*7.1. Methodologies*

Figure 3 shows most of the published articles have followed an analytical modelling methodology (37 articles), followed by case studies (15 articles). These two methodologies make up 74% of the total articles reviewed.

**Figure 3.** Methodologies of the reviewed articles.

#### *7.2. Year of Publication*

Figure 4 shows that the years with the highest numbers of published articles were in 2018 (13 articles), 2017 (13 papers), and 2016 (12 papers). It is expected that by the end of 2018, the number of publications in 2018 will exceed that of the previous year. The number of publications has increased considerably in the last four years, showing that supply chain finance has been of high academic interest.

**Figure 4.** Number of articles per year.

#### *7.3. Source of Publication and Top Cited Papers*

The highest number of reviewed articles is found in International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (six papers), followed by International Journal of Production Economics (three papers), Revista de la Facultad de Ingeniería U.C.V (three papers), Supply Chain Forum (three papers), Sustainability (three papers), Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Entity (two papers), The European Journal of Operations Research (two papers), The International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research (two papers), The International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications (two papers), The International Journal of Production Research (two papers), The International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science, and Technology (two papers), Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (two papers), and Supply Chain Management (two papers). These articles cover 50% of the total articles reviewed, showing how diverse the sources of the publications have been. Table 2 shows the distribution of the sources of articles in terms of the 'Name of the Journal' and the number of articles reviewed.

Table 3 also provides the top 10 cited papers from both Scopus and Web of Science.



**Table 2.** *Cont*.


