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Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management is 7. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Integrating mobile parcel lockers into last-mile delivery networks: an operational design for home delivery, stationary, and mobile parcel lockers	87
The effect of perceptions of justice in returns on satisfaction and attitudes toward the retailer	76
Extending and understanding: an application of machine learning to the World Bank's logistics performance index	70
Opening the black box of big data sustainable value creation: the mediating role of supply chain management capabilities and circular economy practices	69
Who changes what, when and where? Elaborating postponement when integrating hardware and software objects in global supply chains	54
A meta-analysis of the relationships among digital transformation, innovation and firm performance: the moderating effects of country-specific factors	50
A configurational approach to last mile logistics practices and omni-channel firm characteristics for competitive advantage: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	48
Leveraging the critical incident technique for uncovering and training the OSCM competences of the future	48
Embracing methodological evolution and diversity in logistics and supply chain management research	44
The impact of social vs environmental sustainability information disclosure on consumer choice of delivery time with varying sustainability concerns	43
Towards a typology of logistics “work” beyond formal employment: a synthesised literature review	39
Can information sharing predict fresh produce supply chain performance amid the COVID-19 pandemic? A social learning perspective	36
A theoretical framework for platform-to-platform cooperation: a multi-case study from China	35
Replicating the influence of industry characteristics on the extent of logistics outsourcing: a bounded-conceptual-extension study	35
Guest editorial: The social sustainability of global supply chains – a critical perspective on current practices and its transformative potential	33
In search of a suitable way to deploy Triple-A capabilities through assessment of AAA models' competitive advantage predictive capacity	31
Retaining talent in the maritime sector by creating a work-family balance logic: implications from women managers navigating work and family	29
Innovators and transformers: a benchmarking study of online carbon emission calculators for freight transport	28
Examining the impact of service recovery resilience in the context of product replacement: the roles of perceived procedural and interactional justice	27
Navigating diversity in supply chain relationships: building trustworthiness through complementary and supplementary fits	27
A large-scale real-world comparative study using pre-COVID lockdown and post-COVID lockdown data on predicting shipment times of therapeutics in e-pharmacy supply chains	25
Innovators and transformers: Enhancing supply chain employee training with an innovative application of a large language model	25
Do a non-core worker's procedural justice concerns influence their engagement in helping behavior? A multi-method study	25
Retaining gig workers in errand delivery logistics: the role of psychological contracts and perceptions	24
Digital transformation of the purchasing and supply management process	24

The interplay between relationships, technologies and organizational structures in enhancing supply chain resilience: empirical evidence from a Delphi study	23
Governance requirements in supply chain finance: the need for a dual-layered semipermeable boundary	23
An inductive analysis of collaborative cybersecurity management capabilities, relational antecedents and supply chain cybersecurity parameters	23
Impact of fake news on firm performance during COVID-19: an assessment of moderated serial mediation using PLS-SEM	23
If you don't care, I will switch: online retailers' behaviour on third-party logistics services	23
Strategic responses to the pandemic: a case study of the US department store industry	22
The role of digital knowledge servitization in supply chain management	22
Paradox of GPO size and a hospital’s relative power for purchasing efficiency and the moderating role of system membership	22
Quantum-inspired computing technology in operations and logistics management	22
Do you feel guilty? A consumer-centric perspective on green nudging in last-mile deliveries	21
Exploring blockchain adoption intentions in the supply chain: perspectives from innovation diffusion and institutional theory	21
Using PLS-SEM for assessing negative impact and cooperation as antecedents of gray market in FMCG supply chains: an analysis on Spanish wholesale distributors	21
Consumer impatience in the e-commerce home delivery context: a consumer-centric supply chain perspective for time-based competition	20
Netnography: a research method to study supply chain members' interactions in online communities	20
Adoption of additive manufacturing technology: drivers, barriers and impacts on upstream supply chain design	20
Editorial: Our polestars: articulating the vision and future of IJPDLM	20
Guest editorial: NOFOMA 2021 conference special issue	18
The paradoxical nature of greening transportation: an analysis of tensions in buyer–supplier dyads	18
Impacts of supply chain integration on product- and service-oriented mass customisation capability: the role of customer need	17
Guest editorial: Digital transformation in supply chains: challenges, strategies and implementations	17
Towards a value-in-use view of retail stockout costs	17
Innovators and transformers: Envisioning a revolution in middle mile logistics with extended range cargo drones	17
Innovators and Transformers: The challenges of warehousification: balancing logistics spatial needs with social and environmental sustainability	16
Bayesian network methodology and machine learning approach: an application on the impact of digital technologies on logistics service quality	16
A typification of digital platforms from a supply chain management perspective	16
The effect of power use on specific investments: the moderating role of interdependence structure	16
The impact of order fulfillment on consumer experience: text mining consumer reviews from Amazon US	15
Towards a critical realism synthesis of configurational and middle-range theorising	14
Innovators and transformers: Enhancing supply chain sustainability: a methodology combining dynamic simulation and case studies	14
Enhancing in-store picking for e-grocery: an empirical-based model	14
Editorial: From impact and relevance to learning faster and innovating forward – introduction of a new paper category	13
Editorial: Navigating excellence: understanding and overcoming common causes of manuscript rejections in logistics and supply chain management research	13
Role of blockchain in transitioning to circular economy – an empirical investigation	13
How blockchain technology adoption enhances supply chain performance: the mediating role of knowledge hiding	12
Balancing risk and resilience: how network structures and firm strategies mitigate supply chain disruptions	12
Intelligent algorithms applied to the prediction of air freight transportation delays	12
End-of-life textile collection from consumers: a design science approach	12
Digitalization and third-party logistics performance: exploring the roles of customer collaboration and government support	12
Analysis on the effects of global supply chain reconfiguration on China's high-end equipment manufacturing industry	12
An empirical study of truck driver detention time: a shipper’s perspective	12
An examination of the effects of omni-channel service offerings on retailer performance	12
Exploring the role of external pressure, environmental sustainability commitment, engagement, alliance and circular supply chain capability in circular economy performance	11
Innovators and transformers: Is wasted food just waste? Reconceptualising food loss and waste in operations and supply chain management research and practice	11
Digitisation of franchising supply chain impact on franchisor performance: a longitudinal case study of a coffee retail chain	11
Operational performance of light electric freight vehicles in the last mile: two Nordic case studies	11
Agility and digitalization: why strategic agility is a success factor for mastering digitalization – evidence from Industry 4.0 implementations across a supply chain	11
Does location matter? A study of automotive clusters in India	11
Supply chain innovation: a framework of public procurement as a demand-side innovation driver	11
The role of scarcity-inducing post-stockout disclosures on consumer response to stockouts	10
How big data analytics capabilities drive supply chain resilience: the mediating roles of supply chain visibility and flexibility	10

Repertory grid technique and Honey’s content analysis: a methodological application to advance qualitative research in OSCM	10
What is next? The effect of reverse logistics adoption on digitalization and inter-organizational collaboration	10
Evaluating spatial inequity in last-mile delivery: a national analysis	9
Is digital transformation equally attractive to all manufacturers? Contextualizing the operational and customer benefits of smart manufacturing	9
Publisher’s Note	9
Conflict management strategies and their relationships with exchange performance in supply chains	9
Supplier diversity for socially responsible purchasing: an empirical investigation in Brazil	9
Editorial – Welcome to IJPDLM 2022!	8
Supplier goal commitment in performance-based contracts: the lens of goal-setting theory	8
Guest editorial: Deepening the theoretical understanding of agility and resilience in global supply chains	8
Frequent supply chain disruptions and firm performance: the moderating role of exploitation, exploration and supply chain ambidexterity	8
Cyber risk management strategies and integration: toward supply chain cyber resilience and robustness	8
Exploring social sustainability in last-mile delivery of emerging economies: trust as a mediator of supply chain practices and purchase intentions	7
Supplier-base concentration and efficiency: the moderating roles of R&D expenditure and market share	7
The effect of type of company doing home delivery during a pandemic on consumers' quality perceptions and behavior	7
Why review papers get rejected: common pitfalls and how to avoid them	7
Revisiting buyer–seller relationships in sustainable sourcing: advancing trust-commitment theory within the context of blockchain technology	7
Toward SME digital transformation in the supply chain context: the role of structural social and human capital	7
Safety in context: routines and the effect of a balanced safety and operations focus on worker perceptions and performance	7
The BORIS experience: evaluating omnichannel returns and repurchase intention	7
Should e-returns services be “one-size-fits-all” for consumers? Segmentation using return policy promises and constraints	7
Relative performance feedback in the trucking industry: how rank information affects drivers’ fuel efficiency	7
Agri-food supply chain concentration and financial growth: configuration and congruence approaches	7