Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Aims & Scope

The mission of the Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management is to publish original, high-quality research within the field of purchasing and supply management (PSM).

Articles should have a significant impact on PSM theory and practice.

The Journal ensures that high quality research is collected and disseminated widely to both academics and practitioners, and provides a forum for debate.

It covers all subjects relating to the purchase and supply of goods and services in industry, commerce, local, national, and regional government, health and transportation.

The journal is effectively positioned as a multi-disciplinary journal, focusing on a particular set of study objects rather than a specific discipline.

The journal is clearly focused on the context in purchasing and supply management, and is quite liberal with respect to the method and style of research and the level of problem addressed.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	8.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.084

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	104

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1326

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	884

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Drivers and barriers to environmental supply chain management practices: Lessons from the public and private sectors

  Citation: 968

  Authors: Helen, Lucio, Darian

• Institutional-based antecedents and performance outcomes of internal and external green supply chain management practices

  Citation: 847

  Authors: Qinghua, Joseph, Kee-hung

• Risk in supply networks

  Citation: 599

  Authors: Christine, Richard, Helen

• Blockchain and supply chain relations: A transaction cost theory perspective

  Citation: 518

  Authors: Christoph G., Stephan M.

• An empirical investigation into supply chain vulnerability

  Citation: 513

  Authors: Stephan M., Christoph

• Managing supplier sustainability risks in a dynamically changing environment—Sustainable supplier management in the chemical industry

  Citation: 373

  Authors: Kai, Carsten, Evi, Constantin

• Purchasing and supply management sustainability: Drivers and barriers

  Citation: 353

  Authors: Larry C., Robert E., Diane

• A grounded definition of supply risk

  Citation: 324

  Authors: George A

• What is required for greener supplier selection? A literature review and conceptual model development

  Citation: 278

  Authors: Mieko, Luitzen, Annik Magerholm

• Drivers of green supply management performance: Evidence from Germany

  Citation: 274

  Authors: Rudolf O., Cristina

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