Biography:
+18 years experience in Operations Management in different international corporations, with management responsibilities in different industries in USA, Sweden, France and Spain. Professor at ICADE since 2007 as well as coordinator of Operations Management courses at ICADE. Director of Master in International Management (MIM) at ICADE Business School.
Areas of interest:
Sustainability and global supply chain management; lean and efficient operations; process innovation; hospitality and healthcare sectors.
C. López, M.F. Morales Contreras, I.M. Langella, J. Alonso-Monge, "Modeling supply chain disruptions due to geopolitical Reasons: A systematic literature review", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 202, pp. 104290, October 2025. [Online: July 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2025.104290
JCR-JIF: 9,300 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 2,332 Q1 (2025); M.F. Morales Contreras, C. Bellón, L. Barcos Redín, "Promoting insider action research: a practitioner-scholar perspective", International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol. 23, pp. 1 - 18, December 2024. [Online: October 2024] doi: 10.1177/16094069241289285
JCR-JIF: 3,800 Q1 (2024); 7,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,622 Q1 (2024); 1,931 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q1 (2024); 3,700 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,088 Q1 (2024); 1,510 Q1 (2025) E.F. Sánchez-Úbeda, P. Sánchez, M. Torrego-Ellacuría, A. Del Rey-Mejías, M.F. Morales Contreras, J.L. Puerta, "Flexibility and bed margins of the Community of Madrid’s hospitals during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 18, nº. 7, pp. 3510, April 2021. [Online: March 2021] doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073510
JCR-JIF: 4,614 Q1 (2021); - SJR: 0,814 Q1 (2021);
JCR-JIF: 4,400 Q2 (2024) - SJR: 0,971 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 8,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,785 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 4,400 Q2 (2024) - SJR: 0,971 Q1 (2025) A. Tiso, C. Pozzan, M.F. Morales Contreras, C. Verbano, "Enhancing chronic care pathways with Health Lean Management: a case study in a Spanish hospital", International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, Vol. 16, nº. 8, pp. 1 - 36, December 2025. [Online: January 2025] doi: 10.1108/IJLSS-04-2024-0070
JCR-JIF: 3,600 Q2 (2025); - SJR: 0,785 Q1 (2025); C. López, M.F. Morales Contreras, I.M. Langella, J. Alonso-Monge, "Modeling supply chain disruptions due to geopolitical Reasons: A systematic literature review", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 202, pp. 104290, October 2025. [Online: July 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2025.104290
JCR-JIF: 9,300 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 2,332 Q1 (2025);
SJR: 0,155 Q4 (2025); 0,155 Q4 (2025) M.F. Morales Contreras, C. Bellón, L. Barcos Redín, "Promoting insider action research: a practitioner-scholar perspective", International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol. 23, pp. 1 - 18, December 2024. [Online: October 2024] doi: 10.1177/16094069241289285
JCR-JIF: 3,800 Q1 (2024); 7,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,622 Q1 (2024); 1,931 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q1 (2024); 3,700 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,088 Q1 (2024); 1,510 Q1 (2025)
SJR: 0,253 Q3 (2023); 0,155 Q4 (2025) M.F. Morales Contreras, M. Leporati, L. Fratocchi, "The impact of COVID-19 on supply decision-makers: the case of personal protective equipment in Spanish hospitals", BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 21, pp. 1170, December 2021. [Online: October 2021] doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07202-9
JCR-JIF: 2,908 Q3 (2021); 3,300 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,997 Q1 (2021); 1,215 Q1 (2025) E.F. Sánchez-Úbeda, P. Sánchez, M. Torrego-Ellacuría, A. Del Rey-Mejías, M.F. Morales Contreras, J.L. Puerta, "Flexibility and bed margins of the Community of Madrid’s hospitals during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 18, nº. 7, pp. 3510, April 2021. [Online: March 2021] doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073510
JCR-JIF: 4,614 Q1 (2021); - SJR: 0,814 Q1 (2021);
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q2 (2024) - SJR: 0,485 Q2 (2021); 0,577 Q2 (2025) M.F. Morales Contreras, P. Chana-Valero, M.F. Suárez-Barraza, A. Saldaña Díaz, E. García García, "Applying lean in process innovation in healthcare: the case of hip fracture", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 17, nº. 15, pp. 5273, August 2020. [Online: July 2020] doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155273
JCR-JIF: 3,390 Q1 (2020); 4,614 Q1 (2021) - SJR: 0,747 Q2 (2020); 0,927 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q2 (2024) - SJR: 0,471 Q2 (2020); 0,577 Q2 (2025) P. Eskerod, S. Hollensen, M.F. Morales Contreras, J. Arteaga-Ortiz, "Drivers for pursuing sustainability through iot technology within high-end hotels—an exploratory study", Sustainability, Vol. 11, nº. 19, pp. 5372, October 2019. [Online: September 2019] doi: 10.3390/su11195372
JCR-JIF: 2,576 Q2 (2019); 4,100 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,581 Q2 (2019); 0,750 Q1 (2025) M.F. Morales Contreras, P. Bilbao Calabuig, C. Meneses Falcón, V. Labajo, "Evaluating sustainable purchasing processes in the hotel industry", Sustainability, Vol. 11, nº. 16, pp. 4262, August 2019. [Online: August 2019] doi: 10.3390/su11164262
JCR-JIF: 2,576 Q2 (2019); 4,100 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,581 Q2 (2019); 0,750 Q1 (2025) 
