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International Journal of Systems Science: Operations and Logistics
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International Journal of Systems Science: Operations and Logistics

2330-2674

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsyb20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Business and Management 239 11 30 14
Mathematics 414 14 23 7
Engineering and Technology 452 36 61 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 57
Documents by Best Scientists*: 88
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 33
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.755
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics?

The main research concerns discussed in International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics are Supply chain, Operations research, Mathematical optimization, Microeconomics and Reliability engineering. Supply chain management is the primary subject of Supply chain works presented in the journal. The Operations research study presented in the journal encompasses related topics like Inventory system and also examines its connection to subjects such as Economic shortage.

Issues in Mathematical optimization were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Total cost, Fuzzy logic, Order (business) and Job shop scheduling. Most of the Total cost studies addressed also intersect with Production (economics). The research on Microeconomics featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Trade credit and Vendor.

The studies on Reliability engineering discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Reliability (statistics) and Component (UML). Studies on Quality (business) discussed in the journal link to the field of Environmental economics. Industrial organization and Competition (economics) are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

  • Supply chain (27.23%)
  • Operations research (19.64%)
  • Mathematical optimization (17.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Modelling and optimal lot-sizing of integrated multi-level multi-wholesaler supply chains under the shortage and limited warehouse space: generalised outer approximation (167 citations)
  • Modelling And optimal lot-sizing of the replenishments in constrained, multi-product and bi-objective EPQ models with defective products: Generalised Cross Decomposition (141 citations)
  • Building theory of sustainable manufacturing using total interpretive structural modelling (127 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics:

The most cited publications investigate studies in Supply chain, Operations research, Inventory control, Supply chain model and Quality (business). The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Supply chain that incorporate concepts from other fields like Factory system, Microeconomics and Distributed manufacturing. The most cited publications with studies in Inventory control featured incorporate elements of Control (management), Multi product, Cross decomposition and Economic production quantity.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Statistics
  • Mathematical optimization
  • Microeconomics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics was organized to reinforce research efforts on Supply chain, Operations research, Mathematical optimization, Industrial organization and Environmental economics. Aside from investigating topics in Bullwhip effect under Supply chain, the journal also explores concepts in Term (time). The work on Operations research tackled in it brings together disciplines like Selection (genetic algorithm) and Flow shop scheduling.

The studies in Mathematical optimization featured incorporate elements of Simple (abstract algebra), Supply chain network and Fuzzy logic. Outsourcing, Competition (economics), Closed loop and Remanufacturing are some topics wherein Industrial organization research discussed in International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics have an impact. The featured Environmental economics studies mainly concentrate on Quality (business) but also cover areas of interest in Stackelberg competition, Integrated production and Cross decomposition.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • An integrated stochastic EPQ model under quality and green policies: generalised cross decomposition under the separability approach (77 citations)
  • Applying a fuzzy multi-objective model for a production–distribution network design problem by using a novel self-adoptive evolutionary algorithm (32 citations)
  • A set of calibrated metaheuristics to address a closed-loop supply chain network design problem under uncertainty (32 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bibhas C. Giri (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shib Sankar Sana (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Madjid Tavana (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Abolfazl Gharaei (6 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nita H. Shah (5 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Islamic Azad University (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jadavpur University (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tehran (7 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Iran University of Science and Technology (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • La Salle University (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.91% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.18% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 31.82% of all publications and 34.09% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • A hybrid robust possibilistic approach for a sustainable supply chain location-allocation network design

    Masoud Rabbani;Seyed Ali Akbar Hosseini-Mokhallesun;Amir Hossein Ordibazar;Hamed Farrokhi-Asl

    (2020)
    146 Citations
  • Integrating credit and replenishment policies for deteriorating items under quadratic demand in a three echelon supply chain

    Nita H. Shah;Urmila Chaudhari;Leopoldo Eduardo Cárdenas-Barrón

    (2020)
    91 Citations
  • Stochastic supply chain model with imperfect production and controllable defective rate

    S. Sarkar;B. C. Giri

    (2020)
    85 Citations
  • A set of calibrated metaheuristics to address a closed-loop supply chain network design problem under uncertainty

    Anita Abdi;Andisheh Abdi;Amir Mohammad Fathollahi-Fard;Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli

    (2021)
    76 Citations
  • A scenario-based possibilistic-stochastic programming approach to address resilient humanitarian logistics considering travel time and resilience levels of facilities

    Ali Mehdi Nezhadroshan;Amir Mohammad Fathollahi-Fard;Amir Mohammad Fathollahi-Fard;Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • An integrated fuzzy AHP- fuzzy MULTIMOORA model for supply chain risk-benefit assessment and supplier selection

    Madjid Tavana;Madjid Tavana;Akram Shaabani;Soleyman Mansouri Mohammadabadi;Nilofar Varzgani

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • The return and remanufacturing rates in a multi-stage green supply chain system with rework, variable shipping cost and ordering cost reduction

    (2022)
    32 Citations

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