Category Archives: Academic journals

IJPR seeking editor

Posted on October 24, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The International Journal of Production Research is seeking an editor to start in Jan 2012. The job description can be found here, applications are due on Nov 18, 2011.

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JSCM’s brand-new impact factor

Posted on October 5, 2011 by | Leave a comment

So the Journal of Supply Chain Management didn’t have to wait one more year after all :-) It’s impact factor has now been announced to be an astonishing 5.853, which puts it second(!) in the category of management journals (for the case you wonder, the Academy of Management Review is first). Congrats to the editors Craig Carter & Lisa Ellram and their team!

Here’s a quote from their happy e-mail:

“We are delighted to inform you that Thomson-Reuters’s updated 2010 Impact Factors were just released. We are very pleased to announce that the Journal of Supply Chain Management received an exceptional 2010 ISI Impact Factor of 5.853, placing JSCM 2nd among 144 management journals encompassed within Thomson Reuters’s Social Sciences Citation Index . . . These impact factors are based on 2010 citations of articles published in 2008-2009.”

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Keeping alert! with latest research results

Posted on August 24, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Technology is our friend in receiving alerts on what has been published lately: there are alert e-mails from publishers, even RSS feeds of journals*. You can sign up for your Emerald alerts or access Elsevier theme websites, Inderscience blogs or follow any through facebook/twitter/you name it. I.e., social networks help as well, though still the most targeted are research networks that send out CFPs and TOC alerts. Many of these are specialised, with groups in e.g. SCrisk mgmt sending out their own newsletters etc. And what is new, IJPDLM‘s TOC alerts are now sent out via Elmar as well, extending SCM to marketing scholars and hopefully sparking a debate between disciplines (and avoiding reinventing the wheel).

Gyöngyi

*Admittedly, not on this blog, but I have managed to integrate the feeds of some SCM journals on my academia.edu account :-)

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Decision Sciences seeking new editor

Posted on August 12, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education is seeking a new editor to start with the turn of the year. Application deadline Nov 1, 2011, see the job description here.

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Recent ISI ratings of logistics / SCM journals – including new ones for JBL, IJPDLM, IJLRA

Posted on August 3, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Quite a few logistics and SCM journals got their first ever ISI rating* recently, including JBL, IJPDLM, IJLRA etc. Others are still in the queue and will probably get their first rate next year. But here is a list of some that already have a rating:

Let’s start with the “newbies” on the list – NB! the ratings are quite impressive and compare rather well to the “oldies”:

JBL: 3.905
IJPDLM: 2.617
IJLRA (IJoL): 0.558

And here are some others (in alphabetical order), with the 5-year rates in brackets if available:

Dec.Sci (DSJ): 2.233 (3.937)
EJOR: 2.158 (2.512)
IJOPM: 1.812 (2.792)
IJPE: 1.988 (2.411)
IJPR: 1.033 (1.469)
Interfaces: 0.826 (1.115)
JOM: 5.093 (6.029)
MS (ManSci): 2.221 (3.966)
Omega: 3.467 (3.733)
POM: 1.851 (3.147)
SCMIJ (SCM): 2.473 (3.427)
TJ: 2.348 (2.853)
TRE: 1.954 (2.516)

Ok, some disclaimers: This doesn’t include all MS/OR journals but the highest rate I found among those (so far) was MIS Quarterly with 5.041 (9.821). I may also just have missed some journals. So feel free to add them and their rates in the comments section!

Also, rates depend on whether journals that actually cite a journal are captured by the ranking system, how many numbers (and articles) a year a journal publishes etc.  Anyhow, this is it for now.

Gyöngyi

*abbreviations as follows: ISI rate = Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Knowledge rate from their Journal Citation Report; JBL = Journal of Business Logistics, IJPDLM = International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, IJLRA (IJoL) = International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. The rest can be found through the links.

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A fresh approach to journal rankings

Posted on June 14, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Just when all these SCM journals are about to get their first ISI ratings, the Australian Research Council (ARC) took a fresh, different approach to journal rankings – the one of abolishing overall rankings. As they argue, their excellence in research exercise will be able to capture multidisciplinary research better, will leave room for applied research, enable the possibility for (only?) regional impact etc. The importance of regional impact has also been discovered in the Nordic countries now calling for Nordic journals. Journal quality is still of essence but no more as a stand-alone factor. But here is the press release of the ARC decision.

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First issue of JHLSCM now online

Posted on May 31, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Following up on its announcement, the first number of the brand new Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management is finally out – follow this link!

And the next one’s already in the publication process :-)

Gyöngyi

PS edited 3.6. – the journal has a free access period right now, check it out!

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Posted in Academic journals, Academic publications, Call for papers, Disaster management, humanitarian, Humanitarian supply chains, Supply chain disruption, Supply Chain Management

New book: Humanitarian Logistics

Posted on March 30, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Fresh from the oven, it arrived today on my desk, Christopher & Tatham‘s new book on “Humanitarian Logistics: Meeting the challenge of preparing for and responding to disasters“. It collects important insights from practitioners as well as academics. A wonderful read.

Recently, another book came out as well, Pamela Steele‘s “Humanitarian Logistics: A career for women“. It is a mosaic of inspiring stories of humanitarian logisticians, mostly from the field – and complements the academic view rather well.

The next related book (called “Relief Supply Chain for Disasters: Humanitarian, aid and emergency logistics“) is on its way, coming out in May and in that coinciding with the first number of the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management.  Stay tuned :-)

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A meta-ranking of OM journals

Posted on March 22, 2011 by | Leave a comment

… or rather, Petersen, Aase and Heiser (2011) used meta-analysis for looking at citation analyses of OM journals, linking them to different streams and disciplines. A bit like the three amigos, though they seemingly have more such friends, and these friends have quite different views on the journals in the analysis… Nice reading while all sorts of SCM journals are waiting for their first ever impact factor by Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Knowledge or whichever combination of these terms applies right now.

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Rejection anxiety

Posted on February 2, 2011 by | 4 Comments

Upon all the articles on “why I rejected your paper” and books on dissertation writing, finally there is an outlet that deals with rejection anxiety: the Journal of Universal Rejection. It certainly tops all rankings if you base them on acceptance rates :-) What a lovely practical joke on academics.

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