About Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Aims and scope
Editorial objectives
The Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (JHLSCM) is targeted at academics and practitioners in humanitarian public and private sector organisations 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, and public policy) but need to have a logistics and/or supply chain focus.
Editorial criteria
JHLSCM publishes state-of-the-art research, utilising 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 fulfil the following criteria:
- Focus on problems in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management
- Research rigour
- 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 cooperation, integration and collaboration in the humanitarian setting
- Relationship management in humanitarian supply chains
- Public-private partnerships in humanitarian logistics
- Inter-organisational coordination across humanitarian supply chains
- Crisis management
- Civil-military cooperation 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 rigour. 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.
