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Logistics and Transportation Systems

Logistics and Transportation Systems is a research topic within Management Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 1.7k research works in it since 1961. 6.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to supply chain management, including logistics, inventory management, decision making, technology utilization, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply chains. It also explores consumer behavior, product design, and the intersection of human rights with business practices.

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Logistics
  • Inventory Management
  • Decision Making
  • Technology
  • Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Product Design
  • Pandemic Impact
  • Human Rights
Research works
1.7k
fractional, since 1961
In the world top 10%
107
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+114%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Logistics and Transportation Systems research?

By volume, Ecuador and Peru publish the most (113 and 105 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ecuador 113 works
  2. 2 Peru 105 works
  3. 3 Mexico 89 works
  4. 4 Colombia 58 works
  5. 5 Russia 33 works
  6. 6 Spain 31 works
  7. 7 Chile 18 works
  8. 8 United States 16 works
  9. 9 Portugal 13 works
  10. 10 Panama 10 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Ecuador: 23.3%Peru: 21.5%Mexico: 18.2%Colombia: 12.0%6 others listed: 25.0%23%largest
Ecuador113 · 23.3%Peru105 · 21.5%Mexico89 · 18.2%Colombia58 · 12.0%6 others listed121 · 25.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Logistics and Transportation Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Logistics and Transportation Systems research, followed by Universidad Técnica de Manabí and Universidad Tecnica de Machala.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 18 works
  2. 2 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 15 works
  3. 3 Universidad Tecnica de MachalaEcuador 13 works
  4. 4 Instituto Tecnológico Superior de XalapaMexico 12 works
  5. 5 Instituto Superior TécnicoPortugal 12 works
  6. 6 Universidad de PanamáPanama 9 works
  7. 7 Universidad de LimaPeru 9 works
  8. 8 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 8 works
  9. 9 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 8 works
  10. 10 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 7 works

Where is Logistics and Transportation Systems research done?

The largest centres of Logistics and Transportation Systems research in 2022–2025 are Lima (Peru), Trujillo (Peru), Bogotá (Colombia) and Ambato (Ecuador). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Trujillo and Lima.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Lima Peru 42 works
  2. 2 Trujillo Peru 32 works
  3. 3 Bogotá Colombia 22 works
  4. 4 Ambato Ecuador 18 works
  5. 5 Mexico City Mexico 18 works
  6. 6 Portoviejo Ecuador 16 works
  7. 7 Xalapa Mexico 15 works
  8. 8 Machala Ecuador 13 works
  9. 9 Lisbon Portugal 13 works
  10. 10 Guayaquil Ecuador 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TrujilloPE · 31.9 works126×
  2. LimaPE · 42.2 works54×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Logistics and Transportation Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Logistics and Transportation Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Lima, Instituto Superior Técnico and Universidad Técnica de Manabí score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%mean 3.625%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de Lima: 8, 9.1%Instituto Superior Técnico: 12, 3.0%Universidad Técnica de Manabí: 15, 3.3%Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Xalapa: 12, 2.9%Universidad César Vallejo: 18, 1.3%Universidad Tecnica de Machala: 13, 2.6%Universidad de Panamá: 9, 3.8%Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes: 8, 3.0%Universidad de LimaUniversidad Técnica …Instituto Superior T…Instituto Tecnológic…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidad de LimaPeru 39.09.1%224.8×8 —
2 Instituto Superior TécnicoPortugal 35.03.0%289.9×12 —
3 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 33.73.3%184.1×15 —
4 Instituto Tecnológico Superior de XalapaMexico 33.72.9%340.5×12 —
5 Universidad César VallejoPeru 31.31.3%118.0×18 —
6 Universidad Tecnica de MachalaEcuador 26.32.6%255.4×13 —
7 Universidad de PanamáPanama 22.33.8%145.3×9 —
8 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 16.53.0%72.3×8 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Logistics and Transportation Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 114% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Logistics and Transportation Systems.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.