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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Rodney Thomas

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Researcher

Also affiliated: Cleveland State University (1992); Texas Tech University (2004–2017); Walsh University (2025); Georgia Southern University (2010–2018); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2008)

Faculty Researcher

20 h-index 35 pubs 1,574 cited

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Rodney Thomas's research program investigates challenges and opportunities within global logistics and supply chain management. His work examines how external disruptions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters, impact freight markets and international logistics operations. Thomas has explored the dynamic effects of the US import air freight market during the COVID-19 disruption and utilized synthetic control methods to assess the influence of major hurricane landfalls on the US long-haul dry van truckload spot market.

Further research by Thomas focuses on sustainable supply chains and last-mile delivery, exploring how information sharing can influence consumption patterns. He also investigates retail stockout costs from a value-in-use perspective and analyzes the development and differentiation of retail media networks. Thomas's scholarship includes a h-index of 20 and over 1,560 citations, with 35 publications to his name. He collaborates with several faculty members at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Matthew A. Waller, Molly Inhofe Rapert, Stéphanie Thomas, and Christian Hofer.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 35
  • Citations: 1,574

Selected Publications

  • A synthetic control approach to examining the effects of major hurricane landfalls on the US long-haul dry van truckload spot market (2026)
    Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review DOI OpenAlex
  • Flexible Responses to Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Empirical Evidence From International Logistics (2025)
    Transportation Journal 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Path Forward for the <i>Journal of Business Logistics</i> (2025)
    Journal of Business Logistics 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Towards a value-in-use view of retail stockout costs (2024)
    International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Investigating the dynamic and contingent effects of the <scp>US</scp> import air freight market throughout the phases of the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 disruption (2024)
    Transportation Journal 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Leveraging sustainable supply chain information to alter last-mile delivery consumption: A social exchange perspective (2022)
    Sustainable Production and Consumption 33 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Notes and debate paper: Should merchandising and sourcing be worlds apart? The opportunity for more integrated strategic sourcing research (2020)
    Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Decomposing Social Sustainability: Signaling Theory Insights into Supplier Selection Decisions (2020)
    Journal of Supply Chain Management 72 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Exploring the differential roles of environmental and social sustainability in carrier selection decisions (2020)
    International Journal of Production Economics 51 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • An experimental test of green management information system effects on carrier selection: weigh station and tollbooth bypass technology adoption (2019)
    Journal of Transportation Management 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Integrating Behavioral Decision Theory and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Prioritizing Economic, Environmental, and Social Dimensions in Carrier Selection (2018)
    Journal of Business Logistics 70 citations DOI OpenAlex

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