Kovács Sándor

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Maró, Z. M., Jámbor, A., Kovács, S., Török, Á.: A bibliometric analysis of the trends and topics in global value chain participation research between 2006 and 2024.
Qual Quant. [Epub ahead of print], 2026.

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Q1 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q1 Statistics and Probability (2024)

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Nádasi, L., Kovács, S.: Balancing Sustainability and Well-Being: A Multivariate Analysis of European Pension Regimes.
Admin. Sci. 16 (3), 1-24, (article identifier: 157), 2026.

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Q2 Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (2024)

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Müller, A. É., Bács, Z., Fenyves, V., Kovács, S., Bácsné Bába, É., Popovicsné Szilágyi, Z., Lengyel, A.: Exploring gender differences in vacation preferences: a mixed-methods analysis.
Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality "Accepted by Publisher", 2026.

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Q2 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (2024)

Q1 Geography, Planning and Development (2024)

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Kristia, K., Kovács, S., Nádasi, L.: From Baseline Expectations to High-Barrier Signals: Mapping Indonesian Generation Z's Sustainable Food Consumption through Item Response Theory and Motive-Based Segmentation.
Clean Responsible Consum. 20, 1-16, (article identifier: 100369), 2026.

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Q1 Economics and Econometrics (2024)

Q1 Environmental Engineering (2024)

Q1 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (2024)

D1 Geography, Planning and Development (2024)

Q1 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (2024)

Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (2024)

D1 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (2024)

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Kolozsi, P., Nagy, K., Felföldi, T., Varga, Z. J., Kovács, S., Kovács, D. Á., Tóth, D.: Primary closure versus the "Volcano" technique (PRIVEVO): a prospective observational study of purse-string wound closure for stoma reversal.
BMC Surg. [Epub ahead of print], 2026.

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Q2 Medicine (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q2 Surgery (2024)

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Alkhalaileh, M. Y. M., Kovács, S., Gál, T.: When background matters: how gender and family business background shape students' digital entrepreneurial intentions in Jordan.
Cogent Business & Management. 13 (1), 1-18, (article identifier: 2644661), 2026.

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Q2 Accounting (2024)

Q2 Business and International Management (2024)

Q2 Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q2 Management Science and Operations Research (2024)

Q2 Marketing (2024)

Q2 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (2024)

Q2 Strategy and Management (2024)

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Gál, T., Kovács, S., Buglyó, N. E. T.: A comprehensive analysis of food waste through historical context: A bibliometric study from 2019 to 2024.
Cleaner Waste Systems. 11, 13, (article identifier: 100318), 2025.

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Kovács, T., Kovács, S., Várallyai, L.: Adapting to the digital age: Gamification's role in revolutionizing education for youth students.
Human Technology 21 (2), 339-359, 2025.

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Q2 Communication (2024)

Q3 Human-Computer Interaction (2024)

Q3 Social Psychology (2024)

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Alzubi Rama, M. O., Kontor, E., Kovács, S.: A qualitative study of using green marketing practices within Jordanian food companies: a content analysis approach.
Discov Sustain. 6 (1), 14, (article identifier: 430), 2025.

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Q2 Energy (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q1 Geography, Planning and Development (2024)

Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (2024)

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Rabbi, M. F., Kovács, S., Popp, J., Fenyves, V.: Assessing positive and negative factors as catalysts for enhancing European food security amidst threats to SDG 2.
Sustain. Futures. 10, 1-20, (article identifier: 101000), 2025.

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Q2 Management of Technology and Innovation (2024)

Q1 Management Science and Operations Research (2024)

Q1 Sociology and Political Science (2024)

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Remeikiene, R., Gaspareniene, L., Fedajev, A., Hotkova, A., Kovács, S.: A study of platform workers' attitudes towards social security, legal regulation and job satisfaction: age and status differences.
Transformations in Business and Economics. 24 (1), 316-338, 2025.

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Bittner, B., Vida, V., Szakos, D., Kasza, G., Kovács, S., Nagy, A. S.: A study of the behavioral and environmental factors influencing food waste in higher education.
Cleaner Waste Systems. 11, 11, (article identifier: 100256), 2025.

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Zaouali, A., Bouabid, A., Kovács, S., Szabados, G., Mathlouthi, N., Al-Daaja, Y. O. S.: Comparison of statistical models for analysing the spatial determinants of human capital concentration in Tunisian local labour markets.
Reg. Stat. 15 (6), 1045-1072, 2025.

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Q1 Cultural Studies (2024)

Q3 Economics and Econometrics (2024)

Q2 Geography, Planning and Development (2024)

Q2 Public Administration (2024)

Q3 Statistics and Probability (2024)

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Péntek, Á., Kovács, S., Kovács, T.: Corporate mobile applications in Hungarian SMES: Management challenges and employee adoption.
Innovative Marketing. 21 (4), 74-88, 2025.

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Q2 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q2 Law (2024)

Q3 Management of Technology and Innovation (2024)

Q3 Marketing (2024)

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Müller, A. É., Bács, Z., Fenyves, V., Kovács, S., Lengyel, A., Bácsné Bába, É.: Demographic influences on environmental attitudes and actions: an analysis of the attitude-behavior gap.
GEOJ TOURISM GEOSITES. 60 (2), 1028-1040, 2025.

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Q1 Conservation (2024)

Q1 Cultural Studies (2024)

Q3 Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q3 Geography, Planning and Development (2024)

Q3 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (2024)

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Gregán, O., Kovács, S., Szűcs, E., Gabnai, Z.: Eco-innovation in the context of sustainable development between 2000 and 2024.
Int. rev. appl. sci. eng. 17 (1), 110-127, 2025.

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Q2 Architecture (2024)

Q3 Engineering (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q3 Environmental Engineering (2024)

Q3 Information Systems (2024)

Q4 Management Science and Operations Research (2024)

Q3 Materials Science (miscellaneous) (2024)

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Gál, T., Fenyves, V., Csipkés, M., Terjék, L., Kovács, S., Buglyó, N. E. T.: Effects of lean and green supply chain management practices on the performance of Hungarian manufacturing companies.
Discov Sustain. 6 (1), 01956-6, 2025.

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Q2 Energy (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q1 Geography, Planning and Development (2024)

Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (2024)

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Péntek, Á., Kovács, S., Kovács, T.: Examining the perceived and actual digital readiness of micro and small enterprises in Hungary.
JOBS Journal. 3 (2), 1-9, 2025.

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Virglerova, Z., Kovács, S., Belás, J., Oláh, J.: Factors influencing internationalization of micro-enterprises and SMEs in Central Europe.
J. Int. Stud. 18 (1), 179-195, 2025.

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Q3 Business and International Management (2024)

Q3 Economics and Econometrics (2024)

Q2 Political Science and International Relations (2024)

Q2 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q2 Sociology and Political Science (2024)

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Horváth, P., Kovács, S., Erdey, L.: Fejlesztések és kihívások: A Magyar Falu Program eredményeinek elemzése Hajdú-Bihar vármegyében.
Ter. Stat. 65 (3), 299-316, 2025.

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Q2 Cultural Studies (2024)

Q4 Economics and Econometrics (2024)

Q3 Geography, Planning and Development (2024)

Q3 Public Administration (2024)

Q4 Statistics and Probability (2024)

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Szőllős-Tóth, A., Kovács, S., Müller, A. É., Nádasi, L.: Global trends in tourism scale change in the 21st century.
GEOJ TOURISM GEOSITES. 60 (2), 1087-1096, 2025.

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Q1 Conservation (2024)

Q1 Cultural Studies (2024)

Q3 Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q3 Geography, Planning and Development (2024)

Q3 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (2024)

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Ulziibadrakh, Z., Kovács, S., Szakály, Z.: Influence of the service marketing mix on audience decision-making in Mongolian performing arts.
Humanit Soc Sci Commun. 12 (1), 1-12, (article identifier: 815), 2025.

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Q1 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q1 Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q2 Psychology (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q1 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (2024)

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Lengyel, A., Kovács, S., Fenyves, V., Kóródi, M., Vargáné Csobán, K., Bácsné Bába, É., Bács, Z., Müller, A. É.: Limenscape: Operationalizing the Liminoid and the Liminal in Tourism.
J. Travel Res. [Epub ahead of print], 2025.

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Hassan, R., Kovács, S., Khan, M. H.: Profitability and SDG 13-Climate Action: The Moderating Role of Environmental Management Training: A Machine Learning Approach.
JOBS. 3 (1), 1-12, 2025.

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Tran, L. Q. T., Kovács, S., Herdon, M.: The effect of digital intensity on the financial performance of enterprises in Central and Eastern European countries.
E M Ekon. Manag. 28 (4), 114-130, 2025.

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Q3 Business and International Management (2024)

Q2 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (2024)

Q3 Strategy and Management (2024)

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