

  • Revisiting the Satisfaction-Loyalty Relationship: Empirical Generalizations and Directions for Future Research

    V. Kumar;Ilaria Dalla Pozza;Jaishankar Ganesh

  • Putting one-to-one marketing to work: Personalization, customization, and choice

    Neeraj Arora;Xavier Dreze;Anindya Ghose;James D. Hess

  • Meckel's diverticulum : a systematic review

    Jayesh Sagar;Vikas Kumar;D K Shah

  • Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility

    Arvind Upadhyay;Sumona Mukhuty;Vikas Kumar;Yigit Kazancoglu

  • Essentials of Marketing Research

    V. Kumar;David A. Aaker;George S. Day

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes
Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes University of Derby
Marta Schuhmacher
Marta Schuhmacher Rovira i Virgili University
Sandip B. Bharate
Sandip B. Bharate Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Felix T.S. Chan
Felix T.S. Chan Macau University of Science and Technology
Ajai S. Gaur
Ajai S. Gaur Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
José L. Domingo
José L. Domingo Rovira i Virgili University
Sumit K. Kundu
Sumit K. Kundu Florida International University
Martí Nadal
Martí Nadal Rovira i Virgili University
Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Manoj Kumar Tiwari Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Torben Pedersen
Torben Pedersen Copenhagen Business School

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