Everything about Universal Product Code

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Universal Product CodeA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: Revolution at the checkout counterThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Read the landmark paper: Upstream, Downstream: Diffusion and Impacts of the Universal Product CodeCited 22 times
4. Go sideways: George LaurerA closely related topic
5. Go sideways: International Article NumberA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Upstream, Downstream: Diffusion and Impacts of the Universal Product Code

  Emek Basker, Timothy Simcoe · 2021 · Journal of Political Economy · 22 citations

• The characteristics and decodability of the Universal Product Code symbol

  D. Savir, G. J. Laurer · 1975 · IBM Systems Journal · 15 citations

• A universal code for environmental management of products

  Valerie M. Thomas · 2009 · Resources, Conservation and Recycling · 15 citations

• Exhaustive measurement of food items in the home using a universal product code scanner

  June Stevens, Maria Bryant, Lily Wang · 2010 · Public Health Nutrition · 13 citations

• Assessing the home food environment nutrient supply using mobile barcode (Universal Product Code) scanning technology

  Carol Byrd‐Bredbenner, Carl A. Bredbenner · 2010 · Nutrition & Food Science · 12 citations

• Understanding Universal Product Code—A Study and Simulation Experiments

  A. Ahmad, S. Ahmad, A. Al-Habsi · 2014 · Indian Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics · 1 citations

• MAGAZINES, SUPERMARKETS, AND THE UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODE

  David Walker Lupton · 1977 · The Serials Librarian · 0 citations

• Universal Product Code (Barcode) and Retailing Performance of Supermarkets in Nigeria

  · 2020 · European Journal of Business and Management · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Revolution at the checkout counterBrown, Stephen A. · 1997

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