Editorial Introduction

            This issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production (IJM&P) features a selection of articles submitted and revised until February 2020. 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

1,121

277

257

60

36

29

69

113

1,962

Female

421

119

136

20

13

2

53

30

794

            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

            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

194

4,750

55,825

42,873

158,101

2020

165

2,166

16,278

12,377

60,774

            In the period from January, 01 to March, 31 2020, 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, 2020).

Figure 2: Countries that have accessed the journal

            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, 2020; these data are based on information provided by the Google analytics.

Figure 3: amount of hits between 2014 and 2020

            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 2020

            The Figure 5 shows the averages of views on the journal in the period between the years of 2014 and 2020.

Figure 5: Amount of average between 2014 and 2020

            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 2020

            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 2020

            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 2020

            Figure 9 shows the overall evolution accumulated in the 12 months, as well as the visualizations between the years of 2013 and 2020 and that can be compared with Figure 8.

Figure 9: Global evolution of views between 2013 and 2020

            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 2020

            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 11, ISSUE 2 (548-555)

Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.749

 

 

AN ALGORITHM TO SOLVE THE INVERSE KINEMATICS TO A STEWART PLATFORM (263-282)

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu, Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.788

 

INFORMAL WORK: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE LAST 10 YEARS IN BRAZIL (283-303)

Yohans De Oliveira Esteves, Ione Vasques-Menezes

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1022

 

MULTI-ITEM A SUPPLY CHAIN PRODUCTION INVENTORY MODEL OF TIME DEPENDENT PRODUCTION RATE AND DEMAND RATE UNDER SPACE CONSTRAINT IN FUZZY ENVIRONMENT (304-323)

Satya Kumar Das, Sahidul Islam

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1037

 

A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF BRAND EQUITY OF INDIA'S POPULAR ONLINE SHOPPING SITES (324-342)

Ashutosh Anil Sandhe

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1066

 

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARKS: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW AND ANALYSIS (343-359)

Tulio Cremonini Entringer, Lívia Lacopo da Silva

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1050

 

ANALYSIS OF CUSTOMERS' RESPONSE TO STORE ATMOSPHERICS STIMULUS: THE VOLUME OF MUSIC (360-379)

Rafika Benguirat, Sugandha Agarwal, Azza Frikha

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.895

 

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE AND QFD METHOD FOR GREEN LOGISTICS IN THE COSMETICS INDUSTRY: A SUGGESTED REVIEW (380-393)

Neusa Maria Andrade, Jair Gustavo de Mello Torres, Irapuan Glória Júnior, Pedro Luiz de Oliveira Costa Neto

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1041

 

A REFERENCE MODEL IN BPMN FOR CONCEPTUAL MODELLING OF MASTER PLANNING SCHEDULE (394-418)

Tulio Cremonini Entringer, Ailton da Silva Ferreira

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1067

 

EFFECTIVENESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION OF THE PUBLIC SECURITY SECRETARIES OF THE BRAZILIAN STATES (419-437)

Elielton de Amorim Coelho, Platini Gomes Fonseca, Emmanuelle Fonseca Marinho de Anias Daltro

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1047

 

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRAND EQUITY AND INTENTION TO BUY: THE CASE OF CONVENIENCE STORES (434-449)

Phuong Viet Le-Hoang, Giang Truong Nguyen, Huong Thanh Thi Phung, Vi Truc Ho

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1062

 

THE EFFECT OF MARKETING MIX AND BRAND IMAGE ON CUSTOMER LOYALTY OF REMIXED MORTAR (450-472)

Megawati Simanjuntak, Ujang Sumarwan, Ariel Diesto Situmorang

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.963

 

ANALYSIS OF THE MOVEMENTS OF CABOTAGE PORT FACILITIES AND A LONG-TERM COURSE BETWEEN THE PERIOD FROM 2015 TO 2017 USING THE LINEAR REGRESSION METHOD (473-485)

Luiz Rodrigo Bonette, Dayane Melo Pavan, Larissa Freitas Silva

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.966

 

SOME DYNAMIC MODELS OF RIGID MEMORY MECHANISMS (486-518)

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu, Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.929

 

THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS IN MICRO AND SMALL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE COMPANIES: EMPIRICAL STUDY (519-537)

Victor José Aguiar Teixeira de Melo Fran, Gislaine Camila Lapasini Leal, Renato Balancieri, Ana Cristina Rouiller

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1028

                                                                                           

SCREW TORQUE TRACEABILITY CONTROL: INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION (538-547)

Carlos Americo de Souza Silva, Iracyanne Retto Uhlmann, Enzo Morosini Frazzon

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v11i2.1038

 

 

April 1, 2020

 

 

Prof. Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

Editor in Chief