Rodney Thomas Data-verified

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University of Arkansas

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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20 h-index 36 pubs 1,538 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Rodney Thomas is a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville whose research focuses on supply chain management and logistics. His work investigates the impacts of disruptions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and major hurricane landfalls, on various sectors of the freight market, including import air freight and the US long-haul dry van truckload spot market. Thomas also examines consumer behavior related to last-mile delivery and retail stockout costs.

His recent publications explore themes such as leveraging sustainable supply chain information to influence consumption patterns, the dynamic effects of the US import air freight market during the COVID-19 disruption, and value-in-use perspectives on retail stockout costs. He has also published on flexible responses to global supply chain disruptions and the effects of hurricane landfalls on trucking markets. Additionally, his work includes research on retail media networks and the future direction of academic journals in business logistics.

Thomas's scholarly contributions are reflected in his h-index of 20 and over 1,500 citations across 36 publications. He actively leads a research group and maintains an active lab website, indicating ongoing research endeavors. His collaborations include joint publications with Molly Inhofe Rapert, Stéphanie Thomas, and Matthew A. Waller, all affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

h-index: 20
Publications: 36
Citations: 1,538

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)

DOI OpenAlex
Flexible Responses to Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Empirical Evidence From International Logistics (2025)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
The Path Forward for the <i>Journal of Business Logistics</i> (2025)

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Towards a value-in-use view of retail stockout costs (2024)

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)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Leveraging sustainable supply chain information to alter last-mile delivery consumption: A social exchange perspective (2022)

30 citations DOI OpenAlex