OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Digital platforms in intermodal freight transport: an analysis of emerging business models and their future dynamics	145
A strategic perspective on automated warehouse systems in retail: insights from a multiple case study	61
Exploring the role of external pressure, environmental sustainability commitment, engagement, alliance and circular supply chain capability in circular economy performance	58
The impact of power and relationship commitment on customer integration: a replication and extension	56
Innovators and Transformers Is wasted food just waste? Reconceptualising food loss and waste in operations and supply chain management research and practice	56
Customer experience dimensions in last-mile delivery: an empirical study on unattended home delivery	50
How to not lose oneself: the case for relational identity in collaborative supply relationships	49
Supply chain risk management strategies in normal and abnormal times: policymakers' role in reducing generic medicine shortages	48
Guest editorial	48
The implementation of berth allocation policies that enable Just-in-Time arrival in port calls	41
Guest editorial: NOFOMA2022 special issue	40
Artificial intelligence for supplier scouting: an information processing theory approach	33
Supply chain resilience for managing the ripple effect in Industry 4.0 for green product diffusion	33
Quantum-inspired computing technology in operations and logistics management	29
The role of digital knowledge servitization in supply chain management	29
Understanding SME suppliers' response to supply chain finance: a transaction cost economics perspective	28
Extending and understanding: an application of machine learning to the World Bank's logistics performance index	27
A resource orchestration perspective of organizational big data analytics adoption: evidence from supply chain planning	27
Luxury supply chain management: a framework proposal based on a systematic literature review	27
The role of innovativeness and supply chain agility in the Australian service industry: a dynamic capability perspective	26
The effect of type of company doing home delivery during a pandemic on consumers' quality perceptions and behavior	25
Exploring the impacts of ecommerce activities on the spatial resilience of warehouse clubs: the role of retail agglomeration	25
Integrating mobile parcel lockers into last-mile delivery networks: an operational design for home delivery, stationary, and mobile parcel lockers	25
Parcel lockers vs. home delivery: a model to compare last-mile delivery cost in urban and rural areas	24
Guest editorial: (Un)physicalization (digitalization) of supply chain management	24

The interplay between relationships, technologies and organizational structures in enhancing supply chain resilience: empirical evidence from a Delphi study	23
Managing customer experience dimensions in B2B express delivery services for better customer satisfaction: a PLS-SEM illustration	22
Last-mile logistics in the sharing economy: sustainability paradoxes	22
The effect of perceptions of justice in returns on satisfaction and attitudes toward the retailer	22
Toward SME digital transformation in the supply chain context: the role of structural social and human capital	21
Ambidextrous strategies in turbulent times: the experience of manufacturing SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic	21
A resource-based perspective of the interplay between organizational learning and supply chain resilience	21
Opening the black box of big data sustainable value creation: the mediating role of supply chain management capabilities and circular economy practices	21
Strategic responses to the pandemic: a case study of the US department store industry	19
Using PLS-SEM for assessing negative impact and cooperation as antecedents of gray market in FMCG supply chains: an analysis on Spanish wholesale distributors	18
Who changes what, when and where? Elaborating postponement when integrating hardware and software objects in global supply chains	18
Leveraging social capital to build the cumulative triple-A supply chain sand cone model	18
Towards a typology of logistics “work” beyond formal employment: a synthesised literature review	18
Operational performance of light electric freight vehicles in the last mile: two Nordic case studies	18
Does location matter? A study of automotive clusters in India	18
Editorial: Our polestars: articulating the vision and future of IJPDLM	18
Developing and implementing contextualised S&OP designs – an enterprise architecture management approach	17
Overcoming the collaborative challenge: commitment as a super-ordinate enabler of value co-creation	17
Retrospective on the launch ofIJPDLM– lessons for the future of logistics and supply chain management research	16
Digitisation of franchising supply chain impact on franchisor performance: a longitudinal case study of a coffee retail chain	15
Paradox of GPO size and a hospital’s relative power for purchasing efficiency and the moderating role of system membership	15
Applying agility to improve customer performance when supply and demand vary from core conditions	15
A configurational approach to last mile logistics practices and omni-channel firm characteristics for competitive advantage: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	14
Reshoring before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in an advanced economy	13
Understanding the implications of pandemic outbreaks on supply chains: an exploratory study of the effects caused by the COVID-19 across four South Asian countries and steps taken by firms to address	13
The impact of social vs environmental sustainability information disclosure on consumer choice of delivery time with varying sustainability concerns	13
Embracing methodological evolution and diversity in logistics and supply chain management research	13
Exploring blockchain adoption intentions in the supply chain: perspectives from innovation diffusion and institutional theory	13
Unlocking the door: information disclosure framing and consumer characteristics in parcel locker adoption	13
Netnography: a research method to study supply chain members' interactions in online communities	13
Product variety in retail: the moderating influence of demand variability	13
Requirements for the automated loading and unloading of autonomous trucks: an interoperability perspective	13
Driving the talk: examining professional truck drivers' motivations to engage in eco-driving	12
Embracing supply chain digitalization and unphysicalization to enhance supply chain performance: a conceptual framework	12
Agility and digitalization: why strategic agility is a success factor for mastering digitalization – evidence from Industry 4.0 implementations across a supply chain	12
Dynamic capabilities for digital procurement transformation: a systematic literature review	12
Adoption of additive manufacturing technology: drivers, barriers and impacts on upstream supply chain design	12
How do well-performed food businesses manage suppliers in emerging economies?	11
The impact of optimal parcel locker locations on costs and the environment	11
Hedging the bet on digital transformation in strategic supply chain management: a theoretical integration and an empirical test	10
On the causes of positive inventory discrepancies in retail stores	10
The effect of supply chain quality management on supply chain performance: the indirect roles of supply chain agility and innovation	10
Green supplier governance and firm performance: a comprehensive understanding of three governance approaches	10
Can information sharing predict fresh produce supply chain performance amid the COVID-19 pandemic? A social learning perspective	10
Guest editorial: Predictive modeling in logistics and supply chain management research using partial least squares structural equation modeling	10
The role of scarcity-inducing post-stockout disclosures on consumer response to stockouts	10
Guest editorial: Digital transformation in supply chains: challenges, strategies and implementations	10
Leveraging grounded theory in supply chain research: A researcher and reviewer guide	9
Estimating the national logistics outsourcing market size: a multi-method approach and an application to the Italian context	9
A study to forecast healthcare capacity dynamics in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic	9

Guest editorial: NOFOMA 2021 conference special issue	9
Reducing retail supply chain costs of product returns using digital product fitting	9
System-level impacts of electrification on the road freight transport system: a dynamic approach	9
Implementing social sustainability through market pressures: an inter-organizational network analysis in the Pakistani apparel supply chain	9
A knowledge-based view of analytics capability in purchasing and supply management	9
Comparing flexibility-based measures during different disruptions: evidence from maritime supply chains	8
The paradoxical nature of greening transportation: an analysis of tensions in buyer–supplier dyads	8
Influencing supply chain practice: the action principles approach applied to pandemic risk management	8
Conflict management strategies and their relationships with exchange performance in supply chains	8
A theoretical framework for platform-to-platform cooperation: a multi-case study from China	8
Retaining talent in the maritime sector by creating a work-family balance logic: implications from women managers navigating work and family	8
Celebrating IJPDLM's 50th anniversary: a reflection on its contributions and future directions	7
In search of a suitable way to deploy Triple-A capabilities through assessment of AAA models' competitive advantage predictive capacity	7
Towards a value-in-use view of retail stockout costs	7
Evaluating spatial inequity in last-mile delivery: a national analysis	7
Consumer impatience in the e-commerce home delivery context: a consumer-centric supply chain perspective for time-based competition	7
How did supply chain networks handle the COVID-19 pandemic? Empirical evidence from an automotive case study	7
Consumer perspectives on interventions to combat fraudulent product returns in omnichannel fashion retail	6
Innovators and transformers: envisioning a revolution in middle mile logistics with extended range cargo drones	6
The impact of knowledge management on the digital supply chain – a bibliometric literature review	6
Board structure policy, board diversity and social sustainability in the logistics and transportation sector	6
Repertory grid technique and Honey’s content analysis: a methodological application to advance qualitative research in OSCM	6
Guest editorial: The social sustainability of global supply chains – a critical perspective on current practices and its transformative potential	6
What is next? The effect of reverse logistics adoption on digitalization and inter-organizational collaboration	6
What is the right purchasing strategy for your company? The fit between strategic intent, strategic purchasing and perceived environmental uncertainty	6
Sales and operations planning for new products: a parallel process?	5
The resurgence of nationalism and its implications for supply chain risk management	5
What should you be talking about? The communication pathway to sustainable supply chain contagion	5
Supplier diversity for socially responsible purchasing: an empirical investigation in Brazil	5
Impacts of supply chain integration on product- and service-oriented mass customisation capability: the role of customer need	5
Exploring how retail and logistics service provider managers make sense of sustainability in last mile delivery	5