Call for Paper – Research Support for Adaptive Supply Chain Studies
Introduction
In the last ten years, supply chains have faced a series of calamities that have led to their full or partial collapse, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukrainian War, US-China trade tensions, and climate-related catastrophes. These incidents have provided evidence of how a disruption at one stage of a supply chain can trigger a collapse at the other stages, thereby leading to a total breakdown of the system.
Consequently, supply chain resilience (SCRes) has been recognised as an essential issue in the field of logistics and supply chain management. Several studies have focused on resilience capabilities and have identified the major ones as being collaboration, flexibility, redundancy, leadership, and information sharing. Moreover, the studies have also stressed the importance of modern technologies like big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and robotics. However, the knowledge generated by the studies has been scattered and mainly centred on the analysis of one level, which has restricted the understanding of the resilience development and its evolution in complex supply systems to a certain extent.
Scope
There is no doubt that this particular matter necessitates further studies that continue to construct a comprehensive view of supply chain resilience rather than being limited to single-level analyses or isolated practices. The editorial board is open to and expects concepts that display SCRes as a dynamic, multi-level skill that is influenced by the interactions of people, organisations, supply chains, and their broader environment.
Theoretical positions and research methods can vary from one paper to another, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed approaches. Besides, interdisciplinary research is very much encouraged, especially if it joins systems thinking, contextual analysis, and cross-level dynamics together to uplift both theory and practice in the field.
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In the past, the different capabilities, technologies, or network configurations have been the primary focus of the approaches to supply chain resilience. However, the recent crises in the supply chain have indicated that it is more correct to view resilience as a systemic phenomenon that develops through interactions at different levels of analysis.
The special issue is aimed at bridging this gap by inviting research that is based on systems thinking and multi-level frameworks. The special issue, through examining the influence, support, and opposition among the different resilience levels, hopes to encourage more nuanced and contextually aware perspectives of SCRes and its implications for supply chain governance and decision-making.
Key Themes
Submissions could cover these themes, but they are not limited to these points:
- A developing definition of supply chain dig resilience in the form of a multi-level framework
- Interactions occurring simultaneously across the levels of individual, organisation, supply chain, and environment
- Supply chain resilience in different cultural, institutional, and geographic settings environments due to the impact of contextual factors
- The individual-level factors, such as leadership, managerial cognition, and personal traits playing an important role in forming resilience
- Theoretical advancements through the application of systems theory, socio-technological theory, panarchy theory, or middle-range theory
- Supply chain resilience as a property of the system that emerges
- Digital technologies (e.g. AI, IoT, blockchain, digital twins) as resilience’s cross-level enablers
- Managerial tools and practices for synchronising resilience actions across organisational boundaries
- Efficiency, flexibility, and redundancy are balanced among different levels of the supply chain.
How We Support Your Submission
Publishing in a top-tier journal like The International Journal of Logistics Management involves a proper theory, a solid methodology, and a clear connection with the goals of the special issue. Research support services can help authors in the following ways:
- Improving and locating the manuscripts so that they correspond to the subject of the special issue
- Advancing the theoretical frame and specifying the academic contributions
- Making the manuscript more coherent, better structured, and higher in academic quality
- Helping with the research design and data processing
- Observing the journal’s format and submission rules
Journal Guidelines:
- Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.
- Submissions must be made via the ScholarOne Manuscripts system.
- Authors must strictly adhere to the author guidelines of The International Journal of Logistics Management.
- During submission, authors should select the special issue titled “A Systemic Understanding of Supply Chain Resilience: Cross-Level Interactions, Multi-Level Frameworks, and Theoretical Innovations.”
- All listed authors must have made a substantial contribution to the research.
- Authors are responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and ethical conduct of their research.
- Ethical approval and informed consent are required for studies involving human participants, where applicable.
- Conflicts of interest and third-party permissions must be disclosed at the time of submission.
Important Dates
Submissions Open: 1 June 2026
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2026
To ensure successful and timely submission to the special issue “A systemic understanding of supply chain resilience: cross-level interactions, multi-level frameworks, and theoretical innovations,” researchers are encouraged to leverage the expert services of the PhD Assistance Research Lab, offering comprehensive support from conceptualisation to final manuscript submission within the specified deadline.
Reference
Lehner, O. M., Vollmer, H., & Bouten, L. (Eds.). (n.d.). Governing futures: Sustainability assurance and the reconfiguration of the audit society [Call for papers]. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. Emerald Publishing. https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/governing-futures-sustainability-assurance-and-the-reconfiguration-of-the-audit-society
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