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Papers

(The median citation count of Supply Chain Management-An International Journal is 8. 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
Challenges and opportunities of supply chain traceability: insights from emergent agri-food sector	183
How do joint ventures and non-equity strategic alliances impact the complexity of the supply chain and thus supply chain performance?	108
Knowledge management in offshoring innovation by SMEs: role of internal knowledge creation capability, absorptive capacity and formal knowledge-sharing routines	102
Leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies, AI-based supply chain analytics and circular economy practices for net-zero and sustainable supply chain performance: a moderated mediation model	94
Investigating barriers to demand-driven SME collaboration in low-volume high-variability manufacturing	70
Examining the use of Industry 4.0 technologies in e-commerce supply chains: a model of antecedents and outcomes of data-sharing platform applications	69
Uncovering effects of supply chain distance on sustainability adoption: empirical evidence from a multi-stakeholder partnership	63
Drivers of consumer protection practices: implications for operational performance	57
End-to-end sustainability: trade-offs, consumers’ perceptions and decisions beyond B2C interfaces	48
Circularity in supply chains versus circular supply chains: identifying the need for transformation in manufacturing	48
Circular economy disclosure and inter-organisational collaborations: the case of the consumer electronics industry	46
Managing supplier sustainability risk: an experimental study	46
Small and medium-sized enterprises’ path to sustainable supply chains: exploring the role of supply chain finance and risk management	43
The effects of industry 4.0 technologies on relational performance: the mediating role of supply chain emergence in the transitive logistics service triads	43
A systematic analysis of quality management in agri-food supply chains: a hierarchy of capabilities perspective	43
Achieving supply chain resilience in an era of disruptions: a configuration approach of capacities and strategies	42
When digital transformation meets supply chain needs in emerging markets: contributions for social and economic performance	42
A novel coexistent resilience index to evaluate the supply chain resilience of industries using fuzzy logic	42
Job role clarity: a missing component of supply chain visibility	40
Let us get contextual: critical realist case studies in supply chain management	37
Publisher’s note	37
Managing dependence on scarce natural resources: how institutional logic and autonomy shape supply chain strategies	36
Impact of modern slavery allegations on operating performance	34
How artificial intelligence-based supply chain analytics enable supply chain agility and innovation? An intellectual capital perspective	33
Supply chain stakeholder pressure for the adoption of sustainable supply chain practices: examining the roles of entrepreneurial and sustainability orientations	32

Industry 4.0 technology capabilities, resilience and incremental innovation in Australian manufacturing firms: a serial mediation model	32
Toward a holistic understanding of sustainability in corporations: resource-based view of sustainable supply chain management	31
Highlight risk management in supply chain finance: effects of supply chain risk management capabilities on financing performance of small-medium enterprises	31
Exploring the value chain of organic pineapple of Assam, India	29
Sustainable purchasing supply management assessment in construction supply chains: a design science research approach	28
A COVID replication and extension of firms’ resilience to supply chain disruptions	27
How can supply chain optimization and improvement be achieved in an automotive sector modular consortium?	27
Impact of digital technology usage on firm resilience: a dynamic capability perspective	26
Overcoming the barriers to food recovery	25
Digitalisation in food supply chains to build resilience from disruptive events: a combined dynamic capabilities and knowledge-based view	23
Customer integration and customer value: contingency roles of innovation capabilities and supply chain network complexity	23
Entrepreneurial orientation and supply chain resilience: the mediating role of supply chain analytics	23
Supply chain relational capital for sustainability through governance: the moderating effect of network complexity	23
Episodic supply chains at times of disruption	23
A heroic vision for sustainability transitions: electrification through collaborative supply chain networks	21
Leveraging data-driven decisions: a framework for building intracompany capability for supply chain optimization and resilience	21
The impact of using digital technologies on supply chain resilience and robustness: the role of memory under the covid-19 outbreak	21
Eco-innovation in the upstream supply chain: re-thinking the involvement of purchasing managers	20
Does environmental proactivity make a difference? The critical roles of green operations and collaboration in GSCM	19
Enabling supply chain efficacy through SC risk mitigation and absorptive capacity: an empirical investigation in manufacturing firms in the Middle East region – a moderated-mediated model	19
Contextualizing resilience to critical infrastructure maintenance supply networks	19
Does supplier involvement enhance financial performance? The encapsulation effects of product modularity and smartness	18
Supply chain collaboration and supply chain finance adoption: the moderating role of information transparency and transaction dependence	18
Evaluating firm resilience through responsiveness and logistics outsourcing in the COVID-19 era	18
The role of power-based behaviours on pharmaceutical supply chain resilience	17
Navigating the supply chain life cycle: a roadmap for growth and transitional strategies across the stages of organizational evolution	16
Examining the rigor of SCM research: the case of supply chain agility	16
The impact of digital transformation of chain-leading enterprises on supply chain efficiency	16
The application of digital twin technology in operations and supply chain management: a bibliometric review	16
Metaverse dynamics: enhancing trust, information sharing, and sustainable supply chain resilience	15
Networked business models on a nascent market for sustainable innovation	15
The role of technology in supply chain decarbonisation: towards an integrated conceptual framework	14
Multi-tier sustainable supply chain management: a case study of a global food retailer	14
Supply network resilience capabilities: a social–ecological perspective	14
Leveraging on technology and sustainability to innovate the supply chain: a proposal of agri-food value chain model	14
A start-up’s collaboration in networks for sustainable freight transport: a micro-meso-macro approach to innovation	14
Breaking the cycle of inertia in food supply chains: a systems thinking approach for innovation and sustainability	14
Decentralization of information and supply chain self-organization: the resulting effect on network performance in the transitive service triads	14
Supply chain 4.0 ambidexterity and lean supply chain management: interrelationships and effect on the focal firm’s operational performance	13
Beyond the hype: how blockchain affects supply chain performance	13
Integrating sustainability and economic perspectives in reshoring: insights from the German automotive industry	13
Guest editorial	12
Developing net-zero carbon supply chains in the European manufacturing industry – a multilevel perspective	12
The relationship between information processing capabilities, Net-Zero capability and supply chain performance	11
Innovation for zero-deforestation sustainable supply chain management services: a performance measurement and management approach	11
The role of cognitive capital in supply chain resilience: an investigation during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Traceability in multi-tier supply chains: insights from five case studies	11
Blockchain technology for supply chain provenance: increasing supply chain efficiency and consumer trust	11
Animal welfare in fashion: a typology of transparent, translucent and opaque supply chains	11
Risk management behaviour in digital factories: the influence of technology and task uncertainty on managerial risk responses	11

How can green innovation from manufacturers benefit from supplier networks?	11
Resilient interorganizational culture in multi-tier supply networks: the “what” and “how”	10
Managing asymmetrical supply chain relationships: psychological ownership and commitment in the agri-food sector	10
Impact of net-zero policies on supply chain sustainability: mediating role of green technology adoption	10
Supply chain digitalization and performance improvement: a moderated mediation model	10
Connecting the dots: uncovering the relationships between challenges confronting Africa's organ transplant supply chain systems	10
Different paths to improving together: a taxonomy of buyer-supplier collaborations for sustainability in food supply networks	10
Facilitating the circular economy: insights from novel supply network actors	9
The role of digital platforms in e-commerce food supply chain resilience under exogenous disruptions	9
Insight from industry-early lessons learned about AI adoption in core procurement processes, directions for managers and researchers	9
How can digital technology deployment empower supply chain financing? A resource orchestration perspective	8
Exploring the nexus between GSCM and organisational culture: insights on the role of supply chain integration	8
Research on the construction process of supply chain ecosystem led by digital platform enterprises from the perspective of dynamic capability	8
Blockchain for compliance: an information processing case study of mandatory supply chain transparency in conflict minerals sourcing	8
Guest editorial: The interplay between new innovations, sustainability and food supply chains	8
An integration of strategic human resource management and strategic purchasing execution in supply chain networks	8
A maturity model for supply chain risk management	8