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Impact Factors of Supply Chain Management Journals

SCM Research

A good indication for this development are the 2017 JCR journal impact factors , which have just been released. The only SCM journal with an impact factor above 6 is Journal of Supply Chain Management (6.105). IJPDLM is now even the Emerald journal with the highest impact factor, which is a great achievement!

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Getting Starry-eyed about Journals (Guest Post by Alan McKinnon)

SCM Research

My guest post today comes from Alan McKinnon who for several years has been raising concerns about the academic obsession with journal rankings and low rating of logistics/SCM journals. The literature challenging the principle, practice and application of journal ranking has been steadily expanding and becoming more critical.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 17-21, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I’m on borrowed time this morning, so let’s go straight to this week’s supply chain and logistics news (I’ll share my takeaways in future posts): Congress may attempt to alter or delay ELD mandate (Commercial Carrier Journal). Cloud Logistics Announces Record Revenue and Network Volume in the First Half of 2017. Have a happy weekend!

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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

I struggle to find a good supply chain academic journal, and often speak to my academic network about the need for one. This is the goal of the Network of Networks initiative which we are deeply vested in testing during 2017. We will launch a call for industry action on our webinar on January 11, 2017. Reflections.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 11-15, 2017)

Talking Logistics

WiseTech Global buys Microlistics for $40m, its ninth acquisition in 2017 (Australian Financial Review). Foxconn’s plans to use driverless vehicles points to potential of emerging technology (Journal Sentinel). FMCSA to grant 90-day exemption from ELD mandate for short-term rental trucks (Commercial Carrier Journal).

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This Week in Logistics News (July 24-28, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Amazon reported its Q2 2017 results yesterday. Ryder Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results. As reported in the Wall Street Journal , the money “will go toward expanding nationally and adding more shippers and trucking companies to its platform.”. Shipping expenses increased 36 percent in the quarter to over $4.5

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Five Ways to Fix Statistics in Supply Chain Research

SCM Research

5) Change norms from within : Funders, journal editors and leading researchers need to act. So, we need to prevent cognitive mistakes. (2) 3) State false-positive risk, too : What matters is the probability that a significant result turns out to be a false positive. (4) McShane, B.B., Colquhoun, D., Nuijten, M.B. & & Goodman, S.N.

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