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In 2017, we have published the 55th volume of the International Journal of Production Research.To celebrate this anniversary, we decided to prepare a special double issue with papers by leading scholars in Production Research.The list of papers presented in this issue is reported in Table 1.The names of invited authors are in the first column in the alphabetical order.I am very happy, because the most distinguished colleagues in our domain have positively responded and submitted outstanding papers to this special issue.Initially we planned to publish 55 papers, but taking into account the enthusiasm and extremely encouraging reaction of colleagues, we have decided to increase the number to 57 articles.All papers were reviewed by at least three referees and were accepted after at least a revision.IJPR was founded in 1961 and is one of the oldest journals publishing research on decision-making in product/ process design, production engineering, operations management and logistics.IJPR was the first European-based manufacturing journal publishing papers seven years after Management Science (founded in 1954).Along with other well-established journals, for example, European Journal of Operational Research (founded in 1977) and International Journal of Production Economics (originally founded in 1976), IJPR is one of most recognised journals published in Europe, presenting high-quality international research on production systems and logistics.T. Fry and
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