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Gilbert Laporte

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Business and Management
Canada
2026
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Engineering and Technology
Canada
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 137 7 6 1 1 743 76003
Engineering and Technology 139 16 16 1 1 782 78536

Gilbert Laporte publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gilbert Laporte between 1962 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gilbert Laporte published across 64 years, from 1962 to 2025, averaging 13 papers a year. Output peaked at 36 publications in 2007. 30 of the 833 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1962 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 36. Peak 36 publications in 2007. 1962: 1 publication 1963: 1 publication 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 5 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 5 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 4 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 8 publications 1988: 8 publications 1989: 16 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 18 publications 1992: 21 publications 1993: 20 publications 1994: 19 publications 1995: 19 publications 1996: 22 publications 1997: 19 publications 1998: 16 publications 1999: 16 publications 2000: 15 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 21 publications 2004: 24 publications 2005: 23 publications 2006: 15 publications 2007: 36 publications 2008: 29 publications 2009: 28 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 23 publications 2012: 26 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 25 publications 2016: 32 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 27 publications 2019: 35 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 15 publications
1962 2025

833 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gilbert Laporte: publications per year, 1962 to 2025
Year Publications
1962 1
1963 1
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 2
1977 2
1978 5
1979 0
1980 5
1981 4
1982 2
1983 4
1984 4
1985 2
1986 5
1987 8
1988 8
1989 16
1990 7
1991 18
1992 21
1993 20
1994 19
1995 19
1996 22
1997 19
1998 16
1999 16
2000 15
2001 14
2002 16
2003 21
2004 24
2005 23
2006 15
2007 36
2008 29
2009 28
2010 27
2011 23
2012 26
2013 21
2014 26
2015 25
2016 32
2017 26
2018 27
2019 35
2020 16
2021 25
2022 12
2023 15
2024 15
2025 15
Total 833
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Gilbert Laporte 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 Gilbert Laporte 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, 436+ 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: 743 publications — 99th percentile

99% 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
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+ 100 743
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Gilbert Laporte 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 Gilbert Laporte 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, 89+ 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: 137 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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
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+ 96 137
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Canada Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mathematics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2021 - Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For domain-defining contributions to the theory and practice of vehicle routing, facility location, and distribution management.
  • 2018 - Prix Marie-Victorin, Government of Quebec
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Overview

Gilbert Laporte is affiliated with HEC Montréal in Canada and has a substantial body of work in the field of engineering, with a focus on industrial and manufacturing engineering, automotive engineering, building and construction, organizational behavior and human resource management, and environmental engineering.

Their research spans several main topics, including:

  • Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
  • Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Maritime Ports and Logistics
  • Facility Location and Emergency Management
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
  • Optimization and Packing Problems

Gilbert Laporte's recent publications include:

  • "Drone-aided routing: A literature review" (2020), published in Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies
  • "A review of vehicle routing with simultaneous pickup and delivery" (2020), published in Computers & Operations Research
  • "A simulation-based heuristic for the electric vehicle routing problem with time windows and stochastic waiting times at recharging stations" (2020), published in Computers & Operations Research
  • "Green technology adoption for fleet deployment in a shipping network" (2020), published in Transportation Research Part B Methodological
  • "Emerging approaches applied to maritime transport research: Past and future" (2021), published in Communications in Transportation Research

The venues where Gilbert Laporte frequently publishes include:

  • Computers & Operations Research
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • Transportation Research Part B Methodological
  • Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Journal of the Operational Research Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laporte include:

  • Shuaian Wang
  • Lu Zhen
  • Okan Arslan
  • Maria Battarra
  • Güneş Erdoğan

Throughout their career, Gilbert Laporte has received several recognitions, including:

  • Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council (2021)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2019), for domain-defining contributions to the theory and practice of vehicle routing, facility location, and distribution management
  • Prix Marie-Victorin, Government of Quebec (2018)
  • Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (2005)

Best Publications

  • The vehicle routing problem: An overview of exact and approximate algorithms

    Gilbert Laporte

  • A tabu search heuristic for the vehicle routing problem

    Michel Gendreau;Alain Hertz;Gilbert Laporte

  • The Pollution-Routing Problem

    Tolga Bektaş;Gilbert Laporte

  • The traveling salesman problem: An overview of exact and approximate algorithms

    Gilbert Laporte

  • Fifty Years of Vehicle Routing

    Gilbert Laporte

  • A unified tabu search heuristic for vehicle routing problems with time windows

    Jean-François Cordeau;Gilbert Laporte;Anne Mercier

  • A tabu search heuristic for periodic and multi-depot vehicle routing problems

    Jean-François Cordeau;Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte

  • Classical and modern heuristics for the vehicle routing problem

    Gilbert Laporte;Michel Gendreau;Jean-Yves Potvin;Frédéric Semet

  • Metaheuristics: A bibliography

    Ibrahim H. Osman;Gilbert Laporte

  • The dial-a-ride problem: models and algorithms

    Jean-François Cordeau;Gilbert Laporte

  • Ambulance location and relocation models

    Luce Brotcorne;Gilbert Laporte;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet;Frédéric Semet

  • The integer L-shaped method for stochastic integer programs with complete recourse

    Gilbert Laporte;François V. Louveaux

  • A guide to vehicle routing heuristics

    Jean-François Cordeau;Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Jean-Yves Potvin

  • Static pickup and delivery problems: a classification scheme and survey

    Gerardo Berbeglia;Jean-Françoise Cordeau;Irina Gribkovskaia;Gilbert Laporte

  • Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control

    Gianpaolo Ghiani;Gilbert Laporte;Roberto Musmanno

  • STOCHASTIC VEHICLE ROUTING.

    Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Gilbert Laporte;René Séguin;René Séguin

  • Planning models for freight transportation

    Teodor Gabriel Crainic;Teodor Gabriel Crainic;Gilbert Laporte;Gilbert Laporte

  • A tabu search heuristic for the static multi-vehicle dial-a-ride problem

    Jean-François Cordeau;Gilbert Laporte

  • Dynamic pickup and delivery problems

    Gerardo Berbeglia;Jean-François Cordeau;Gilbert Laporte

  • A review of recent research on green road freight transportation

    Emrah Demir;Tolga Bektaş;Gilbert Laporte

  • New insertion and postoptimization procedures for the traveling salesman problem

    Michel Gendreau;Alain Hertz;Gilbert Laporte

  • An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the Pollution-Routing Problem

    Emrah Demir;Tolga Bektaş;Gilbert Laporte

  • A dynamic model and parallel tabu search heuristic for real-time ambulance relocation

    Michel Gendreau;Gilbert Laporte;Gilbert Laporte;Frédéric Semet;Frédéric Semet

  • Fleet management and logistics

    Teodor Gabriel Crainic;Gilbert Laporte

  • The Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Travel Times

    Gilbert Laporte;François V. Louveaux;Hélène Mercure

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Gendreau
Michel Gendreau Polytechnique Montréal
Frédéric Semet
Frédéric Semet University of Lille
Gianpaolo Ghiani
Gianpaolo Ghiani University of Salento
Tolga Bektaş
Tolga Bektaş University of Liverpool
Leandro C. Coelho
Leandro C. Coelho Université Laval
Martine Labbé
Martine Labbé Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jacques Renaud
Jacques Renaud Université Laval
Alain Hertz
Alain Hertz Polytechnique Montréal
François Soumis
François Soumis Polytechnique Montréal

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