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Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

ISSN: 2042-6747

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• All submissions to the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management are to be made via Scholar One; follow this link http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jhlscm .See the Author Guidelines for more information.

Editorial Objectives:

The Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (JHLSCM) is targeted at academics and practitioners in humanitarian public and private sector organizations working on all aspects of humanitarian logistics and supply chain management. The journal promotes the exchange of knowledge, experience and new ideas between researchers and practitioners and encourages a multi-disciplinary and cross-functional approach to the resolution of problems and exploitations of opportunities within humanitarian supply chains. Contributions are encouraged from diverse disciplines (logistics, operations management, process engineering, health care, geography, management science, information technology, ethics, corporate social responsibility, disaster management, development aid, public policy) but need to have a logistics and/or supply chain focus.

Editorial Criteria:

JHLSCM publishes state of the art research, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative approaches, in the field of humanitarian and development aid logistics and supply chain management.

Short book reviews and research notes are welcomed.  Research notes accepted for publication fulfill the following criteria:

• Focus on problems in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management
• Research rigor
• Managerial relevance

Scope/Coverage:

• Humanitarian logistics
• Emergency logistics
• Disaster relief operations
• Supply chain management in disaster relief
• Development aid logistics and supply chain management
• Assessing and managing supply chain vulnerability
• Managing supply chain disruptions
• Measuring performance in humanitarian supply chains
• Decision-making in humanitarian supply chains
• Knowledge management and transfer in humanitarian supply chains
• Information and communication technology for humanitarian logistics
• Supply chain co-operation, integration and collaboration in the humanitarian setting
• Relationship management in humanitarian supply chains
• Public-private partnerships in humanitarian logistics
• Inter-organisational co-ordination across humanitarian supply chains
• Crisis management
• Civil-military co-operation in disaster relief
• Humanitarian health care supply chains
• Principles and theory of relief supply chain management
• The role of donors and volunteers in humanitarian logistics
• Not-for-profit supply chains.
   

Key Benefits:

The distinct emphasis of the journal lies on humanitarian logistics and supply chain management.  Double-blind refereed articles advance science in this field and provide practitioners with insights that have been obtained with scientific rigor.  The journal thus creates a lively and valuable forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas so that greater effectiveness of humanitarian operations can be achieved to the value of beneficiaries.

Key Journal Audiences:

The primary audience includes researchers who are interested in advancing the field and practitioners who have a concern for keeping abreast of the state of the art in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management.  Thus the research audience includes researchers from business, defence, and humanitarian logistics and supply chain management.  The journal is also targeted at practitioners from humanitarian organizations as well as commercial actors that co-operate with these.

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management is available as part of an online subscription to the Emerald Operations and Logistics Management Subject Collection. For more information, please email collections@emeraldinsight.com.

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