The mission of the Journal of Supply Chain Management (JSCM) is to be THE journal of choice among supply chain management scholars, by attracting high-quality, high-impact behavioral research focusing on theory building and empirical methodologies.

More specifically, JSCM has:

• An interdisciplinary focus - the engagement of the top scholars in the fields of supply chain management, operations management, marketing, and strategic management, as evidenced by our world class Advisory, Associate Editor, and Review Boards.

• Published papers by thought leaders and top scholars in the field of supply chain management, as well as related disciplines including marketing channels and strategy (Gary Frazier and Shelby Hunt), transaction cost economics (Oliver Williamson), operations management (Aleda Roth and Barb Flynn), and social network analysis (Steve Borgatti).

• Special topic forums on current issues - supply networks (edited by Tom Choi and Kevin Dooley), sustainable supply chain management (edited by Rob Klassen, Dan Krause, and Stephan Vachon), global supply chain management (edited by Barb Flynn), and archival data analysis in supply chain management research (edited by Roger Calantone and Shawnee Vickery).

• Doubled the submission rate between 2007 and 2008.

• An H-Index for 2008 on par with those of other 'A' level journals, including the Journal of Operations Management and Academy of Management Journal.

• An acceptance rate of 5% for articles submitted in 2008.

TopHighlights

• Hunt and Davis, "Grounding Supply Chain Management in Resource-Advantage Theory" (2008)
• Roth et al., "Unraveling the Food Supply Chain: Strategic Insights from China and the 2007 Recalls" (2008)
• Williamson, "Outsourcing: Transaction Cost Economics and Supply Chain Management" (2008)
• Frazier, "Physical Distribution and Channel Management: A Knowledge and Capabilities Perspective" (2009)
• Borgatti, "On Social Network Analysis in a Supply Chain" (2009)

The Top Ten Most Downloaded Articles From Journal of Supply Chain Management
1. OLIVER E. WILLIAMSON, OUTSOURCING: TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
2. THOMAS Y. CHOI, ZHAOHUI WU, TRIADS IN SUPPLY NETWORKS: THEORIZING BUYER & SUPPLIER & SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS
3. MARK PAGELL, ZHAOHUI WU, BUILDING A MORE COMPLETE THEORY OF SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT USING CASE STUDIES OF 10 EXEMPLARS
4. STEPHEN P. BORGATTI, XUN LI, ON SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN CONTEXT
5. LARRY C. GIUNIPERO, ROBERT E. HOOKER, SACHA JOSEPH-MATTHEWS, TOM E. YOON, SUSAN BRUDVIG, A DECADE OF SCM LITERATURE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS
6. ALEDA V. ROTH, ANDY A. TSAY, MADELEINE E. PULLMAN, JOHN V. GRAY, UNRAVELING THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN: STRATEGIC INSIGHTS FROM CHINA AND THE 2007 RECALLS
7. SHELBY D. HUNT, DONNA F. DAVIS, GROUNDING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN RESOURCE-ADVANTAGE THEORY
8. GARY L. FRAZIER, PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION AND CHANNEL MANAGEMENT: A KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES PERSPECTIVE
9. CARL MARCUS WALLENBURG, INNOVATION IN LOGISTICS OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIPS: PROACTIVE IMPROVEMENT BY LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS AS A DRIVER OF CUSTOMER LOYALTY
10. GERHARD TRAUTMANN, VIRPI TURKULAINEN, EVI HARTMANN, LYDIA BALS: INTEGRATION IN THE GLOBAL SOURCING ORGANIZATION & AN INFORMATION PROCESSING PERSPECTIVE