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Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa

Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa

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Business and Management
Portugal
2026
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Engineering and Technology
Portugal
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
63
Citations
12912
World Ranking
448
National Ranking
5

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
66
Citations
13194
World Ranking
1457
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa is affiliated with Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Engineering. Within these broad areas, their work focuses notably on Strategy and Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Management Information Systems, and Building and Construction.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on several aspects of supply chain and process management. These include Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management, Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Process Optimization and Integration, Optimization and Mathematical Programming, Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods, and Quality and Supply Management.

Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa has published extensively in a variety of reputable academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • International Journal of Operational Research
  • Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • International Transactions in Operational Research

The scientist has collaborated often with a number of peers. Frequent co-authors include Susana Relvas, Ana Carvalho, Tânia Pinto-Varela, Tânia Rodrigues Pereira Ramos, and Bruna Mota.

Recent publications by Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa demonstrate a focus on process and supply chain topics. Selected papers include:

  • Process systems engineering - The generation next? (2021), Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • Social sustainability management in the apparel supply chains (2020), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Simulation-based decision support tool for in-house logistics: the basis for a digital twin (2020), Computers & Industrial Engineering
  • Life Cycle Assessment for the Design of Chemical Processes, Products, and Supply Chains (2020), Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Building disaster preparedness and response capacity in humanitarian supply chains using the Social Vulnerability Index (2020), European Journal of Operational Research

Best Publications

  • An optimization model for the design of a capacitated multi-product reverse logistics network with uncertainty

    Maria Isabel Gomes Salema;Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa;Augusto Q. Novais

  • Towards supply chain sustainability: economic, environmental and social design and planning

    Bruna Mota;Maria Isabel Gomes;Ana Carvalho;Ana Paula Barbosa-Povoa

  • Opportunities and challenges in sustainable supply chain: An operations research perspective

    Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa;Cátia da Silva;Ana Carvalho

  • Design and planning of supply chains with integration of reverse logistics activities under demand uncertainty

    Sónia R. Cardoso;Ana Paula F.D. Barbosa-Póvoa;Susana Relvas

  • Supply Chain Resilience: Definitions and quantitative modelling approaches – A literature review

    João Pires Ribeiro;Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa

  • Research challenges in municipal solid waste logistics management

    Xiaoyun Bing;Jacqueline M. Bloemhof;Tania Rodrigues Pereira Ramos;Ana Paula Barbosa-Povoa

  • Planning a sustainable reverse logistics system: Balancing costs with environmental and social concerns

    Tânia Rodrigues Pereira Ramos;Maria Isabel Gomes;Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa

  • Simultaneous design and planning of supply chains with reverse flows: A generic modelling framework

    Maria Isabel Gomes Salema;Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa;Augusto Q. Novais

  • Resilience metrics in the assessment of complex supply-chains performance operating under demand uncertainty

    Sónia R. Cardoso;Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa;Susana Relvas;Augusto Q. Novais

  • Multi-period design and planning of closed-loop supply chains with uncertain supply and demand

    Luis J. Zeballos;Carlos A. Méndez;Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa;Augusto Q. Novais

  • Process systems engineering – The generation next?

    Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos;Ana Barbosa-Póvoa;Jay H. Lee;Ruth Misener

  • Simple Continuous-Time Formulation for Short-Term Scheduling of Batch and Continuous Processes

    Pedro M. Castro;‡ Ana P. Barbosa-Póvoa;and Henrique A. Matos;Augusto Q. Novais

  • Quantitative indicators for social sustainability assessment of supply chains

    Tamara Popovic;Ana Barbosa-Póvoa;Andrzej Kraslawski;Andrzej Kraslawski;Ana Carvalho

  • Location–allocation approaches for hospital network planning under uncertainty

    Ana Maria Mestre;Mónica Duarte Oliveira;Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa

  • An Improved RTN Continuous-Time Formulation for the Short-term Scheduling of Multipurpose Batch Plants

    P. Castro;A. P. F. D. Barbosa-Povoa;H. Matos

  • Bi-objective optimization approach to the design and planning of supply chains: Economic versus environmental performances

    Tânia Pinto-Varela;Ana Paula F.D. Barbosa-Póvoa;Augusto Q. Novais

  • Sustainable supply chains: An integrated modeling approach under uncertainty

    Bruna Mota;Maria Isabel Gomes;Ana Carvalho;Ana Paula Barbosa-Povoa

  • Pipeline Scheduling and Inventory Management of a Multiproduct Distribution Oil System

    Susana Relvas;Henrique A. Matos;Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Povoa;Joao Fialho

  • Supplier selection in the processed food industry under uncertainty

    Pedro Amorim;Eduardo Curcio;Bernardo Almada-Lobo;Ana Paula F. D. Barbosa-Póvoa

  • Modelling a recovery network for WEEE: a case study in Portugal.

    Maria Isabel Gomes;Ana Paula Barbosa-Povoa;Augusto Q. Novais

  • Integrating harvesting decisions in the design of agro-food supply chains

    Jochem Jonkman;Ana P. Barbosa-Póvoa;Jacqueline M. Bloemhof

  • Operations and supply chain management

    A.P. Barbosa-Povoa

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana P. Carvalho
Ana P. Carvalho University of Lisbon
Pedro M. Castro
Pedro M. Castro University of Lisbon
Stefan Nickel
Stefan Nickel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Bernardo Almada-Lobo
Bernardo Almada-Lobo University of Porto
Jose M. Framinan
Jose M. Framinan University of Seville
Paulo Ferrão
Paulo Ferrão Instituto Superior Técnico
Chris Marnay
Chris Marnay Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gintaras V. Reklaitis
Gintaras V. Reklaitis Purdue University West Lafayette
André Bardow
André Bardow ETH Zurich
Lazaros G. Papageorgiou
Lazaros G. Papageorgiou University College London

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