On the measurement and benchmarking of research impact among active logistics scholars

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 814-832

  Rao, Shashank ^a   Iyengar, Deepak ^b   Goldsby, Thomas J ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation; Logistics scholarship; Research impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885998186     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-07-2012-0207     Document Type: Article

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