International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. Kee-hung Lai
- ISSN online
- 1756-6525
- ISSN print
- 1756-6517
- 8 issues per year
- Impact factor (Clarivate Analytics) 2024 1.4 (5 Year Impact Factor 1.6)
- CiteScore 2.1 (2023)
JCI 0.27
IJSTL is an international peer-reviewed journal addressing all methodological aspects in the field of shipping and transport logistics, particularly those that require empirical or mathematical analysis with managerial implications. IJSTL is dedicated to publishing original, high-quality and methodologically rigorous research papers that address significant management issues pertinent to shipping/transport logistics. IJSTL also publishes informative and critical book reviews of newly published books with scholarly and practical contributions that advance the state-of-the-art of the theory and practice of shipping/transport logistics.
Topics covered include
- Analysis of economies of scale in ship size and firm size
- Container positioning in liner shipping
- International trade and shipping
- Managing intermodal transport
- Market analysis in sectors of shipping and transport logistics
- Modelling and analysis of problems pertinent to shipping and transport logistics
- Risk analysis in transport logistics and physical distribution infrastructure
- Service quality in shipping and transport logistics
- Strategic alliances and relationship management in shipping and transport distribution
- Strategic management for managing shipping and transport logistics
- Transhipment and the development of hub and spoke in shipping
- Transport security
- IT and decision support systems for shipping management and physical distribution
- Warehouse and terminal operations and management
Objectives
IJSTL combines the high standards of an academic approach with the practical value of industrial applications. Its objective is to promote original research and disseminate cutting-edge knowledge for improving practice in the management of shipping and transport logistics, and to strengthen the theoretical base that underpins sound management decision-making. It provides a forum for exchange of ideas and presentation of development in theory and applications for researchers and practitioners to advance knowledge for improving management in the field of shipping and transport logistics.
Readership
IJSTL provides a vehicle to help professionals, academics, researchers and policy makers, working in the field of shipping and transport logistics, to disseminate information and to learn from one another's work.
Contents
IJSTL publishes original papers, review papers, case studies, conference reports and book reviews. Special Issues devoted to important topics in Shipping and Transport Logistics will occasionally be published.
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IJSTL is indexed in:
- Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics)
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Social Science Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- Google Scholar
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- International Abstracts in Operations Research
- TRID [Transportation Research Information Services + ITRD] (Transportation Research Board)
IJSTL is listed in:
- National Agency for Evaluation of the University and Research System (ANVUR)
- Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
Editor in Chief
- Lai, Kee-hung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
(mike.laipolyu.edu.hk)
Editors
- Ng, C.T. Daniel, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Wong, Christina W.Y., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Consulting Editors
- Cheng, T.C. Edwin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Lun, Y.H. Venus, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Associate Editors
- Boon-itt, Sakun, Thammasat University, Thailand
- Dong, Ciwei, Zhongnan Univesity of Economics and Law, China
- Hilmola, Olli-Pekka, Taltech, Estonia and University of Gävle, Sweden
- Ke, Ginger Y., Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
- Park, Yong An, Busan University of Foreign Studies, South Korea
- Qing, Ding, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
- Song, Dongping, University of Liverpool, UK
- Tang, Huajun, Macau University of Science and Technology, China
- Yang, Dong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Yang, Liu, University of International Business and Economics, China
- Zhang, Lingye, Dalian Maritime University, China
Editorial Board Members
- Banomyong, Ruth, Thammasat University, Thailand
- Bichou, Khalid, Imperial College London, UK
- Browne, Michael, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Cariou, Pierre, Euromed Management, France
- Choi, Thomas Y., Arizona State University, USA
- Coto-Millán, Pablo, University of Cantabria, Spain
- Dessouky, Maged, University of Southern California, USA
- Ding, Lili, Ocean University of China, China
- Dresner, Martin, University of Maryland, USA
- Fernando, Yudi, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Malaysia
- Gunasekaran, Angappa, Penn State Harrisburg, USA
- Haasis, Hans-Dietrich, University of Bremen, Germany
- Haralambides, H.E., Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Harizi, Riadh, University of Tunis, Tunisia
- Heaver, Trevor D., University of British Columbia, Canada
- Hoffmann, Jan, UNCTAD Trade Logistics Branch Division on Technology and Logistics, Switzerland
- Hwang, Hark, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
- Jin, Zhihong, Dalian Maritime University, China
- Laporte, Gilbert, HEC Montréal, Canada
- Lee, Paul Tae-Woo, Zhejiang University, China
- Loo, Becky, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Lu, Chin-Shan, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Province of China
- Notteboom, Theo, Shanghai Maritime University, China
- Pallis, Thanos, University of the Aegean, Greece
- Panayides, Photis M., Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
- Pinedo, Michael, New York University, USA
- Prajogo, Daniel, Monash University, Australia
- Psaraftis, Harilaos N., Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Roe, Michael, University of Plymouth, UK
- Rožić, Tomislav, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Shibasaki, Ryuichi, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Shin, Sung-Ho, Dong-A University, South Korea
- Talley, Wayne K., Old Dominion University, USA
- Tang, Christopher S., University of California - Los Angeles, USA
- Tayi, Giri Kumar, State University of New York at Albany, USA
- Teo, Thompson S.H., National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Wang, Chuanxu, Shanghai Maritime University, China
- Wong, S.C., University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Zachcial, Manfred, Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics, Germany
- Zhang, Anming, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Zheng, Pengjun, Ningbo University, China
- Zhu, Qinghua, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- Zipkin, Paul H., Duke University, USA
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Journal news
Ship-shape alliances
5 December, 2024
Research in the International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics has examined how strategic alliances can boost the operational efficiency of container shipping and transport companies. Mpuon Joseph Akam, Eze Felix John, Odigbo Benedict Ejikeme, Joseph A. Anyadighibe, Eyo Itam Eyo, Enuoh Rebecca Oliver, and Samuel Etim Ndem of the University of Calabar, Nigeria, surveyed more than 505 management employees across more than companies in Nigeria and found that partnerships between shipping firms were able to transform logistics performance to the benefit of the businesses and their customers [...]
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