Dr Lai has published in scholarly journals including California Management Review,
Communications of the ACM, European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of
Business Logistics, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal of Management Information
Systems, Journal of Operations Management, and Production and Operations
Management with an h-index of 70 according to Google Scholar Citations. In a recently
published study in the International Journal of Production Economics (Charting
Leadership in Supply Chain Management Research from Asia and Europe by Babber
et al., 2018, vol. 203, pp 350-378), he is listed as one of the top 25 SCM authors from
Asia. He is also recognized as “Highly Cited Researcher 2019” in Web of Science.