Limitations of the review, besides the already mentioned flaws inherited in the
ranking studies, will be shortly listed before proceeding with the findings. First, some
journals did not make the final selection (for instance Journal of Marketing, Decision
Sciences, and Transportation Quarterly). Although these journals could well provide
incremental improvements to the literature review, it was felt that a review of more
than ten journals would deviate too much from the more accepted literature streams of
the SCM discipline. Second, it can be seen as a limitation that “only” journals have been
included, while dissertations, books, anthologies or proceedings might also contribute
to the literature review. Should any papers include references to such sources, then
these have been included if deemed relevant.