Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Maritime Business Review (MABR) is a peer-reviewed journal. It is included in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Scopus index. I am pleased to inform you that the latest statistics from the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), the CiteScore for MABR was significantly increased from 1.6 in 2020 to 3.2 in 2021. MABR ranked in the top 50% (Q2) of the area “Business and International Management”, “Transportation”, “Management of Technology and Innovation”, and “Strategy and Management” among Scopus journals globally in 2021. Further details can be found at https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100913309.
The Journal strives for worldwide recognition and highly encourages paper submissions from the world. It is open access to the public and free of charge. For paper submission please visit https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/mabr#author-guidelines.
The Best Paper Award in 2021
Blockchain technology in supply chain management: insights from machine learning algorithms
Enna Hirata, Maria Lambrou, Daisuke Watanabe (Volume 6, Issue 2)
The latest issue is now available online:
Global risk factors of NYSE- and NASDAQ-listed shipping companies’ stock returns
Nikiforos T. Laopodis
Shipping managers’ information behavior during a pandemic crisis
Kelly Gerakoudi-Ventouri
Vocational awareness and aspiration of seafaring students in Taiwan
Chun Pong Wong
Yuwei Yin, Jasmine Siu Lee Lam
Examining the opportunities and challenges of the Kra Canal: a PESTELE/SWOT analysis
Po-Hsing Tseng, Nick Pilcher
The effects of institutional pressures on shipping digital transformation in Taiwan
Hui-Ming Kuo, Tse-Lu Chen, Chung-Shan Yang
I hope you enjoy reading the new articles and look forward to seeing your submissions in our next issue!
Warm regards,
Prof. Chin-Shan Lu, MBA PhD
Director, CY Tung International Centre for Maritime Studies
Professor and Associate Head, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies
Editor-in-Chief, Maritime Business Review (ESCI, Scopus)(Emerald Group Publishing)
Chairman, China Maritime Institute (Taiwan)
T: +852 2766 4087 chin-shan.lu@polyu.edu.hk
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