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Marketing Theory Template

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About the Marketing Theory format

Marketing Theory is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Service and Product Innovation, Customer Service Quality and Loyalty. Over its lifetime it has published 831 papers, which have received 45,321 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Marketing Theory, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Service and Product Innovation Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Management and Organizational Studies Digital Marketing and Social Media
ISSN1470-5931
Citation impact (2-yr)2.9
h-index100
i10-index540
Top institutions publishing hereLancaster University
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Marketing Theory per year

42
2014
29
2015
54
2016
36
2017
37
2018
24
2019
26
2020
27
2021
49
2022
43
2023
38
2024
35
2025

Citation impact of Marketing Theory by publication year

2.5K
2014
1.8K
2015
1.3K
2016
1.5K
2017
1.4K
2018
535
2019
499
2020
579
2021
774
2022
405
2023
200
2024
88
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Marketing Theory

Service-dominant logic: reactions, reflections and refinements

Robert F. Lusch, Stephen L. Vargo · 31 Aug 2006

As one of its own foundational premises implies, the value of service-dominant (S-D) logic is necessarily in its open, collaborative effort. Thus, the authors invite and welcome both elaborative and critical viewpoints. Five recurring, contentious issues among collaborating scholars, as they attempt to understand the full nature and scope of S-D logic, are identified. These…

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Value co-creation in service logic: A critical analysis

Christian Grönroos · 1 Sep 2011

The underpinning logic of value co-creation in service logic is analysed. It is observed that some of the 10 foundational premises of the so-called service-dominant logic do not fully support an understanding of value creation and co-creation in a way that is meaningful for theoretical development and decision making in business and marketing practice. Without…

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Contextualization and value-in-context: How context frames exchange

Jennifer D. Chandler, Stephen L. Vargo · 1 Mar 2011

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of context in service provision and, more broadly, in market co-creation. We oscillate foci from an individual actor at the micro level to a market at the macro level to make the scaleable influence of context more salient. This reveals the meso level, which is…

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Adopting a service logic for marketing

Christian Grönroos · 31 Aug 2006

Following the article by Vargo and Lusch (2004), the use of a service-dominant logic has become an international topic for discussion. In the present article, following the research tradition of the Nordic School, the contribution of service marketing to marketing at large is discussed. In this article a service logic is compared to a goods…

Co-creation and co-destruction: A practice-theory based study of interactive value formation

Per Echeverri, Per Skålén · 1 Sep 2011

Drawing on an empirical study of public transport, this paper studies interactive value formation at the provider—customer interface, from a practice—theory perspective. In contrast to the bulk of previous research, it argues that interactive value formation is not only associated with value co-creation but also with value co-destruction. In addition, the paper also identifies five…

Marketing Theory template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Marketing Theory format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Marketing Theory template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Marketing Theory use?
Marketing Theory uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Marketing Theory, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Marketing Theory?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Marketing Theory document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Marketing Theory template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Marketing Theory format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Marketing Theory?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Marketing Theory PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Marketing Theory template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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