Editorial Introduction

            This issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production (IJM&P) features a selection of articles submitted and revised until December 2018. Observe the works are the fruit of research and publications of undergraduate, postgraduate and entrepreneurs.

            It is important to mention that all the works are showed without any kind of payment. All of them are published free from payments or taxes.

            The publication also counts on the work of researchers from various parts of the world, which have undergone a process of peer review.

            As chief editor of IJM&P, I am indebted to all members of the editorial board and reviewers, which contributed to achieve a very decent job during the evaluation and revision. Moreover, that they have contributed to the Journal in recognition of the international scientific community.

            In addition, with all the authors, who trusted the results of their research and publications to the scrutiny of editors and reviewers who are part of our Journal.

            On July 20, 2018, the journal was notified via E-mail of its indexing and abstracted in: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Clarivate Analytics - Web of Science - Thompson Reuters. With the availability of journal data on August 20, 2018.

            The Table 1 presents how our collaborators, by their categories of study and sex are.Table 1: Distribution of users by degree

 

Dr.

Ph.D.

MSc.

Dr./Ph.D. Student

MSc. Student

Specia-

list

Profes-sors

Stu-dents

Others

Total

Male

1,064

264

245

59

34

28

57

108

1,859

Female

383

116

127

18

13

3

45

27

732

            From the data provided in Table 1 on the distribution users by titration, Figure 1 shows the percentage of each titration.

Figure 1: Distribution chart for degree

            In the period from January, 01 to May, 31 2019, the journal was accessed by approximately 106,990 users, of approximately 3,773 cities and 184 countries, in the Figure 2 is presented the map mundi, in which can be observed the countries of where was originating the access (GOOGLE, 2019).

Figure 2: Countries that have accessed the journal

            The Table 2 shows the preview data and journal access, since its creation in 2010.

Table 2: views by volume/number

Year

Country

Cities

Access

Users

Viewers

2010

25

75

340

181

5,474

2011

75

343

1,510

1,024

12,942

2012

83

444

2,187

1,406

15,499

2013

118

1,208

11,946

6,006

71,264

2014

146

1,978

17,440

10,503

68,340

2015

147

2,307

23,017

14,460

96,735

2016

162

2,911

26,654

17,847

112,928

2017

184

4,078

37,171

27,129

109,535

2018

190

5,220

57,157

44,400

187,729

2019

184

3,773

33,692

25,797

106,990

            In Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 is shown a graph of the amount of hits that the journal received between January 1, 2014 and Mach 31, 2019; these data are based on information provided by the Google analytics.

Figure 3: amount of hits between 2014 and 2019

            The Figure 4 shows the comparison of the number of cities, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 4: Amount of cities between 2014 and 2019

            The Figure 5 shows the averages of views on the journal in the period between the years of 2014 and 2016.

Figure 5: Amount of average between 2014 and 2019

            The Figure 6 shows the comparison of the number of countries, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 6: Amount of countries between 2014 and 2019

The Figure 7 shows the comparison of the number of users, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 7: Amount of users between 2014 and 2019

            The Figure 8 shows the comparison of the number of viewers, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 8: Amount of Viewers between 2013 and 2019

            Figure 9 shows the overall evolution accumulated in the 12 months, as well as the visualizations between the years of 2013 and 2018 and that can be compared with Figure 8.

Figure 9: Global evolution of views between 2013 and 2019

            Figure 10 shows the evolutionary chart of resolutions address the articles registered in Crossref since 2014, which is based on monthly report. This graph can be seen the evolution of the journal has achieved.

Figure 10: Resolution Report for prefix 10.14807 from between 2014 and 2019

            Figure 11 shows the graph of daily views averages during the 12 months between 2014 and 2019, which allows to observe the constant growth of the Journal.

Figure 11: Average day views

            We appreciate the intense participation of all colleagues, which has made our journal become a place of wide dissemination of knowledge.

            The following content will be presented with the titles, authors and the pages of all of the articles published in this edition issue.

EDITORIAL VOLUME 10, ISSUE 3 (1184-1192)

Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.716

 

TIME SERIES FORECASTING OF STYRENE PRICE USING A HYBRID ARIMA AND NEURAL NETWORK MODEL (915-933)

Ali Ebrahimi Ghahnavieh

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.877

 

ENERGY SOURCES FOR COOKING AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN RURAL AREAS OF TANZANIA (934-950)

Michael Shadrack Mangula, Joseph A. Kuzilwa, Simon S. Msanjila, Isack Legonda

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.796

 

DYNAMICS OF THE DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM WITH ROCKING TAPPET WITH ROLL (951-965)

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu, Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.367

 

DETERMINANTS OF GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS DISCLOSURE ACCORDING TO GRI GUIDELINES IN BRAZILIAN COMPANIES (966-988)

Paulo Henrique Leal, Raimundo Nonato Rodrigues, Maurício Assuero Lima de Freitas, Umbelina Cravo Teixeira Lagioia

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.892

 

 

BANK OF SUSTAINABILITY: A BUSINESS APPROACH TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH SUSTAINABILITY (989-999)

Parisa Artin

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.1005

 

ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC VIABILITY WITH THE USE OF MONTE CARLO SIMULATION FOR MICROGENERATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY (1000-1014)

José Antonio de Miranda Lammoglia, Nilson Brandalise

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.876

 

THE BULLWHIP EFFECT IN BRAZILIAN SUPPLY CHAIN OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRANSACTION COST THEORY (1015-1035)

Paolo Edoardo Coti-Zelati, Mauricio Jucá de Queiroz, Davi Lucas Arruda de Araújo

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.843

 

HEALTH AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF TRUCK DRIVERS IN BRAZIL (1036-1052)

Nellis Oliveira Santos, Luiz Teruo Kawamoto Junior, Hewely Cardoso, Luci Mendes de Melo Bonini

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.873

 

SMES INNOVATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT, CASE STUDY IN ROMANIA (1053-1064)

Rocsana B. Manea Tonis, Radu Bucea-Manea-Tonis

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.878

 

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS TOOLS (SAT) APPLICATION AT SMALL & MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN THE NORTH AREA OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (1065-1080)

Leandro Adolfo Viltard

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.875

 

A DETAILED SURVEY OF JUST-IN-TIME IMPLEMENTATION STATUS WITHIN LIBYAN CEMENT INDUSTRY, AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (1081-1093)

Rajab Abduallah Hokoma, Hala Mansour Amaigl

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.882

 

ACHIEVING JOB PERFORMANCE FROM EMPOWERMENT THROUGH THE MEDIATION OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY (1094-1105)

Nidhi Shridhar Natrajan, Rinku Sanjeev, Sanjeev Kumar Singh

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.891

 

 

MULTI-OBJECTIVE ECONOMIC PRODUCTION QUANTITY MODEL FOR FULLY BACKLOGGED PROBLEM WHERE DEMAND DEPEND ON SOME CONDITIONS AND PERMISSIBLE DELAY IN PAYMENT (1106-1133)

Abhishek Kanti Biswas, Sahidul Islam

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.865

 

COMPARATIVE ANALYZES OF TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS BETWEEN INDUSTRY 4.0 AND SMART CITIES APPROACHES: THE NEW SOCIETY ECOSYSTEM (1134-1158)

Wilson Gasparotto Storolli, Ieda Kanashiro Makiya, Francisco Ignacio Giocondo César

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.792

                                                                                           

BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING: A WEBIBLIOMINIG PERSPECTIVE OF ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORKS (1159-1183)

Ailton Silva Ferreira, Gabriel Riso Oliveira

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i3.886

 

 

June 1, 2019

 

 

Prof. Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

Chief Editor