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) (2025)

Q2 Statistics and Probability (2025)

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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) (2025)

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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 Geography, Planning and Development (2025)

Q2 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (2025)

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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 (2025)

Q1 Environmental Engineering (2025)

Q1 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (2025)

Q1 Geography, Planning and Development (2025)

Q1 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (2025)

Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (2025)

D1 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (2025)

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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. 26 (1), 1-6, (article identifier: 144), 2026.

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Q2 Medicine (miscellaneous) (2025)

Q2 Surgery (2025)

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Csernoch, M., Máté, D., Kovács, S.: Ranking cognitive processes for eliminating waste in digital text management.
Humanit Soc Sci Commun. 13, 1-35, (article identifier: 952), 2026.

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D1 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (2025)

Q1 Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (2025)

Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (2025)

Q1 Psychology (miscellaneous) (2025)

Q1 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (2025)

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Nádasi, L., Kovács, S., Petneházi, G., Trón, Z.: The analysis of stability in the EU convergence clubs by using Poincaré plot features.
Reg. Stat. 16 (2), 318-342, 2026.

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Q1 Cultural Studies (2025)

Q3 Economics and Econometrics (2025)

Q3 Geography, Planning and Development (2025)

Q3 Public Administration (2025)

Q3 Statistics and Probability (2025)

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Nagy-Kercsó, K., Kovács, S., Zha, L., Kontor, E.: The Greenwashing Paradox: Signal Degradation and the Rise of Heuristic Substitution.
Admin. Sci. 16 (5), 1-24, (article identifier: 223), 2026.

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Q2 Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (2025)

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Belás, J., Hlawiczka, R., Huzevka, M., Kovács, S.: What is the relationship between business ethics and the perceived implementation of ESG elements in SMEs in Poland and Hungary?.
Ethics & Bioethics 16 (1-2), 15-28, 2026.

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Q3 Education (2025)

Q3 Health Policy (2025)

Q2 Philosophy (2025)

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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 (2025)

Q2 Business and International Management (2025)

Q2 Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (2025)

Q2 Management Science and Operations Research (2025)

Q2 Marketing (2025)

Q2 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (2025)

Q2 Strategy and Management (2025)

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Gál, T., Kovács, S., Buglyó-Nyakas, E. T.: A comprehensive analysis of food waste through historical context: A bibliometric study from 2019 to 2024.
Cleaner Waste Systems. 11, 1-13, (article identifier: 100318), 2025.

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Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

Q2 Waste Management and Disposal

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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

Q3 Human-Computer Interaction

Q2 Social Psychology

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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)

Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

Q1 Geography, Planning and Development

Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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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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Q1 Management of Technology and Innovation

Q1 Management Science and Operations Research

Q1 Sociology and Political Science

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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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Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

Q2 Waste Management and Disposal

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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

Q3 Economics and Econometrics

Q3 Geography, Planning and Development

Q3 Public Administration

Q3 Statistics and Probability

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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)

Q2 Law

Q3 Management of Technology and Innovation

Q3 Marketing

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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

Q1 Cultural Studies

Q3 Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Q3 Geography, Planning and Development

Q3 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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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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Q1 Architecture

Q2 Engineering (miscellaneous)

Q3 Environmental Engineering

Q3 Information Systems

Q3 Management Science and Operations Research

Q3 Materials Science (miscellaneous)

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Gál, T., Fenyves, V., Csipkés, M., Terjék, L., Kovács, S., Buglyó-Nyakas, 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)

Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

Q1 Geography, Planning and Development

Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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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

Q3 Economics and Econometrics

Q2 Political Science and International Relations

Q2 Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Q2 Sociology and Political Science

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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

Q4 Economics and Econometrics

Q3 Geography, Planning and Development

Q4 Public Administration

Q4 Statistics and Probability

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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

Q1 Cultural Studies

Q3 Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Q3 Geography, Planning and Development

Q3 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management