2026 José Rui Figueira: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	49	4198	4037	19	18	213	21207

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

José Rui Figueira is affiliated with Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal. Their research spans across the intersection of computer science and engineering, with a focus on management science and operations research, computational theory and mathematics, economics and econometrics, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Their main research topics include:

Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic
Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
Healthcare Policy and Management

Figueira has published extensively, with a strong presence in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
European Journal of Operational Research
SSRN Electronic Journal
Omega
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Among recent publications are:

"Assessing policy interventions to stimulate the transition of electric vehicle technology in the European Union" (2023, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences)
"Surrogate-assisted automatic evolving of dispatching rules for multi-objective dynamic job shop scheduling using genetic programming" (2022, Expert Systems with Applications)
"Measuring the efficiency of the Portuguese public hospitals: A value modelled network data envelopment analysis with simulation" (2021, Expert Systems with Applications)
"A multicriteria outranking approach for ship collision risk assessment" (2021, Reliability Engineering & System Safety)
"New ϵ−constraint methods for multi-objective integer linear programming: A Pareto front representation approach" (2022, European Journal of Operational Research)

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

Diogo Cunha Ferreira (13 joint publications)
Salvatore Greco (13 joint publications)
Rui Cunha Marques (10 joint publications)
Efraín Solares (9 joint publications)
Eduardo Fernández (9 joint publications)

Best Publications

Multiple criteria decision analysis: state of the art surveys

Salvatore Greco;Matthias Ehrgott;José Rui Figueira

5709
Citations
Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis

Salvatore Greco;Matthias Ehrgott;José Rui Figueira

5213
Citations
Determining the weights of criteria in the ELECTRE type methods with a revised Simos' procedure

José Rui Figueira;José Rui Figueira;Bernard Roy

862
Citations
An Overview of ELECTRE Methods and their Recent Extensions

José Rui Figueira;Salvatore Greco;Bernard Roy;Roman Słowiński;Roman Słowiński

465
Citations
Using assignment examples to infer weights for ELECTRE TRI method: Some experimental results

Vincent Mousseau;José Rui Figueira;José Rui Figueira;J.-Ph. Naux

338
Citations
Electre Tri-C: A multiple criteria sorting method based on characteristic reference actions

Juscelino Almeida Dias;Juscelino Almeida Dias;José Rui Figueira;José Rui Figueira;Bernard Roy

335
Citations
An aggregation/disaggregation approach to obtain robust conclusions with ELECTRE TRI

Luis C. Dias;Vincent Mousseau;José Rui Figueira;João C. N. Clímaco

332
Citations
Building a set of additive value functions representing a reference preorder and intensities of preference: GRIP method

José Rui Figueira;Salvatore Greco;Roman Słowiński;Roman Słowiński

289
Citations
A survey on stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis methods

Tommi Tervonen;Tommi Tervonen;José Rui Figueira

289
Citations
Risk-based classification system of nanomaterials

Tommi Tervonen;Igor Linkov;José Rui Figueira;José Rui Figueira;Jeffery Steevens

267
Citations
Trends in multiple criteria decision analysis

Matthias Ehrgott;José Rui Figueira;Salvatore Greco

255
Citations
Resolving inconsistencies among constraints on the parameters of an MCDA model

Vincent Mousseau;Vincent Mousseau;José Rui Figueira;José Rui Figueira;Luis C. Dias;Carlos Gomes da Silva

254
Citations
ELECTRE Methods: Main Features and Recent Developments

Jose Rui Figueira;Salvatore Greco;Bernard Roy;Roman Słowiński;Roman Słowiński

244
Citations
A multiple criteria sorting method where each category is characterized by several reference actions: The Electre Tri-nC method

Juscelino Almeida Dias;José Rui Figueira;Bernard Roy

236
Citations
A stochastic method for robustness analysis in sorting problems

Tommi Tervonen;Tommi Tervonen;José Rui Figueira;Risto Lahdelma;Juscelino Almeida Dias

229
Citations
Single row facility layout problem using a permutation-based genetic algorithm

Dilip Datta;Dilip Datta;André Renato Sales Amaral;José Rui Figueira

198
Citations
The SMAA-PROMETHEE method

Salvatore Corrente;José Rui Figueira;Salvatore Greco

194
Citations
An interactive decision support system for an aggregate production planning model based on multiple criteria mixed integer linear programming

Carlos Gomes da Silva;José Figueira;José Figueira;João Lisboa;Samir Barman

180
Citations
ELECTRE methods with interaction between criteria: An extension of the concordance index

José Rui Figueira;José Rui Figueira;Salvatore Greco;Bernard Roy

179
Citations
A robust ranking method extending ELECTRE III to hierarchy of interacting criteria, imprecise weights and stochastic analysis

Salvatore Corrente;José Rui Figueira;Salvatore Greco;Salvatore Greco;Roman Słowiński;Roman Słowiński

152
Citations