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Journal of Scheduling
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Journal of Scheduling

1094-6136

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10951

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 411 15 34 7
Computer Science 614 24 38 9
Engineering and Technology 847 13 25 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 43
Documents by Best Scientists*: 68
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 69
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.676
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Scheduling?

Journal of Scheduling facilitates discussions on Mathematical optimization, Supply chain management, Scheduling (computing), Job shop scheduling and Scheduling (production processes). The tackled Mathematical optimization research is interrelated with Schedule which concerns subjects like Set (abstract data type). Supply chain management research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Metaheuristic, Real-time computing, Heuristics, Integer programming and Operations research.

The presented Scheduling (computing) research focuses mostly on Competitive analysis and, on occasion, topics in Online algorithm. The study on Job shop scheduling presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Completion time. Open-shop scheduling is a focus of the Flow shop scheduling works in Journal of Scheduling.

The journal primarily discusses Dynamic priority scheduling topics, particularly Two-level scheduling, Earliest deadline first scheduling and Nurse scheduling problem. Rate-monotonic scheduling, Round-robin scheduling and Fixed-priority pre-emptive scheduling are among the concentrations of Fair-share scheduling that garnered much attention in Journal of Scheduling. In the journal, researchers investigate the Approximation algorithm study as part of research in the field of Combinatorics.

  • Mathematical optimization (59.44%)
  • Supply chain management (43.67%)
  • Scheduling (computing) (40.34%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The State of the Art of Nurse Rostering (722 citations)
  • Rescheduling Manufacturing Systems: A Framework of Strategies, Policies, and Methods (659 citations)
  • A survey of dynamic scheduling in manufacturing systems (574 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Scheduling:

The main points discussed in the journal articles deal with Mathematical optimization, Supply chain management, Job shop scheduling, Scheduling (computing) and Dynamic priority scheduling. In addition to Mathematical optimization research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Algorithm, Set (abstract data type) and Flow shop scheduling. While the published papers focused on Supply chain management, they were also able to explore topics like Schedule, Scheduling (production processes), Project scheduling problem and Operations research.

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

  • Operating system
  • Programming language
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Scheduling focuses on Mathematical optimization, Job shop scheduling, Supply chain management, Scheduling (computing) and Schedule. The journal holds forums on Mathematical optimization that merges themes from other disciplines such as Computational complexity theory and Tardiness. While it focused on Job shop scheduling, it was also able to explore topics like Algorithm, Scheduling (production processes), Set (abstract data type) and Integer (computer science).

It addresses concerns in Supply chain management which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Unary operation, Supply chain scheduling, Bottleneck, Computation and Operations research. Topics in Scheduling (computing) explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Routing (electronic design automation), Task (project management), System model and Preemption. In addition to Schedule research, Journal of Scheduling aims to explore topics under Approximation algorithm, Structure (mathematical logic), Open-shop scheduling and Heuristics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Mirror scheduling problems with early work and late work criteria (5 citations)
  • Measuring the complexity of university timetabling instances (3 citations)
  • Stand-alone renewable power system scheduling for a green data center using integer linear programming (3 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 Journal of Scheduling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Edmund K. Burke (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jacek Blazewicz (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Michael Pinedo (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • T.C.E. Cheng (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chi To Ng (13 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 Journal of Scheduling (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Poznań University of Technology (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Nottingham (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhengzhou University (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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 2021 edition, 12.50% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.76% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 59.52% 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

  • Resource-constrained multi-project scheduling: benchmark datasets and decoupled scheduling

    Rob Van Eynde;Mario Vanhoucke;Mario Vanhoucke;Mario Vanhoucke

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Flowshop scheduling with learning effect and job rejection

    Baruch Mor;Gur Mosheiov;Dana Shapira

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Exact and metaheuristic approaches for unrelated parallel machine scheduling

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Algorithm selection and instance space analysis for curriculum-based course timetabling

    Arnaud De Coster;Nysret Musliu;Andrea Schaerf;Johannes Schoisswohl

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • A periodic optimization approach to dynamic pickup and delivery problems with time windows

    Farzaneh Karami;Wim Vancroonenburg;Wim Vancroonenburg;Greet Vanden Berghe

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • A general scheme for solving a large set of scheduling problems with rejection in FPT time

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Single machine scheduling to maximize the number of on-time jobs with generalized due-dates

    Enrique Gerstl;Gur Mosheiov

    (2020)
    17 Citations

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