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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

A Systematic Literature Review of Green and Sustainable Logistics: Bibliometric Analysis, Research Trend and Knowledge Taxonomy.

Rui Ren, Wanjie Hu, Jianjun Dong, Bo Sun, Yicun Chen, Zhilong Chen

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 210 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rui RenCollege of Defense Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing 210042, China.
Wanjie HuCollege of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6969-1012
Jianjun DongCollege of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
Bo SunCollege of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
Yicun ChenResearch Institute for National Defense Engineering of Academy of Military Science PLA China, Beijing 100850, China.
Zhilong ChenCollege of Defense Engineering, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing 210042, China.
Nanjing Tech University · CNPLA Army Engineering University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ever-growing globalization and industrialization put forward impending requirements for green and sustainable logistics (G&SL). Over the past decades, G&SL initiatives triggered worldwide deliberations, aiming at easing negative transport externalities and improving supply chain performance. This review-based paper attempts to offer a joint quantitative and qualitative understanding for the overall evolutionary trend, knowledge structure, and literature gaps of the G&SL research field. Employing the science mapping approach, a total of 306 major paper published from 1999 to 2019 were retrieved, elaborated on, and synthesized. Visualized statistics regarding publication years, journal allocation/co-citation, inter-country/institution collaboration, influential articles, co-occurred keywords, and time view clusters of research themes were analyzed bibliographically. On this basis, a total of 50 sub-branches of G&SL knowledge were classified and thematically discussed based on five alignments, namely (i) social-environmental-economic research, (ii) planning, policy and management, (iii) application and practice, (iv) technology, and (v) operations research. Finally, the current knowledge obstacles and the future research opportunities were suggested. The findings contribute to portray a systematic intellectual prospect for the state quo, hotspots, and academic frontiers of G&SL research. Moreover, it provides researchers and practitioners with heuristic thoughts to govern transportation ecology and logistics service quality.

Indexed as

BibliometricsOrganization and AdministrationSustainable DevelopmentConservation of Natural ResourcesHumansbibliometricfreight transportationgreen initiativeliterature reviewsupply chain managementsustainable logisticstaxonomytransport and environment

Identifiers

PMID31905934
PMCPMC6982341
OpenAlexW2997504771

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Registered trials

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