2026 Stefan Nickel: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	53	893	762	43	40	184	12685
Engineering and Technology	56	2772	2651	86	83	251	14093

Overview

Stefan Nickel is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research is concentrated on several key areas within engineering and business, management and accounting. The primary fields of study include:

Engineering
Business, Management and Accounting

Their subfields of study are focused on:

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Management Information Systems
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Management Science and Operations Research
Emergency Medical Services

Stefan Nickel's research topics cover a broad spectrum related to operations and optimization, including:

Facility Location and Emergency Management
Supply Chain and Inventory Management
Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms

Several recent papers illustrate the range of their research interests:

"Modeling a pre-hospital emergency medical service using hybrid simulation and a machine learning approach", 2021, published in Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
"A two-phase sequential approach to design bioenergy supply chains under uncertainty and social concerns", 2020, published in Computers & Chemical Engineering
"Facility Location and Supply Chain Management - A comprehensive review", 2022, published in Publication Server of Kaiserslautern University of Technology
"A multi-method approach to scheduling and efficiency analysis in dual-resource constrained job shops with processing time uncertainty", 2022, published in Computers & Industrial Engineering
"Towards a stochastic programming modeling framework for districting", 2020, published in Annals of Operations Research

Frequent collaborators who have co-authored multiple publications with Stefan Nickel include:

Claudius Steinhardt
Hans Schlenker
Wolfgang R. Burkart
Fabian Dunke
Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama

Their work has appeared frequently in specific publication venues, notable for multiple papers:

Publication Server of Kaiserslautern University of Technology (12 publications)
Annals of Operations Research (5 publications)
Computers & Operations Research (3 publications)
European Journal of Operational Research (3 publications)
IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science (3 publications)

Stefan Nickel has also contributed to book publications through Springer International Publishing, including:

"Decision Optimization with IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio" (2022)
"Operations Research Proceedings 2022" (2023)

Best Publications

Facility location and supply chain management - A review

M.T. Melo;S. Nickel;S. Nickel;F. Saldanha-da-Gama

2648
Citations
A critical review on supply chain risk – Definition, measure and modeling ☆

Iris Heckmann;Tina Comes;Stefan Nickel;Stefan Nickel

1083
Citations
Dynamic multi-commodity capacitated facility location: a mathematical modeling framework for strategic supply chain planning

M. T. Melo;S. Nickel;F. Saldanha da Gama

602
Citations
Location Theory: A Unified Approach

Stefan Nickel;Justo Puerto

431
Citations
Multi-period reverse logistics network design

Sibel A. Alumur;Stefan Nickel;Stefan Nickel;Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama;Vedat Verter

422
Citations
Dynamic transportation of patients in hospitals

Alexandre Beaudry;Gilbert Laporte;M. Teresa Melo;Stefan Nickel

315
Citations
Hub location under uncertainty

Sibel A. Alumur;Stefan Nickel;Stefan Nickel;Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama

276
Citations
Mid-term and short-term planning support for home health care services

Stefan Nickel;Stefan Nickel;Michael Schröder;Jörg Steeg

271
Citations
Introduction to Location Science

Gilbert Laporte;Stefan Nickel;Stefan Nickel;Francisco Saldanha da Gama

271
Citations
Towards a Unified Territorial Design Approach: Applications, Algorithms and GIS Integration

Jörg Kalcsics;Stefan Nickel;Michael Schröder

267
Citations
Liner shipping hub network design in a competitive environment

Shahin Gelareh;Stefan Nickel;David Pisinger

265
Citations
A multi-stage stochastic supply network design problem with financial decisions and risk management

Stefan Nickel;Stefan Nickel;Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama;Hans-Peter Ziegler

239
Citations
Classification of location models

Horst W. Hamacher;Stefan Nickel

239
Citations
Hub location problems in transportation networks

Shahin Gelareh;Stefan Nickel;Stefan Nickel

225
Citations
Dynamic supply chain design with inventory

Y. Hinojosa;J. Kalcsics;S. Nickel;J. Puerto

207
Citations
Adapting polyhedral properties from facility to hub location problems

Horst W. Hamacher;Martine Labbé;Stefan Nickel;Tim Sonneborn

195
Citations
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio

Stefan Nickel;Claudius Steinhardt;Hans Schlenker;Wolfgang Burkart

168
Citations
Bringing robustness to patient flow management through optimized patient transports in hospitals

Thomas Hanne;M. Teresa Melo;Stefan Nickel

154
Citations
Single-assignment hub location problems with multiple capacity levels

Isabel Correia;Stefan Nickel;Stefan Nickel;Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama

152
Citations
Hub Location Problems in Urban Traffic Networks

Stefan Nickel;Anita Schöbel;Tim Sonneborn

141
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Saldanha-da-Gama University of Sheffield

Justo Puerto University of Seville

Horst W. Hamacher Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Martine Labbé Université Libre de Bruxelles

Ana Paula Barbosa-Póvoa Instituto Superior Técnico

Matthias Ehrgott Lancaster University

Elena Fernández Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Jürgen Münch Reutlingen University

Wolf Fichtner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Anita Schöbel Technical University of Kaiserslautern

External Links

Personal website of Stefan Nickel Google Scholar page

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