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Characteristics of the research on reverse logistics (1995–2005) SERGIO RUBIO*, ANTONIO CHAMORRO and FRANCISCO J. MIRANDA University of Extremadura, Spain This paper aims to describe and analyse the main characteristics of articles on reverse logistics published in the production and operations management field, in order to determine the evolution of this currith the articles on reverse logistics published in the most relevant journals within the period 1995–2005, and we have explored the topic, the methodology and the techniques of analysis, as well as other relevant aspects of the research. We have evaluated the first decade of research on reverse logistics, observing what has been done and how, where and by whom it has been carried out. The result is an extensive review of the research works that have created and developed the reverse logistics concept, outlining some directions of research for the near future and offering practical help to those who begin to research on this topic. Keywords: Reverse logistics; Product recovery; Literature review Introductionent Reverse logistics is a research area that has been of particular interest to the academic community in recent years and this is reflected in the main journals on production and operations management. In view of this interest, we propose to analyse the main characteristics of these studies in order to evaluate what has been done and how, where and by whom it has been carried out. The answers to these questions will not only allow us to deepen our knowledge of the current situation of reverse logistics research, but will also help us to determine what still needs to be investigated, outlining some directions of research for the near future and offering practical help to those who begin to research on this topic. In this respect, the objective of this work is to analyse the main characteristics of a series of studies on the concept of reverse logistics that have been published in some of the most prestigious