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A Bibliometric Analysis of Simulation Studies in the Field of Container Logistics Using VOSviewer

Mehmet Gürtürk(CANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY, BİGA VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT)0000-0002-8417-1274
Bükra Doğaner Duman(ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY, ACADEMY OF TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS)0000-0002-9770-9838
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2024-05-17
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The study concludes by presenting authors some recommendations based on the analyzed studies.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Productive and uninterrupted operation of ports and their provision of value-added services to customers have become necessities brought about by competition.
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Key Findings & Data:A performance measurement tool is needed in ports to ensure that the service ports provide is uninterrupted and productive.
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Conclusion & Impact:The study concludes by presenting authors some recommendations based on the analyzed studies.
🔬Design:Modeling & Simulation
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:simulation · VOSviewer · container logistics

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Productive and uninterrupted operation of ports and their provision of value-added services to customers have become necessities brought about by competition. A performance measurement tool is needed in ports to ensure that the service ports provide is uninterrupted and productive. Four basic logistics processes occur in container terminals: ship operations, transportation, storage, and handling of containers in the port area. Thus, this study aims to develop a logistics-oriented decision support model that will function as a decision support tool for port management to help in understanding, analyzing, and evaluating a port’s logistics structure and port performance indicators for planning port capacity, increasing port productivity, improving intra-port logistics processes, and predicting a port’s future needs. This study offers an extensive analysis of the literature on simulating the processes in container terminals using the bibliometric analysis method. The study preforms an in-depth analysis of 51 studies in the Scopus database. The study also performs co-citation and author-keyword analyses on the obtained data with the help of the software program VOSviewer. The study concludes by presenting authors some recommendations based on the analyzed studies.

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Gürtürk, M., Duman, B. D. (2024). A Bibliometric Analysis of Simulation Studies in the Field of Container Logistics Using VOSviewer. Journal of Transportation and Logistics, Volume: 9 Issue: 1. https://doi.org/10.26650/JTL.2024.1394688

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