Advances in port studies: the contribution of 40 years Maritime Policy & Management |
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| Authors: | Theo E Notteboom Athanasios A Pallis Peter W De Langen Aimilia Papachristou |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA), University of Antwerp, Kipdorp 59, 2000 Antwerp, Belgiumtheo.notteboom@ua.ac.be;3. Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, University of the Aegean, 2 Korai St., 82 100 Chios, Greece;4. Department of Industrial Engineering &5. Innovation Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Port economics, management and policy have progressively emerged as a distinctive research field, and a core part of maritime economics. This paper provides an analysis of all the 267 port studies published in Maritime Policy & Management (MPM) since its inception in 1973. This paper provides a content analysis for seven interrelated research theme categories including main research topics and methods, authorship distribution and citation counts. It is demonstrated that MPM played, and continues to play, a key role in publishing research on seaports. The published research increasingly applies established analytical frameworks to ports. The paper concludes with a discussion on current challenges for port-related research. |
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| Keywords: | slow steaming liner shipping cost saving service networks container ports |
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