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International Transactions in Operational Research
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International Transactions in Operational Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 87 46 81 19
Business and Management 216 37 78 14
Engineering and Technology 364 69 120 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 187
Documents by Best Scientists*: 291
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 70
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.993
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Transactions in Operational Research?

The discussions in International Transactions in Operational Research mainly cover the fields of Mathematical optimization, Operations research, Integer programming, Supply chain and Heuristics. Topics in Mathematical optimization were tackled in line with various other fields like Algorithm and Job shop scheduling. The Operations research works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Decision support system and Operations management.

The research on Supply chain featured in International Transactions in Operational Research combines topics in other fields like Microeconomics and Industrial organization.

  • Mathematical optimization (34.09%)
  • Operations research (15.39%)
  • Integer programming (7.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Classical and modern heuristics for the vehicle routing problem (585 citations)
  • Metaheuristics—the metaphor exposed (475 citations)
  • MACBETH — An Interactive Path Towards the Construction of Cardinal Value Functions (314 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Transactions in Operational Research:

The published papers investigate studies in Mathematical optimization, Operations research, Heuristics, Metaheuristic and Algorithm. The published papers focus on Mathematical optimization but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Vehicle routing problem which is concerned with Travelling salesman problem. While the primary focus in the journal publications is Heuristics, they also dissect topics surrounding Combinatorial optimization and Artificial intelligence as a whole.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mathematical optimization

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Mathematical optimization, Operations research, Applied mathematics, Robust optimization and Game theory. In addition to Mathematical optimization research, International Transactions in Operational Research aims to explore topics under Sampling (statistics), Job shop scheduling and Social network. The journal facilitates discussions in Inventory system as part of the larger field of Operations research, however, it also tackles fields such as Start time.

The research on Applied mathematics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Regression analysis, Eigenvalues and eigenvectors and Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm. The presented Game theory research focuses mostly on Industrial organization and, on occasion, topics in Supply chain. While Integer programming is the focus of International Transactions in Operational Research, it also provided insights into the studies of Distribution networks, Distribution (mathematics), Arc (geometry) and Heuristics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Redesign of vaccine distribution networks (12 citations)
  • Benchmarking within a DEA framework: setting the closest targets and identifying peer groups with the most similar performances (5 citations)
  • An effective algorithm for flexible assembly job‐shop scheduling with tight job constraints (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in International Transactions in Operational Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Celso C. Ribeiro (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Angel A. Juan (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nelson Maculan (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • João Clímaco (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kenneth Sörensen (14 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Transactions in Operational Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Federal Fluminense University (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Coimbra (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • State University of Campinas (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Science and Technology of China (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.41% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.11% of all publications and 70.37% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Location-routing problem: a classification of recent research

    Unknown

    (2021)
    149 Citations
  • A variable neighborhood search simheuristic for the multiperiod inventory routing problem with stochastic demands

    Aljoscha Gruler;Javier Panadero;Jesica de Armas;José A. Moreno Pérez

    (2020)
    84 Citations
  • Autonomous vessels: State of the art and potential opportunities in logistics

    Yewen Gu;Julio Cesar Goez;Mario Guajardo;Stein W. Wallace

    (2021)
    81 Citations
  • A mixed resilient‐efficient approach toward blood supply chain network design

    Abdorrahman Haeri;Seyyed‐Mahdi Hosseini‐Motlagh;Mohammad Reza Ghatreh Samani;Marziehsadat Rezaei

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • The effect of advance payment with discount facility on supply decisions of deteriorating products whose demand is both price and stock dependent

    Md. Al-Amin Khan;Ali Akbar Shaikh;Gobinda Chandra Panda;Ioannis Konstantaras

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Conditional value-at-risk beyond finance: a survey

    Carlo Filippi;Gianfranco Guastaroba;Maria Grazia Speranza

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Peer‐to‐peer financing choice of SME entrepreneurs in the re‐emergence of supply chain localization

    Raziyeh Reza‐Gharehbagh;Ashkan Hafezalkotob;Ahmad Makui

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • Agile optimization of a two‐echelon vehicle routing problem with pickup and delivery

    Leandro do C. Martins;Patrick Hirsch;Angel A. Juan

    (2021)
    58 Citations

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