OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management is 29. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Buyer-supplier dyad on performance and sustainability	166
Investigating the impact of smart manufacturing and interconnected emerging technologies in building smarter supply chains	120
Perspectives on the evolution of a fabrication laboratory in an emerging country: a comparative lexicometric study of European FabLabs	100
Enablers for green lean six sigma adoption in the manufacturing industry	77
Social media and sustainable innovation in manufacturing firms: a dynamic capability perspective	61
The lean supply chain management response to technology uncertainty: consequences for operational performance and competitiveness	57
The path to supply chain resilience and robustness: a dynamic capability view	53
Business-to-business platform ecosystem practices and their impacts on firm performance: evidence from high-tech manufacturing firms	50
Manufacturing competitive capabilities and market performance: the case of additive manufacturing	48
Suppliers' GHG mitigation strategies (Scope 3): the case of a steelmaking company	47
Opening manufacturing flexibility's black box: the unexplored role of internal flexibility	43
Enhancing ambidextrous green innovation: the role of green supply chain integration, knowledge capabilities and technology dynamism in manufacturing	42
Industry 4.0 benefits, challenges and critical success factors: a comparative analysis through the lens of resource dependence theory across continents and economies	42
An implementation model for socio-technical digital tools	41
The effect of green supply chain management practices on carbon-neutral supply chain performance: the mediating role of logistics eco-centricity	41
Supply chain concentration, digitalization and servitization of manufacturing firms	40
Effect of Industry 4.0 on the relationship between socio-technical practices and workers' performance	39
Digital transformation readiness in large manufacturing firms: a building block model proposition	37
Reconfigurable manufacturing system: a systematic bibliometric analysis and future research agenda	37
A note on bi-objective optimization for sustainable supply chain network design in omnichannel	35
Combining internal quality-oriented product design with external supplier involvement for enhancing operational performance: the moderating role of product modularity	35
Sociotechnical factors and Industry 4.0: an integrative perspective for the adoption of smart manufacturing technologies	34
Exploring the digitalization paradox: the impact of digital technology convergence on manufacturing firm performance	34
Lean 4.0: a systematic literature review on the interaction between lean production and industry 4.0 pillars	32
Achieving green product and process innovation through green leadership and creative engagement in manufacturing	31

Linking manufacturing firms with environment: role of green manufacturing and environmental management on firm’s environmental performance with moderating effect of external environmental regulations	31
The effect of NPD complexity on NPD performance via inter-organizational collaboration and conflict	31
Building legitimacy in digital servitization: an exploratory case study in manufacturing	30
The effects of the Toyota Way on agile manufacturing: an empirical analysis	30
Lean manufacturing in the last decade: insights from published case studies	29
Does the integration of lean production and Industry 4.0 in green supply chains generate a better operational performance?	29
3D printing driven business model innovation and supply chain operations: a perspective of strategic alignment	29