Mapping operations research in project management: a bibliometric analysis

Successful project management can help organisations in reducing costs and increasing its efficiency. Likewise, operations research has contributed significantly to improve project management performance with phase-project-planning methodologies. However, as far as the authors know, there is no literature review that compiles operations research in project management (OR+PM). Thus, this paper aims to present a bibliometric analysis of OR+PM using 1,254 research papers retrieved from ISI Web of Science. This final dataset is composed of articles from scientific journals published between 2001-2018. The results indicate that project scheduling, project management and resource-constrained project scheduling have been the backbone concepts of OR+PM; while terms, such as sustainability, earned value management, multi-objective optimisation, and multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem have been gaining relevance in recent years. Results also show who have been the most influential authors, institutions and countries in the development of this field. Finally, future research opportunities for OR+PM are identified.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLSM.2021.115079
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2021 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Muñoz-Villamizar, Andrés
  • Solano-Charris, Elyn L
  • Romero-Silva, Rodrigo
• Publication Date: 2021

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 52-76
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1742-7967
  • EISSN: 1742-7945
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijlsm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Literature reviews; Mapping; Operations research; Project management; Statistical analysis
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01778646
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 2021 10:13AM