Transshipment Location Problem: A Bibliometric Review

The transshipment and location problem (TLP) has been recently gaining increased attention in the literature, much due to organizations need to improve their logistical processes and distribution network. This Bibliometric analysis aims to understand which authors, countries, journals, research areas, and keywords are most relevant to the TLP. In addition, it will also be looked at the perspective of the theme's growth over time. Through the Bibliometric analysis, it was possible to identify that the interest in this problem has been growing over the years and that optimization tools and approaches are mostly used. It was also observed which countries and authors most helped in the development of the theme, and what are their quantitative participations related to citation. This research brings an overview of the development of TLP and its importance in the logistics environment. In addition to showing the main authors who address the topic and their respective countries.