OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Operations & Production Management is 34. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Improving group problem solving through awareness of members’ problem-solving preferences	124
Impact pathways: managing relational risk in project operations	115
Project managers' reactions to project disruption: sponsor actions versus environmental uncertainty	106
How leadership for Quality 4.0 affects thriving at work: a multilevel study from the identification perspective	91
Do more concentrated supplier portfolios benefit firm innovation? The moderating roles of financial slack and growth opportunities	83
The impact of corporate support programs on environmental and social innovation: empirical insights from the food and beverage industry	80
Achieving resilient supply chains: managing temporary healthcare supply chains during a geopolitical disruption	80
Making agency theory work for supply chain relationships: a systematic review across four disciplines	73
Effects of supply chain quality event announcements on stock market reaction: an empirical study from China	64
(Un)Learning sustainability practices in a multi-tiered supply chain: an interpretive study	63
Developing a learning-to-learn capability: insights on conditions for Industry 4.0 adoption	59
Let's talk about it: the impact of nurses' implicit voice theories on individual agility and quality of care	55
Linking competitive priorities, smart manufacturing advancement and organizational microfoundations	55
The stakeholder orientation paradox: implications for supplier sustainability risk and the role of institutional distance	54
Leveraging the circular economy with a closed-loop supply chain and a reverse omnichannel using blockchain technology and incentives	53
Bridging sustainability knowledge management and supply chain learning: evidence through buyer selection	52
How do governmental wage subsidies enhance SME resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic?	49
Do ride-hailing drivers' psychological behaviors influence operational performance?	47
Fostering workplace safety with a gender-diverse workforce	46
Coordinating multi-level collective action: how intermediaries and digital governance can help supply chains tackle grand challenges	44
How do customers’ environmental efforts diffuse to suppliers: the role of customers’ characteristics and suppliers’ digital technology capability	44
Sociopolitical and financial goals in state-owned manufacturers' expansion of production capacity: evidence from China	44
How do engineering suppliers create project value for buyers? A micro-foundational perspective	41
What are the root causes of material delivery schedule inaccuracy in supply chains?	41
Modelling ragpickers’ productivity at the bottom of the pyramid: the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs)	39

Guest editorial: The 6th world conference on production and operations management	39
Breaking the mould: achieving high-volume production output with additive manufacturing	39
The spillover effects of supply chain corruption practices on stock returns	38
The role of absorptive capacity in the adoption of Smart Manufacturing	37
Supply chain network structures and firm financial performance: the moderating role of international relations	35
Preparing supply chain for the next disruption beyond COVID-19: managerial antecedents of supply chain resilience	35
Additive manufacturing in the medical sector: from an empirical investigation of challenges and opportunities toward the design of an ecosystem model	35
Supplier–supplier coopetition and buyer innovation: a perspective of learning and competitive tension within the focal buyer's supplier network	35
Linking government interventions to firm performance: the influence of stringency and support during the COVID-19 pandemic	35
Impact pathways: walking a tightrope—unveiling the paradoxes of adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in sales and operations planning	34
Impact pathways: improving supply chain sustainability by due diligence acts? Insights from a German case	34
Navigating through geopolitical risk: the role of supply chain concentration	34
Complex supply chain structures and multi-scope GHG emissions: the moderation effect of reducing equivocality	34