Notice of RetractionHot research topics and trends of SCM: A statisical review

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Supply Chain Management (SCM) has been a very hot research fields. However, the boundaries of it are difficult to be discriminated. There are too many buzzwords on the SCM or related topics. The reviewing studies on SCM are mainly conducted in three ways. First, the concepts, principles and models are reviewed to construct the general view of SCM. Second, the literature on specific topic in SCM is reviewed to show the concrete content and extension of it. The third type is about the application of SCM in specific industry. In this study, the statistical methods are used to analyze the topics in the recent two years. The objective is to find out the hot research topics and the trends. Moreover, the conditions in China are also studied and discussed.