2026 Riccardo Manzini: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	44	4180	3860	44	42	201	7258
Engineering and Technology	45	5542	5345	171	168	204	7377

Overview

Riccardo Manzini is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly within engineering and its applications to sustainability and manufacturing systems.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

Engineering
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Business, Management and Accounting

Within these areas, the subfields of study represented in their research consist of:

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Food Science
Strategy and Management
Building and Construction
Pollution

The primary research topics addressed by Riccardo Manzini cover themes related to sustainability and optimization, including:

Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Food Supply Chain Traceability
Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Recent publications provide insight into their research focus and methodologies. Notable papers include:

A closed-loop packaging network design model to foster infinitely reusable and recyclable containers in food industry (2020), published in Sustainable Production and Consumption
A traceability-support system to control safety and sustainability indicators in food distribution (2021), published in Food Control
A support-design framework for Cooperative Robots systems in labor-intensive manufacturing processes (2021), published in Journal of Manufacturing Systems
Augmented spatial LCA for comparing reusable and recyclable food packaging containers networks (2022), published in Journal of Cleaner Production
A machine learning approach for predictive warehouse design (2021), published in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

Riccardo Accorsi
Michele Ronzoni
Beatrice Guidani
Ilaria Battarra
Giacomo Lupi

Riccardo Manzini's research is also disseminated across several publication venues where multiple articles have appeared, such as:

IFAC-PapersOnLine
Transportation Research Procedia
Sustainable Production and Consumption
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Procedia Computer Science

Best Publications

Traceability of food products: General framework and experimental evidence

Alberto Regattieri;Mauro Gamberi;Riccardo Manzini

1051
Citations
Maintenance for Industrial Systems

Riccardo Manzini;Alberto Regattieri;Hoang Pham;Emilio Ferrari

520
Citations
The new conceptual framework for food supply chain assessment

Riccardo Manzini;Riccardo Accorsi

359
Citations
Economic and environmental assessment of reusable plastic containers: A food catering supply chain case study

Riccardo Accorsi;Alessandro Cascini;Alessandro Cascini;Susan Cholette;Riccardo Manzini

271
Citations
An integrated production–distribution model for the dynamic location and allocation problem with safety stock optimization

Elisa Gebennini;Rita Gamberini;Riccardo Manzini

218
Citations
Sustainable food supply chain management

Dong Li;Xiaojun Wang;Hing Kai Chan;Riccardo Manzini

183
Citations
A decision-support system for the design and management of warehousing systems

Riccardo Accorsi;Riccardo Manzini;Fausto Maranesi

172
Citations
Managing Lumpy Demand for Aircraft Spare Parts

Alberto Regattieri;Mauro Gamberi;R. Gamberini;Riccardo Manzini

169
Citations
Strategic Design and Operational Management Optimization of a Multi Stage Physical Distribution System

Riccardo Manzini;Filippo Bindi

124
Citations
Logistics And Supply Chain Management

Riccardo Manzini;Ricardo Accorsi;Mauro Gamberi;Alberto Regattieri

122
Citations
Warehousing in the Global Supply Chain: Advanced Models, Tools and Applications for Storage Systems

Riccardo Manzini

119
Citations
The land-network problem: ecosystem carbon balance in planning sustainable agro-food supply chains

Riccardo Accorsi;Susan Cholette;Riccardo Manzini;Chiara Pini

116
Citations
Optimization models for the dynamic facility location and allocation problem

Riccardo Manzini;Elisa Gebennini

113
Citations
Design of a class based storage picker to product Order Picking System

Riccardo Manzini;Mauro Gamberi;Alessandro Persona;Alberto Regattieri

113
Citations
Similarity-based storage allocation rules in an order picking system: an application to the food service industry

Filippo Bindi;Riccardo Manzini;Arrigo Pareschi;Alberto Regattieri

111
Citations
Design and control of an AS/RS

Riccardo Manzini;Mauro Gamberi;Alberto Regattieri

108
Citations
Optimal safety stock levels of subassemblies and manufacturing components

Alessandro Persona;Daria Battini;Riccardo Manzini;Arrigo Pareschi

106
Citations
On the integration of planning and environmental impact assessment for a WEEE transportation network—A case study

Rita Gamberini;Elisa Gebennini;Riccardo Manzini;Andrea Ziveri

104
Citations
Glass vs. Plastic: Life Cycle Assessment of Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Bottles across Global Supply Chains

Riccardo Accorsi;Lorenzo Versari;Riccardo Manzini

96
Citations
A new model for environmental and economic evaluation of renewable energy systems: The case of wind turbines

Matteo M. Savino;Riccardo Manzini;Vincenzo Della Selva;Riccardo Accorsi

95
Citations
Environmental and economic assessment of fresh fruit supply chain through value chain analysis. A case study in chestnuts industry

Matteo M. Savino;Riccardo Manzini;Antonio Mazza

89
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Persona University of Padua

Hoang Pham Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Maurizio Faccio University of Padua

Alessandra Bendini University of Bologna

Daria Battini University of Padua

Fabio Sgarbossa Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Sunderesh S. Heragu Oklahoma State University

Xiaojun Wang University of Birmingham

Hing Kai Chan Wenzhou-Kean University

Kulwant S. Pawar University of Nottingham

External Links

Personal website of Riccardo Manzini Google Scholar page

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