The International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management (ISSN 0960-0035) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Emerald Group Publishing in association with the Iowa State University College of Business. It was first published in 1970 and is considered one of the top 4 logistics and transportation research specialty journals.
The journal publishes articles on a wide variety of topics, including customer service policy, distribution costing, distribution planning, information technology, materials and purchasing management, order processing, systems transport and inventory management. It publishes ten issues per year and is currently edited by Michael R. Crum and Richard F. Poist (Iowa State University).
The journal is indexed in Scopus.
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