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Cynthia Barnhart

Cynthia Barnhart

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 52 861 801 371 339 119 15443
Engineering and Technology 52 3541 3391 1039 951 119 15504

Cynthia Barnhart publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Cynthia Barnhart between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Cynthia Barnhart published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 2.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2009. 6 of the 130 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2009. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 1 publication 2021: 3 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 2 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 4 publications
1970 2025

130 publications in total across all disciplines

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Cynthia Barnhart: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 4
1994 3
1995 3
1996 3
1997 3
1998 9
1999 2
2000 3
2001 0
2002 4
2003 4
2004 6
2005 2
2006 5
2007 5
2008 2
2009 13
2010 3
2011 5
2012 9
2013 5
2014 3
2015 4
2016 5
2017 5
2018 4
2019 1
2020 1
2021 3
2022 1
2023 2
2024 2
2025 4
Total 130
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Cynthia Barnhart publications per year - data summary

  • Cynthia Barnhart, a Business and Management scholar from MIT, has 130 publications recorded across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1970 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2009, with 13 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1970, 1987, 2019, 2020 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 22 of the 56 years in the span carry no publications at all (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 2.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 3.8 per year counting only the 34 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 12 publications, 9% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1970-1988: 2 publications (0.1 per year); 1989-2007: 56 publications (2.9 per year); 2008-2025: 72 publications (4.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Cynthia Barnhart publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cynthia Barnhart sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 35–39 to 436+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 122. Most scientists, 122, have 95–99 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 115–119 publications, is where this scientist sits. 35–39 publications: 2 scientists 40–44 publications: 2 scientists 45–49 publications: 5 scientists 50–54 publications: 20 scientists 55–59 publications: 39 scientists 60–64 publications: 66 scientists 65–69 publications: 52 scientists 70–74 publications: 80 scientists 75–79 publications: 83 scientists 80–84 publications: 116 scientists 85–89 publications: 94 scientists 90–94 publications: 111 scientists 95–99 publications: 122 scientists 100–104 publications: 104 scientists 105–109 publications: 113 scientists 110–114 publications: 96 scientists 115–119 publications: 97 scientists 120–124 publications: 112 scientists 125–129 publications: 93 scientists 130–134 publications: 79 scientists 135–139 publications: 69 scientists 140–144 publications: 80 scientists 145–149 publications: 81 scientists 150–154 publications: 85 scientists 155–159 publications: 50 scientists 160–164 publications: 74 scientists 165–169 publications: 61 scientists 170–174 publications: 40 scientists 175–179 publications: 44 scientists 180–184 publications: 47 scientists 185–189 publications: 59 scientists 190–194 publications: 35 scientists 195–199 publications: 37 scientists 200–204 publications: 49 scientists 205–209 publications: 48 scientists 210–214 publications: 34 scientists 215–219 publications: 31 scientists 220–224 publications: 37 scientists 225–229 publications: 34 scientists 230–234 publications: 25 scientists 235–239 publications: 28 scientists 240–244 publications: 34 scientists 245–249 publications: 28 scientists 250–254 publications: 23 scientists 255–259 publications: 22 scientists 260–264 publications: 11 scientists 265–269 publications: 16 scientists 270–274 publications: 23 scientists 275–279 publications: 12 scientists 280–284 publications: 16 scientists 285–289 publications: 10 scientists 290–294 publications: 12 scientists 295–299 publications: 12 scientists 300–304 publications: 8 scientists 305–309 publications: 13 scientists 310–314 publications: 13 scientists 315–319 publications: 6 scientists 320–324 publications: 10 scientists 325–329 publications: 9 scientists 330–334 publications: 7 scientists 335–339 publications: 10 scientists 340–344 publications: 10 scientists 345–349 publications: 7 scientists 350–354 publications: 4 scientists 355–359 publications: 10 scientists 360–364 publications: 3 scientists 365–369 publications: 7 scientists 370–374 publications: 2 scientists 375–379 publications: 8 scientists 380–384 publications: 4 scientists 385–389 publications: 5 scientists 390–394 publications: 5 scientists 395–399 publications: 2 scientists 400–404 publications: 2 scientists 405–409 publications: 4 scientists 410–414 publications: 3 scientists 415–419 publications: 2 scientists 420–424 publications: 5 scientists 425–429 publications: 3 scientists 430–434 publications: 1 scientist 435 publications: 1 scientist 436+ publications: 100 scientists
35–39 publications 436+

This scientist: 119 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
35–39 2
40–44 2
45–49 5
50–54 20
55–59 39
60–64 66
65–69 52
70–74 80
75–79 83
80–84 116
85–89 94
90–94 111
95–99 122
100–104 104
105–109 113
110–114 96
115–119 97 119
120–124 112
125–129 93
130–134 79
135–139 69
140–144 80
145–149 81
150–154 85
155–159 50
160–164 74
165–169 61
170–174 40
175–179 44
180–184 47
185–189 59
190–194 35
195–199 37
200–204 49
205–209 48
210–214 34
215–219 31
220–224 37
225–229 34
230–234 25
235–239 28
240–244 34
245–249 28
250–254 23
255–259 22
260–264 11
265–269 16
270–274 23
275–279 12
280–284 16
285–289 10
290–294 12
295–299 12
300–304 8
305–309 13
310–314 13
315–319 6
320–324 10
325–329 9
330–334 7
335–339 10
340–344 10
345–349 7
350–354 4
355–359 10
360–364 3
365–369 7
370–374 2
375–379 8
380–384 4
385–389 5
390–394 5
395–399 2
400–404 2
405–409 4
410–414 3
415–419 2
420–424 5
425–429 3
430–434 1
435 1
436+ 100
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Cynthia Barnhart publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,017 Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 82 ranges running from 35–39 to 436+ publications.
  • Cynthia Barnhart, a Business and Management scholar from MIT, records 119 publications - the 40th percentile of the discipline.
  • 40% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Cynthia Barnhart, and about 60% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 135–139 publications range, and Cynthia Barnhart ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 95–99 publications, holding 122 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 52% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 135–139 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 436 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Cynthia Barnhart D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cynthia Barnhart sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 89+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 171. Most scientists, 171, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Business and Management scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 156
31 159
32 171
33 161
34 135
35 124
36 114
37 111
38 103
39 89
40 81
41 97
42 80
43 69
44 68
45 63
46 54
47 69
48 50
49 58
50 54
51 62
52 54 52
53 43
54 49
55 35
56 40
57 44
58 34
59 29
60 48
61 32
62 30
63 22
64 22
65 19
66 20
67 18
68 17
69 21
70 20
71 19
72 14
73 10
74 16
75 24
76 13
77 19
78 8
79 6
80 4
81 12
82 7
83 7
84 6
85 10
86 4
87 11
88 6
89+ 96
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Cynthia Barnhart D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,017 Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 60 ranges running from 30 to 89+ D-Index.
  • Cynthia Barnhart, a Business and Management scholar from MIT, records 52 D-Index - the 72nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 72% of ranked Business and Management scientists score the same or lower than Cynthia Barnhart, and about 28% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 42 D-Index range, and Cynthia Barnhart ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32 D-Index, holding 171 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 44 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For professional leadership, and for contributions to optimization and transportation models, algorithms, and applications.

Overview

Cynthia Barnhart is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Social Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Transportation, Automotive Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their work covers several main topics in academic research:

  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions
  • Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
  • Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms

Notable recent publications include:

  • Course Scheduling Under Sudden Scarcity: Applications to Pandemic Planning, 2021, published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
  • Choice-Based Airline Schedule Design and Fleet Assignment: A Decomposition Approach, 2022, published in Transportation Science
  • The Tail Assignment Problem: A Case Study at Vueling Airlines, 2021, published in Transportation research procedia
  • A Novel Approach to the Tail Assignment Problem in Airline Planning, 2021, published in Transportation research procedia
  • Choice-Based Airline Schedule Design and Fleet Assignment: A Decomposition Approach, 2020, published in SSRN Electronic Journal

The frequent coauthors with whom Cynthia Barnhart has collaborated include:

  • Vikrant Vaze
  • Kayla Cummings
  • Özlem Ergün
  • Chiwei Yan
  • Manuel Fuentes

Their research appears predominantly in publication venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Transportation Science
  • Transportation research procedia
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

Cynthia Barnhart has been recognized with several professional honors, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 and a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2011. Additionally, in 2010, they were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering for professional leadership and contributions to optimization and transportation models, algorithms, and applications.

Best Publications

  • Branch-And-Price: Column Generation for Solving Huge Integer Programs

    Cynthia Barnhart;Ellis L. Johnson;George L. Nemhauser;Martin W. P. Savelsbergh

  • Consumption Self-Control by Rationing Purchase Quantities of Virtue and Vice

    Harry N. Newton;Cynthia Barnhart;Pamela H. Vance;Klaus Wertenbroch

  • The global airline industry

    Peter Belobaba;Amedeo R. Odoni;Cynthia Barnhart

  • The fleet assignment problem: Solving a large-scale integer program

    Christopher A. Hane;Cynthia Barnhart;Ellis L. Johnson;Roy E. Marsten

  • Flight String Models for Aircraft Fleeting and Routing

    Cynthia Barnhart;Natashia L. Boland;Lloyd W. Clarke;Ellis L. Johnson

  • Applications of Operations Research in the Air Transport Industry

    Cynthia Barnhart;Peter Belobaba;Amedeo R. Odoni

  • Planning for Robust Airline Operations: Optimizing Aircraft Routings and Flight Departure Times to Minimize Passenger Disruptions

    Shan Lan;John-Paul Clarke;Cynthia Barnhart

  • Using Branch-and-Price-and-Cut to Solve Origin-Destination Integer Multicommodity Flow Problems

    Cynthia Barnhart;Christopher A. Hane;Pamela H. Vance

  • Airline Schedule Planning: Integrated Models and Algorithms for Schedule Design and Fleet Assignment

    Manoj Lohatepanont;Cynthia Barnhart

  • Airline Crew Scheduling

    Cynthia Barnhart;Amy M. Cohn;Ellis L. Johnson;Diego Klabjan

  • Solving binary cutting stock problems by column generation and branch-and-bound

    Pamela H. Vance;Cynthia Barnhart;Ellis L. Johnson;George L. Nemhauser

  • Airline Crew Scheduling: A New Formulation and Decomposition Algorithm

    Pamela H. Vance;Cynthia Barnhart;Ellis L. Johnson;George L. Nemhauser

  • Flight operations recovery: New approaches considering passenger recovery

    Stephane Bratu;Cynthia Barnhart

  • Total Delay Impact Study: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Costs and Impacts of Flight Delay in the United States

    Michael Ball;Cynthia Barnhart;Martin Dresner;Mark Hansen

  • Itinerary-Based Airline Fleet Assignment

    Cynthia Barnhart;Timothy S. Kniker;Manoj Lohatepanont

  • Airline Fleet Assignment with Time Windows

    Brian Rexing;Cynthia Barnhart;Tim Kniker;Ahmad Jarrah

  • Comparing Optimal Relocation Operations With Simulated Relocation Policies in One-Way Carsharing Systems

    Diana Ramos Jorge;Gonçalo H. A. Correia;Cynthia Barnhart

  • Composite Variable Formulations for Express Shipment Service Network Design

    Andrew P. Armacost;Cynthia Barnhart;Keith A. Ware

  • Improving Crew Scheduling by Incorporating Key Maintenance Routing Decisions

    Amy Mainville Cohn;Cynthia Barnhart

  • Air Transportation: Irregular Operations and Control

    Michael O Ball;Cynthia Barnhart;George Nemhauser;Amedeo Odoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellis L. Johnson
Ellis L. Johnson Georgia Institute of Technology
George L. Nemhauser
George L. Nemhauser Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael O. Ball
Michael O. Ball University of Maryland, College Park
Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia
Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia Delft University of Technology
Martin W. P. Savelsbergh
Martin W. P. Savelsbergh Georgia Institute of Technology
Natashia Boland
Natashia Boland Georgia Institute of Technology
Rolf H. Möhring
Rolf H. Möhring Technical University of Berlin
David C. Parkes
David C. Parkes Harvard University

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