Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management - Emerald | 2025 Impact Factor: 2.8 | Cite Score: 6.7 | SCOPUS Q2

About this Journal:
A peer-reviewed journal published by Emerald Group Publishing (UK), focusing on humanitarian logistics and supply chain management.The Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (JHLSCM) is targeted at academics and practitioners in humanitarian public and private sector organisations working on all aspects of humanitarian logistics and supply chain management. The journal promotes the exchange of knowledge, experience and new ideas between researchers and practitioners and encourages a multi-disciplinary and cross-functional approach to the resolution of problems and exploitations of opportunities within humanitarian supply chains. Contributions are encouraged from diverse disciplines (logistics, operations management, process engineering, health care, geography, management science, information technology, ethics, corporate social responsibility, disaster management, development aid, and public policy) but need to have a logistics and/or supply chain focus.
Published since 2011, ISSN 2042-6747 (print) / 2042-6755 (online).
Articles are freely available online; the journal shifted to a fully open access “diamond” model from 2023 onwards (funded; no charge to authors).
Indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and various library databases.

Scope of the Journal:
Humanitarian aid logistics and disaster relief supply chains.
Supply chain optimisation, performance measurement and risk management in humanitarian contexts.
Post-disaster recovery, emergency logistics, healthcare supply chains in crisis settings.
Technological innovations (e.g., blockchain, AI, ICT) in humanitarian supply chains.
Public-private partnerships, inter-organisational coordination, ethics and sustainability in aid logistics.
Reverse logistics, recycling, climate-adaptation and resilience of relief supply chains.