International Journal of Integrated Supply Management
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. Dmitry Ivanov
- ISSN online
- 1741-8097
- ISSN print
- 1477-5360
- 4 issues per year
- CiteScore 3.3 (2024)

IJISM's thematic focus is on research that investigates and improves integration along supply chains. IJISM seeks high-impact scholarly analytical and empirical research in integrated supply management from academics and professionals. It is discipline-agnostic. Supply chain integration can be a complex and challenging imperative involving industry 4.0 ecosystems, alignment of supply markets and consumers, associated organisational changes, and the creation and management of integrative relationships in the supply chain. Substantive research that addresses such issues is solicited.
Topics covered include
- Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing/service eco-systems including blockchains, robotics, wearables, sensors, AI, data mining, additive technologies, etc. in integrated supply chains
- Global integrated supply chain design
- Purchasing and supplier coordination and relationships
- New modelling, optimisation and empirical methodologies in integrated supply chain design and management
- Risk management and resilience
- Sustainable operations and sharing and circular economies
- Lean supply managenent
- Quality management in supply chains
- Transportation and logistics
- Customer relationship, service response, demand management in supply chains
- E-commerce supply management
- Performance measurement in supply chains
Objectives
The objectives of the IJISM are to attract and publish empirical and theoretical manuscripts from academics in all disciplines and professionals regarding a wide range of supply management issues including purchasing and other incoming supply issues, internal materials management, information systems and quality issues, and outbound supply, logistics, and customer service issues. Ultimately, the IJISM seeks to promote the practice of integrated supply management throughout domestic and global supply chains.
Readership
IJISM's readership includes academics interested in research on supply chain integration issues, along with managers, consultants and other practitioners involved in studying or implementing initiatives that impact integration in supply chains.
Contents
IJISM publishes original, high-quality, analytical (quantitative models), empirical (surveys and case studies) and theoretical research manuscripts (literature reviews, thought pieces) from academics and practitioners.
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IJISM is indexed in:
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- OneFile Business (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- Pirabase (Smithers Pira)
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
- RePEc
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More journal lists/directories...Honorary Editor
- Wisner, Joel D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Editor in Chief
- Ivanov, Dmitry, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
(dmitry.ivanovhwr-berlin.de)
Advisory Board
- Choi, Tsan-Ming (Jason), University of Liverpool, UK
- Das, Ajay, Baruch College, USA
- Dolgui, Alexandre, IMT Atlantique, France
- Talluri, Srinivas, Michigan State University, USA
- Tang, Christopher S., University of California - Los Angeles, USA
Editorial Board Members
- Alikhani, Reza, Montpellier Business School, Brazil
- Altay, Nezih, DePaul University, USA
- Azadegan, Arash, Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick , USA
- Badakhsan, Ehsan, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- Battini, Daria, University of Padova, Italy
- Bhutta, Khurrum, Ohio University, USA
- Brandenburg, Marcus, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Brintrup, Alexandra, University of Cambridge, UK
- Carr, Amelia, Bowling Green State University, USA
- Chutani, Anshuman, Loughborough University, UK
- Dubey, Rameshwar, Montpellier Business School, France
- El Baz, Jamal, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
- Fosso Wamba, Samuel, Toulouse Business School, France
- Frazzon, Enzo, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Geng, Qin, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Glock, Christoph, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
- Grosse, Eric, Saarland University, Germany
- Gruchmann, Tim, University of Applied Sciences Dortmund, Germany
- Gupta, Varun, University of North Georgia, USA
- Hashemi-Petroodi, Ehsan, KEDGE Business School, France
- Jackson, Ilya, MIT, USA
- Jayaram, Jayanth, University of South Carolina, USA
- Jebali, Aida, SKEMA Business School, France
- Kaynak, Hale, The University of Texas-Pan American, USA
- Kinra, Aseem, Universität Bremen, Germany
- Klumpp, Matthias, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Li, Guo, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
- Mahapatra, Santosh K., Clarkson University, USA
- Min, Hokey, Bowling Green State University, USA
- Mishra, Birendra (Barry) K., University of California, Riverside, USA
- Mula, Josefa, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
- Nair, Anand, Northeastern University, USA
- Otto, Alena, TU Munich, Germany
- Ozturk, Cemal, Munster Technological University, Ireland
- Padovano, Antonio, University of Calabria, Italy
- Patalas-Maliszewska, Justyna, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
- Ruel, Salomée, Excelia Business School, France
- Sgarbossa, Fabio, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- Shen, Bin (Jerry), Donghua University, China
- Singh, Sube, University of Warwick, UK
- Thies, Christian, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
- Tiwari, Manoj Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, India
- Tiwari, Sunil, University of Bristol, UK
- Tu, Yan, Wuhan University of Technology, China
- Visich, John K., Bryant University, USA
- Wang, Chao, Beijing University of Technology, China
- Yoon, Jiho, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
- Zhang, Guoqing, University of Windsor, Canada
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- Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
- Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written (more details available here) and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted.
- Briefs and research notes are not published in this journal.
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- All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted article. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors (PDF) is available.
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Journal news
Every stock you take, AI be watching you
14 August, 2025
Researchers have developed a new way to model how inventory behaves when both customer demand and supplier deliveries are unpredictable, and when missed sales cannot be recovered. The approach provides more accurate estimates than common industry rules-of-thumb, and so might help businesses avoid costly overstocking and damaging shortages. The work, discussed in the International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, builds on the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model. This is a well-known tool for helping stock controllers decide how much to order. The standard EOQ assumes that demand is steady and deliveries arrive on time. The new model is more realistic and recognises that demand and supply can vary from day to day [...]
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- International Journal of Integrated Supply Management
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