The purpose of this paper is to describe the “scientific identity” and “ethnocentricity” in the “top” journals of logistics management by studying the categories of papers published and the geographical affiliations of authors, editorial review boards, and editors in selected journals.
The purpose of this paper is to describe selected journals in logistics management in terms of : the proportion of different “empirical” contributions; the proportion of national versus international research data; the geographical origin of research data; and the authors’ geographical affiliations.
The purpose of this paper is to provide rankings of quality of peer reviewed periodicals for faculty research use, rankings of usefuless of both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed periodicals for teaching and outreach purposes, and rankings of usefulness of search engines for finding articles.
The results from citation studies of journals have often been used as a benchmark in evaluating a faculty member’s productivity for tenure, salary adjustment, teaching load reduction and other areas. It is also often used in ranking academic programs of particular disciplines in universities. This paper attempts to rank the leading journals in the logistics and transportation discipline using…
The purpose is threefold: to assess International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management’s (IJPDLM’s) reputation for quality and impact; to identify leading articles and authors during the journal’s 40-year history; and to report on the international diversity of the journal’s author base and the diversity of its subject matter over the last five years.