Marshall Van Alstyne Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Marshall Van Alstyne's h-index is 49 (90 i10-index, 34,891+ total citations across 315+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Marshall Van Alstyne is affiliated with Allen & Kelli Questrom Professor in IS / Boston University / @InfoEcon.
Marshall Van Alstyne is a researcher affiliated with Allen & Kelli Questrom Professor in IS / Boston University / @InfoEcon, specializing in Information Economics, Platforms, Strategy. Their work has been cited 34,891 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Marshall Van Alstyne's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 315 indexed publications. Of these, 2 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 49
- i10-Index
- 90
- Total Citations
- 34,891
- Citing Countries
- 8
As of October 2026.
Marshall Van Alstyne has an h-index of 49 and 34,891 total citations across 315 publications, with research cited by institutions in 8 countries.
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Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets are Transforming the Economy, and How to Make Them Work for You
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The researcher established a foundational theoretical framework for information product design by analyzing two-sided network effects, a seminal contribution published in Management Science.
The researcher established a foundational framework for understanding how networked markets transform the economy, providing critical insights into platform business models and their broader economic implications.
The researcher established a foundational framework for understanding how digital platforms disrupt traditional industrial pipelines, fundamentally reshaping strategic management theory.
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About Marshall Van Alstyne's research
Marshall Van Alstyne is a researcher in Information Economics, Platforms and Strategy at Allen & Kelli Questrom Professor in IS / Boston University / @InfoEcon. Their work has been cited 34,891 times across 315 publications (h-index 49), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets are Transforming the Economy, and How to Make Them Work for You” (2016), has accumulated 6,094 citations. Other influential works include “Two-Sided Network Effects: A Theory of Information Product Design” (2005) with 2,605 citations and “Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy” (2016) with 2,164 citations.
Citations of Marshall Van Alstyne's research come primarily from United States, France and Netherlands, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
