Foundations of logistics and supply chain research: a bibliometric analysis of four international journals

摘要: The purpose of this paper is to explore the current intellectual foundation four leading academic journals within field logistics and supply chain management. We were interested identify most frequently quoted publications as well their impact on research. examined 17,000 references 412 papers further analysed 39 top-references with means multidimensional scaling (MDS), cluster- factor analysis. able a mix textbooks articles from revealed journal-specific citation pattern, not only in choice but also referenced methodology papers. streams areas, where it was surprising find so many general socio-scientific explaining character field.