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The aim of this study is to examine the general purpose of the third party logistic (3PL) and fourth party logistic (4PL) firms and to examine the 3695 studies published in the Web of Science database between 2001 and 2018 in terms of bibliometry. The focus of this study is to examine the scientific outcomes of the third party logistic (3PL) and fourth party logistic (4PL) firms and to demonstrate the course of research and practices with a qualitative analysis. The data were selected by searching on 10 in Web of Science Core Collection database and social network analysis was applied to these data. The aim of this study is to analyze the scientific data visually. According to the results of the analysis; there has been a significant increase in the number of citations after 2008. The most cited journal is the International Journal of Production Economics and business economy has the most number of publications. According to the analysis of cooperated institutions, the first four institutes are in China and one institute is in USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]