Title: City logistics: a review and bibliometric analysis

Authors: Rupinder Kaur; Anjali Awasthi

Addresses: CIISE – EV 8.210, Concordia University, EV – 7.636, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, H3G 1M8, Quebec, Canada ' CIISE – EV 8.210, Concordia University, EV – 7.636, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, H3G 1M8, Quebec, Canada

Abstract: This paper presents a review and bibliometric analysis of city logistics based on the papers published in the Procedia - Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences for the years 2010 to 2016. Key aspects examined are analysis of network of keywords and paper, network of keywords and Procedia, network of keywords and keywords used in a paper, citation network of authors and collaboration network of authors. These five networks are examined to identify the most cited authors, major collaborators, major keywords used by authors in Procedia for last seven years in the field of city logistics. Citation, collaboration and keyword patterns are found based on trends observed in the data. Novel practitioners in the field can use the results of the study to seek the authors for citation and collaboration as well as emerging fields in this area. Exploring these networks indicated how 'city logistics' has evolved over time and identified niche research areas in the field.

Keywords: city logistics; bibliometric analysis; citation; collaboration; keywords; papers; Procedia.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBBM.2018.092803

International Journal of Bibliometrics in Business and Management, 2018 Vol.1 No.2, pp.160 - 188

Received: 11 Jan 2018
Accepted: 17 Feb 2018
Published online: 29 Jun 2018 *

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