Characteristics of the Research on Reverse Logistics (1995-2005)

Sergio Rubio (1) , Antonio Chamorro (2) , Francisco Javier Miranda (2)

1 School of Industrial Engineering
2 Faculty of Economics and Business Management

This paper aims to describe and analyse the main characteristics of articles on reverse logistics published in the production and operations management field, in order to determine the evolution of this current of research over recent years and improve our understanding of this issue. We built up a database with the articles on reverse logistics published in the most relevant journals within the period 1995-2005, and we have explored the topic, the methodology and the techniques of analysis, as well as other relevant aspects of the research. We have evaluated the state of the research on reverse logistics, observing what has been done and how, where and by whom it has been carried out. The result is an extensive review of the research works that have created and developed the reverse logistics concept, outlining some directions of research for the near future and offering practical help to those who begin to research on this topic.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Sergio Rubio, Antonio Chamorro, Francisco Javier Miranda. Characteristics of the Research on Reverse Logistics (1995-2005). International Journal of Production Research, 2007, 46 (04), pp.1099-1120. ⟨10.1080/00207540600943977⟩. ⟨hal-00512945⟩