2026 W. C. Benton: 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	43	1390	1299	589	536	89	15365
Engineering and Technology	39	7494	7232	2041	1895	85	14080

W. C. Benton 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 W. C. Benton sits on this spectrum.

35 publications 436+

This scientist: 89 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

W. C. Benton 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 W. C. Benton sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

1961 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

W. C. Benton is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Business, Management and Accounting, with significant contributions to subfields including Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Marketing.

Their work has focused on various key topics such as Quality and Supply Management, Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management, Product Development and Customization, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.

W. C. Benton's recent papers include:

The influence of supplier development programs on supplier performance (2020), published in International Journal of Production Economics
Perceived supplier opportunism in outsourcing relationships in emerging economies (2020), published in Journal of Operations Management
The moderating influence of supplier culture on the relationship between buyer power and supplier shirking (2022), published in Journal of Operations Management
The influence of home shopping television network impulse buying on product shortages (2023), published in Journal of Operations Management
Technical Note: Recommendations for Assessing Unit Nonresponse Bias in Dyadic Focused Empirical Supply Chain Management Research (2020), published in Decision Sciences

The frequent co-authors collaborating with W. C. Benton include Toyin Clottey, Keith Skowronski, Sean Handley, Carol Prahinski, and Ying Fan.

They have published regularly in several academic venues, notably the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, International Journal of Production Economics, Decision Sciences, and IISE Transactions.

In recognition of their contributions to science, W. C. Benton has received the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1961.

Best Publications

Vendor selection criteria and methods

Charles A. Weber;John R. Current;W.C. Benton

3528
Citations
The influence of power driven buyer/seller relationships on supply chain satisfaction

W.C. Benton;Michael J. Maloni

1274
Citations
Supply chain practice and information sharing

Honggeng Zhou;W.C. Benton

1252
Citations
Power Influences in the Supply Chain

Michael J. Maloni;W.C. Benton

982
Citations
Supplier evaluations: communication strategies to improve supplier performance

Carol Prahinski;W.C Benton

962
Citations
Supply chain partnerships: Opportunities for operations research

Michael J. Maloni;W.C. Benton

764
Citations
Supply-Chain Management for Recoverable Manufacturing Systems

V. Daniel R. Guide;Vaidyanathan Jayaraman;Rajesh Srivastava;W. C. Benton

674
Citations
The influence of exchange hazards and power on opportunism in outsourcing relationships

Sean M. Handley;W.C. Benton

324
Citations
Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation: A Comprehensive Model

Vaidyanathan Jayaraman;Rajesh Srivastava;W. C. Benton

292
Citations
A classification of literature on determining the lot size under quantity discounts

W.C. Benton;Seungwook Park

290
Citations
Unlocking the business outsourcing process model

Sean M. Handley;W.C. Benton

269
Citations
The influence of task- and location-specific complexity on the control and coordination costs in global outsourcing relationships

Sean M. Handley;W.C. Benton

247
Citations
Modelling Intra-City Time-Dependent Travel Speeds for Vehicle Scheduling Problems

Arthur V. Hill;W. C. Benton

242
Citations
Purchasing and supply chain management

W. C. Benton

235
Citations
Research opportunities in purchasing and supply management

Tobias Schoenherr;Sachin B. Modi;W.C. Benton;Craig R. Carter

232
Citations
Manufacturing planning and control: The evolution of MRP and JIT integration

W.C. Benton;Hojung Shin

214
Citations
The impact of strategic operations management decisions on community hospital performance

Ling X. Li;W.C. Benton;G.Keong Leong

212
Citations
A systematic assessment of supplier selection literature – State-of-the-art and future scope

Anton Wetzstein;Evi Hartmann;W.C. Benton;Nils-Ole Hohenstein

212
Citations
Quantity discount decisions under conditions of multiple items, multiple suppliers and resource limitations

W. C. Benton

205
Citations
Performance measurement criteria in health care organizations: Review and future research directions

L.X. Li;W.C. Benton

181
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ling Li Old Dominion University

Vaidyanathan Jayaraman S P Jain School of Global Management

Michael J. Maloni Kennesaw State University

G. Keong Leong California State University, Dominguez Hills

Larry P. Ritzman Boston College

Paul D. Larson University of Manitoba

Evi Hartmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Tobias Schoenherr Michigan State University

Thomas Y. Choi Arizona State University

Ram Narasimhan Michigan State University

External Links

Personal website of W. C. Benton Google Scholar page

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