OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Opening the black box of big data sustainable value creation: the mediating role of supply chain management capabilities and circular economy practices	94
Integrating mobile parcel lockers into last-mile delivery networks: an operational design for home delivery, stationary, and mobile parcel lockers	93
Managing sustainability tensions under disruptive conditions: the role of cumulative operations and network capabilities	83
The effect of perceptions of justice in returns on satisfaction and attitudes toward the retailer	64
Extending and understanding: an application of machine learning to the World Bank's logistics performance index	60
Leveraging the critical incident technique for uncovering and training the OSCM competences of the future	56
Who changes what, when and where? Elaborating postponement when integrating hardware and software objects in global supply chains	55
A configurational approach to last mile logistics practices and omni-channel firm characteristics for competitive advantage: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	49
Individuals with disabilities across the supply chain: opportunities to do better while doing good	46
The impact of social vs environmental sustainability information disclosure on consumer choice of delivery time with varying sustainability concerns	45
A meta-analysis of the relationships among digital transformation, innovation and firm performance: the moderating effects of country-specific factors	45
How firm level responsiveness influences supply chain network resilience	44
Integrating artificial intelligence capabilities in supply chain cyber risk management	43
Embracing methodological evolution and diversity in logistics and supply chain management research	37
Towards a typology of logistics “work” beyond formal employment: a synthesised literature review	36
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
In search of a suitable way to deploy Triple-A capabilities through assessment of AAA models' competitive advantage predictive capacity	34
Retaining talent in the maritime sector by creating a work-family balance logic: implications from women managers navigating work and family	33
Replicating the influence of industry characteristics on the extent of logistics outsourcing: a bounded-conceptual-extension study	33
Innovators and transformers: a benchmarking study of online carbon emission calculators for freight transport	33
Guest editorial: The social sustainability of global supply chains – a critical perspective on current practices and its transformative potential	33
Navigating diversity in supply chain relationships: building trustworthiness through complementary and supplementary fits	32
Examining the impact of service recovery resilience in the context of product replacement: the roles of perceived procedural and interactional justice	32
Guest editorial: Towards decent work in the era of Logistics 4.0	31

Unleashing the potential of artificial intelligence to enhance reverse logistics operations	31
Do a non-core worker's procedural justice concerns influence their engagement in helping behavior? A multi-method study	31
Innovators and transformers: Enhancing supply chain employee training with an innovative application of a large language model	30
Digital transformation of the purchasing and supply management process	30
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	28
Retaining gig workers in errand delivery logistics: the role of psychological contracts and perceptions	28
Impact of fake news on firm performance during COVID-19: an assessment of moderated serial mediation using PLS-SEM	28
If you don't care, I will switch: online retailers' behaviour on third-party logistics services	27
An inductive analysis of collaborative cybersecurity management capabilities, relational antecedents and supply chain cybersecurity parameters	26
Governance requirements in supply chain finance: the need for a dual-layered semipermeable boundary	26
Perseverance's connection with helping behavior in remote supply chain workers: the moderating influence of task complexity and goal establishment structures	26
The role of digital knowledge servitization in supply chain management	25
Quantum-inspired computing technology in operations and logistics management	24
Using PLS-SEM for assessing negative impact and cooperation as antecedents of gray market in FMCG supply chains: an analysis on Spanish wholesale distributors	22
Paradox of GPO size and a hospital’s relative power for purchasing efficiency and the moderating role of system membership	22
Netnography: a research method to study supply chain members' interactions in online communities	22
Consumer and managerial reactions to supply chain capabilities: a behavioral competitive dynamics perspective	20
Strategic responses to the pandemic: a case study of the US department store industry	20
Strengthening healthcare supply chains: a social–ecological perspective on resilience	20
Editorial: Our polestars: articulating the vision and future of IJPDLM	19
Adoption of additive manufacturing technology: drivers, barriers and impacts on upstream supply chain design	19
Do you feel guilty? A consumer-centric perspective on green nudging in last-mile deliveries	19
Innovators and transformers: Envisioning a revolution in middle mile logistics with extended range cargo drones	18
Impacts of supply chain integration on product- and service-oriented mass customisation capability: the role of customer need	18
The paradoxical nature of greening transportation: an analysis of tensions in buyer–supplier dyads	18
Towards a value-in-use view of retail stockout costs	18
Consumer impatience in the e-commerce home delivery context: a consumer-centric supply chain perspective for time-based competition	18
Guest editorial: Digital transformation in supply chains: challenges, strategies and implementations	18
Guest editorial: NOFOMA 2021 conference special issue	18
Innovators and Transformers: The challenges of warehousification: balancing logistics spatial needs with social and environmental sustainability	16
A typification of digital platforms from a supply chain management perspective	16
The impact of order fulfillment on consumer experience: text mining consumer reviews from Amazon US	16
Innovators and transformers – filling the void: informing operations management research and practice by applied neuroscience	15
Role of blockchain in transitioning to circular economy – an empirical investigation	15
Digitalization and third-party logistics performance: exploring the roles of customer collaboration and government support	15
Towards a critical realism synthesis of configurational and middle-range theorising	15
Innovators and transformers: Enhancing supply chain sustainability: a methodology combining dynamic simulation and case studies	15
Editorial: From impact and relevance to learning faster and innovating forward – introduction of a new paper category	15
Behavioral operations and the dynamics of emergence: a call for multilevel research	15
Bayesian network methodology and machine learning approach: an application on the impact of digital technologies on logistics service quality	15
Editorial: Navigating excellence: understanding and overcoming common causes of manuscript rejections in logistics and supply chain management research	15
Understanding supply chain innovation	14
An empirical study of truck driver detention time: a shipper’s perspective	14
Intelligent algorithms applied to the prediction of air freight transportation delays	14
How blockchain technology adoption enhances supply chain performance: the mediating role of knowledge hiding	14
End-of-life textile collection from consumers: a design science approach	14
Balancing risk and resilience: how network structures and firm strategies mitigate supply chain disruptions	14
Analysis on the effects of global supply chain reconfiguration on China's high-end equipment manufacturing industry	13
Innovators and transformers: Is wasted food just waste? Reconceptualising food loss and waste in operations and supply chain management research and practice	13
Innovators and transformers: operationalizing AI in supply chains to combat forced labor	13

Retail takes flight: how consumer motivation and engagement propel drone deliveries	13
Supply chain innovation: a framework of public procurement as a demand-side innovation driver	12
Does location matter? A study of automotive clusters in India	12
Digitisation of franchising supply chain impact on franchisor performance: a longitudinal case study of a coffee retail chain	12
Exploring the role of external pressure, environmental sustainability commitment, engagement, alliance and circular supply chain capability in circular economy performance	12
Operational performance of light electric freight vehicles in the last mile: two Nordic case studies	11
Navigating the crossroads: supply chain adaptability, internal coopetition and innovation in chain restaurants’ cross-regional expansion	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
Conflict management strategies and their relationships with exchange performance in supply chains	11
From risk to resilience: a multi-layered framework for supplier risk assessment to strengthen supply chain resilience	11
Evaluating spatial inequity in last-mile delivery: a national analysis	11
How big data analytics capabilities drive supply chain resilience: the mediating roles of supply chain visibility and flexibility	10
Now, then and tomorrow: green logistics practices from a proactive shippers' perspective	10
Mediating managerial beliefs and moderating personal innovativeness: an experimental approach to IoT adoption behavior in supply chains	10
The role of scarcity-inducing post-stockout disclosures on consumer response to stockouts	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
Supplier diversity for socially responsible purchasing: an empirical investigation in Brazil	9
Guest editorial: Deepening the theoretical understanding of agility and resilience in global supply chains	9
Innovators and Transformers: From policy to public value: how procurement governs AI adoption in US State government	9
Publisher’s Note	9
Cyber risk management strategies and integration: toward supply chain cyber resilience and robustness	9
Frequent supply chain disruptions and firm performance: the moderating role of exploitation, exploration and supply chain ambidexterity	9
Editorial: On the stewardship of IJPDLM in 2026 – from Polestars to practice	9
Is digital transformation equally attractive to all manufacturers? Contextualizing the operational and customer benefits of smart manufacturing	9
Supplier goal commitment in performance-based contracts: the lens of goal-setting theory	9
Smart packaging’s role in enhancing logistics capabilities for a circular economy: a systematic literature review	9
Bridging the gap between practice and theory: a mixed-methods exploration to develop a returns management capability framework	8
Should e-returns services be “one-size-fits-all” for consumers? Segmentation using return policy promises and constraints	8
The BORIS experience: evaluating omnichannel returns and repurchase intention	8
Revisiting the concept of decent work: exploring work values and job satisfaction in the era of Logistics 4.0	8
Revisiting buyer–seller relationships in sustainable sourcing: advancing trust-commitment theory within the context of blockchain technology	7
Relative performance feedback in the trucking industry: how rank information affects drivers’ fuel efficiency	7
Supplier-base concentration and efficiency: the moderating roles of R&D expenditure and market share	7
The implementation of berth allocation policies that enable Just-in-Time arrival in port calls	7
Green fuels and emerging business models for sustainable logistics: decoding innovation for the genesis of new supply chains	7
Why review papers get rejected: common pitfalls and how to avoid them	7
Exploring social sustainability in last-mile delivery of emerging economies: trust as a mediator of supply chain practices and purchase intentions	7
Mind the gap: generative AI as a knowledge translator to address the theory-practice gap in supply chain management	7
Safety in context: routines and the effect of a balanced safety and operations focus on worker perceptions and performance	7
Employee willingness to collaborate with autonomous delivery robots: a cross-cultural perspective	7
Agri-food supply chain concentration and financial growth: configuration and congruence approaches	7
Toward SME digital transformation in the supply chain context: the role of structural social and human capital	7
The comeback story! Exploring the impact of ESG performance on global production realignment amidst controversies	7