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<p class="MsoNormal">Call for Proposals: Submission window open now through September 1, 2026<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Journal of Business Logistics</i> Annual Review Issue: <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges within Supply Chain Management Research”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Guest editorial team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dave Ketchen, Auburn University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jessica L. Darby, Auburn University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rebekah (Bekki) Brau, Brigham Young University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">The goal of this annual special issue is to provide integrative reviews of s</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">upply chain management (SCM)<b>
</b>research <span style="color:black">and to guide its future development.</span> The guest editors invite authors to submit a
<i>proposal</i> (not a full paper) that outlines a plan for creating a high-impact<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>scholarly review of an important research stream. In this context, the term ‘research stream’ refers to a body of work (a) that is focused on a specific topic; or (b) that applies a particular theory across different topics. Quantitative reviews such
as meta-analyses are outside the scope of the special issue, as are bibliometric studies and reviews of the application of research methods.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Proposals should be double-spaced with no less than one-inch margins and twelve-point font. Proposals should be no more than seven pages of text.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>References (single-spaced with a space between entries), tables, and appendices do not count against this page limit; authors can include up to ten pages of such materials in addition to the seven pages of text. Proposals that exceed these limits will
not receive consideration. Any given author is limited to participating in one proposal. If an author is listed on more than one proposal, all of those proposals will be rejected without being considered.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Proposals will be evaluated based on these criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Need for a Review</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">. The proposal should
center on a significant<span style="letter-spacing:-3.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> SCM
</span>research stream. The proposal should establish why a review is needed and explain what tasks the planned review will accomplish<span style="color:black">.</span> Proposals to review research streams for which no recent
<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">published </span>reviews exist will have an advantage. If one or more reviews of the stream have been published, the proposal should explicitly explain the contribution beyond such reviews.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Feasibility</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">. In addition to taking on a significant task, the proposal should represent an achievable project within the
compressed <span style="letter-spacing:-3.2pt"> </span>time<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">line</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> outlined below</span>. Proposals that need more than four authors to execute are perhaps tackling an overly broad
topic. <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">Providing </span><span style="color:black">a summary of an initial literature search – such as the set of journals examined, the years examined, and the number of articles found – is not required, but is highly encouraged
to help the guest editors assess feasibility.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Breadth of Interest</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">. Proposals of interest to scholars across various SCM specialty
<span style="letter-spacing:-3.2pt"> </span>areas<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> – and perhaps also in neighboring fields – will have an advantage over proposals of interest to a small set of scholars</span>. Likewise, proposals to review research streams
with steady or growing interest will be viewed more favorably than those declining in interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Coherence</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">. The proposal should read clearly and in one voice. It should use a logical structure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Future Research</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">. The proposal should make
clear to what degree future research is needed within the research stream and how a full paper would lay a valuable foundation for that work.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Quality. </b>A well-written and presented proposal signals that the authors would likely produce a quality manuscript. A poorly written and presented proposal creates doubts, regardless of the merit of the idea.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The guest editors will not be able to pre-screen ideas or rough drafts.
</b>Instead, authors are encouraged to seek feedback from trusted colleagues prior to submission. Also, authors are encouraged to leverage insights from previous articles on how to construct a review article:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ketchen, D. J. & Craighead, C. W. 2023. What constitutes an excellent literature review? Summarize, synthesize, conceptualize, and energize.
<i>Journal of Business Logistics</i>, <i>44</i>(2), 164-169.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Craighead, C. W. & Ketchen, D. J. 2024. Energizing a literature review to boldly go where no one has gone before.
<i>Journal of Business Logistics, 45</i>(2), e12377. <b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ketchen, D. J., & Craighead, C. W. 2025. The presenter's paradox and the reviewer's regress: Two tricky challenges for supply chain management research. <i>Journal of Business Logistics</i>, <i>46</i>(3), e70015.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, articles published in the previous STF issues (2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026) should serve as valuable benchmarks. We encourage authors to use these articles as resources in constructing their proposals.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The special issue timeline is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">August 1- September 1, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Proposals may be submitted
<span style="letter-spacing:-3.2pt"> </span>via the <i>Journal of Business Logistics</i>’ online submission portal at
<a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jbl">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jbl</a> .<u><span style="color:#0850D0"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0850D0"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please be sure to select Special Issue as the submission type.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Please<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>note<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> early and late </span>proposals<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> will not be considered,
</span>nor will proposals submitted directly to the guest editors. <u><span style="color:#0850D0"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">October 1, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Decisions on proposals will be provided. Authors of successful proposals will be offered the opportunity to submit
<span style="letter-spacing:-3.2pt"> </span>full<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>papers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>March 1,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>2027<o:p></o:p></u></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Full<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>papers<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>due.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>June 1,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>2027</u><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Feedback<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>authors<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>full<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>papers. The hope is that all papers will advance to the next stage, but this is contingent on the quality of the work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>September 1,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>
2027</u><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Revised papers<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> due.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Early 2028<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Issue will be published.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Please note each paper may require different timing and a
<span style="letter-spacing:-3.2pt"> </span>different number<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>of revisions.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dave Ketchen</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Harbert Eminent Scholar and Professor of Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Management and Entrepreneurship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Harbert College of Business</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Auburn University</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Auburn, AL 36849</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Fellow,
<i>Academy of Management<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Program Ambassador, Auburn Online</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">“Make magic, not excuses”
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