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Operations Research/Management Science Research in Europe: A Bibliometric Overview

Table 4

Most-cited articles in OR/MS in Europe (1980–2018).

RankTitleAuthorsJournalPublication yearTotal citationsAverage per year

1Differential evolution-A simple and efficient heuristic for global optimization over continuous spacesStorn, R; Price, KJournal of Global Optimization19979,057411.68
2Asset Stock Accumulation and Sustainability of Competitive AdvantageDierickx, I; Cool, KManagement Science19893,215107.17
3Rate control for communication networks: shadow prices, proportional fairness and stabilityKelly, FP; Maulloo, AK; Tan, DKHJournal of the Operational Research Society19982,689128.05
4A powerful and efficient algorithm for numerical function optimization: artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithmKaraboga, Dervis; Basturk, BahriyeJournal of Global Optimization20072,313192.75
5Thermodynamical Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem–An Efficient Simulation AlgorithmCerny, VJournal of Optimization Theory and Applications19851,56045.88
6A Procedure for Ranking Efficient Units in Data Envelopment AnalysisAndersen, P; Petersen, NCManagement Science19931,36552,50
7Compromise solution by MCDM methods: A comparative analysis of VIKOR and TOPSISOpricovic, S; Tzeng, GHEuropean Journal of Operational Research20041,22681.73
8Adapted Solution of a Backward Stochastic Differential EquationPardoux, E; Peng, SGSystem & Control Letters19901,09237.66
9Benchmarks for Basic Scheduling ProblemsTaillard, EEuropean Journal of Operational Research19931,05340.50
10Arcs of integration: an international study of supply chain strategiesFrohlich, MT; Westbrook, RJournal of Operations Management200196253.44
11OR-Library – Distributing Test Problems by Electronic MailBeasley, JEJournal of the Operational Research Society199095733.00
12In search of complementarity in innovation strategy: Internal R&D and external knowledge acquisitionCassiman, B; Veugelers, RManagement Science200692571.15
13An effective implementation of the Lin-Kernighan traveling salesman heuristicHelsgaun, KEuropean Journal of Operational Research200092548.68
14Smooth minimization of non-smooth functionsNesterov, YMathematical Programming200588363.07
15Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation, and performance: Effects of organizational antecedents and environmental moderatorsJansen, Justin J. P.; Van den Bosch, Frans A. J.; Volberda, Henk W.Management Science200688067.69
16AD Model Builder: using automatic differentiation for statistical inference of highly parameterized complex nonlinear modelsFournier, David A.; Skaug, Hans J.; Ancheta, Johnoel; Ianelli, James; Magnusson, Arni; Maunder, Mark N.; Nielsen, Anders; Sibert, JohnOptimization Methods & Software2012878125.43
17How to Select and How to Rank Projects–The Promethee MethodBrans, JP; Vincke, P; Mareschal, BEuropean Journal of Operational Research198685025.76
18A new discrete-time robust stability conditionsde Oliveira, MC; Bernussou, J; Geromel, JCSystem & Control Letters199984742.35
19Linearization by Output Injection and Non-linear ObserversKrener, AJ; Isidori, ASystem & Control Letters198383023.06
20Robust Optimization of Large Scale SystemsMulvey, JM; Vanderbei, RJ; Zeinos, SAOperations Research199582634.42