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Quality and Supply Management

Quality and Supply Management is a research topic within Management Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on developing evidence-informed knowledge in the field of supply chain management. It covers topics such as lean manufacturing, performance measurement, collaborative relationships, total quality management, agile supply chains, information sharing, supplier development, integration strategies, and continuous improvement.

  • Supply Chain Management
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Performance Measurement
  • Collaborative Relationships
  • Total Quality Management
  • Agile Supply Chains
  • Information Sharing
  • Supplier Development
  • Integration Strategies
  • Continuous Improvement
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Quality and Supply Management

Which countries lead Quality and Supply Management research?

By volume, Indonesia and India publish the most (1.7k and 1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 1.7k works
  2. 2 India 1k works
  3. 3 United States 751 works
  4. 4 Brazil 590 works
  5. 5 China 580 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 332 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 302 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 290 works
  9. 9 Germany 280 works
  10. 10 South Africa 247 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.

Indonesia: 27.3%India: 17.2%United States: 12.4%Brazil: 9.7%6 others listed: 33.4%27%largest
Indonesia1,660 · 27.3%India1,046 · 17.2%United States751 · 12.4%Brazil590 · 9.7%6 others listed2,031 · 33.4%

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

Which institutions lead Quality and Supply Management research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad de Lima publishes the most Quality and Supply Management research, followed by Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad de LimaPeru 103 works
  2. 2 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 74 works
  3. 3 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 67 works
  4. 4 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 61 works
  5. 5 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 59 works
  6. 6 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 58 works
  7. 7 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 52 works
  8. 8 Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia 50 works
  9. 9 Peruvian University of Applied SciencesPeru 50 works
  10. 10 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 41 works

Who are the leading researchers in Quality and Supply Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Quality and Supply Management include Marko Sarstedt, Christian M. Ringle and Claes Fornell.

  1. 1 Marko Sarstedt Germany 221k citations
  2. 2 Christian M. Ringle Germany 215k citations
  3. 3 Claes Fornell United States 198k citations
  4. 4 Joseph F. Hair United States 163k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Quality and Supply Management?

The most cited paper in Quality and Supply Management is "Strategic management a stakeholder approach" (R. Edward Freeman, 2010), with 23,365 citations. Next come "DEFINING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT" (5,094) and "A framework of sustainable supply chain management: moving toward new theory" (4,065).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Strategic management a stakeholder approach R. Edward Freeman 2010 23,365
2 DEFINING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT John T. Mentzer, William Dewitt, James S. Keebler et al. · Journal of Business Logistics Sep 2001 5,094
3 A framework of sustainable supply chain management: moving toward new theory Craig R. Carter, Dale Stewart Rogers · International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 13 Jun 2008 4,065
4 Case research in operations management Chris Voss, Nikos Tsikriktsis, Mark T. Frohlich · International Journal of Operations & Production Management Feb 2002 4,035
5 Building the Resilient Supply Chain Martin G. Christopher, Helen Peck · The International Journal of Logistics Management Open access Jul 2004 3,638
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Quality and Supply Management research done?

The largest centres of Quality and Supply Management research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Lima (Peru). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nairobi and Gresik.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 283 works
  2. 2 BandungIndonesia 208 works
  3. 3 SurabayaIndonesia 206 works
  4. 4 LimaPeru 188 works
  5. 5 NairobiKenya 136 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 100 works
  7. 7 TehranIran 90 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 90 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 82 works
  10. 10 DepokIndonesia 77 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NairobiKE · 136.3 works15×
  2. GresikID · 33.6 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Quality and Supply Management than the world average.

See Quality and Supply Management on the map

Where is the best place to study Quality and Supply Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Khalifa University of Science and Technology and University of Derby 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%25%50%mean 33.56%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of DerbyKhalifa University o…International Manage…Berlin School of Eco…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Berlin School of Economics and LawGermany 60.839.1%53.2×17 +37.2%
2Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyUnited Arab Emirates 60.047.9%4.0×9 +266.8%
3University of DerbyUnited Kingdom 59.659.1%14.9×10 -9.5%
4International Management InstituteIndia 55.546.6%27.2×9 +48.9%
5University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 54.18.0%10.7×61 +47.5%
6O. P. Jindal Global UniversityIndia 53.439.9%9.8×8 +54.9%
7Universidad de LimaPeru 51.70.0%166.8×103 +3906.1%
8Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 51.350.7%1.7×9 +25.9%
9Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 51.023.6%2.3×18 +56.6%
10Politecnico di MilanoItaly 49.920.7%4.3×29 +11.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Quality and Supply Management, country by country

Is Quality and Supply Management research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Quality and Supply Management.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Quality and Supply Management as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.050% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Quality and Supply Management0.043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Quality and Supply Management over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Quality and Supply Management10.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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