OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Fixturing-driven determination of multi-product assembly plans in the context of product variety and reconfiguration	52
An efficient metaheuristic algorithm for the organ transplant logistics network considering urban traffic and cold ischemia constraints	33
Fluid models for customer service web chat systems with interactive automated service	33
Liner feeder service network design problem for joint operation: a case study from China	31
In the driver’s seat: the role of transformational leadership in safe and productive truck cargo transport	24
A Benders decomposition approach for planning home blood donations	23
Elite solutions and Tabu assisted variable neighbourhood descent for rescheduling problems in the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process	23
Storage prioritization by redistributing wafer lot transfers to enhance real-world fab throughput	21
Valuing labor flexibility in cross-training using a real options approach	21
Improving access to emergency medical services using advanced air mobility vehicles	21
Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the integrated patient-to-room and nurse-to-patient assignment problem	20
Smart scheduling of hanging workshop via digital twin and deep reinforcement learning	19
Correction to: Robust multi-period capacity, location, and access of rural cardiovascular services under uncertainty	18
Dynamic product planning for online service platform coordinating with service agents and operations resource providers: a three-level optimization approach	18
Flexible scheduling of diagnostic tests in automotive manufacturing	16
Machine-based identification system via optical character recognition	16
Assigning orders and pods to picking stations in a multi-level robotic mobile fulfillment system	15
Potentials of using real-time data to increase the update frequency of production planning and control strategies in MTO: a discrete event simulation study	15
A restless bandit approach for capacitated condition based maintenance scheduling	15
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel robotic assembly lines considering energy consumption	15
Three-stage service network design in rail-road networks with demand and capacity uncertainty	14
Combining multiple delivery systems for urban logistics by ALNS-based route planning	13
Artificial intelligence methodologies for advanced decision processes in healthcare organizations	13
Balancing earliness and tardiness within workload control order release: an assessment by simulation	13
Multi-objective restarted simulated annealing algorithm for assembly line balancing problem with collaborative robots considering ergonomics risks	13

Queueing network models for the analysis and optimisation of material handling systems: a systematic literature review	12
Puzzle-based movable rack system with diagonal movements and class-based storage policy	12
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model assembly line considering preventive maintenance scenarios: mathematical model and a migrating birds optimization algorithm	12
Uses and challenges of digital twins-based augmented reality in operator training and data visualization in process manufacturing lines	11
A dynamic flexible job shop scheduling method based on collaborative agent reinforcement learning	11
A first optimization approach to parameterize demand-driven MRP in the presence of multiple products and finite capacity	10
30th international conference on flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing (FAIM2021) special issue: modern manufacturing systems management	10
A reinforcement learning/ad-hoc planning and scheduling mechanism for flexible and sustainable manufacturing systems	10
Machine as a smart service: a hybrid knowledge graph approach	9
Correction: Measuring the performance of medical waste recycling systems in China’s new frst-tier cities with a novel bounded adjusted measure model	9
Integrated planning approach for fleet sizing and fleet management of freight railcars	9
Choice-driven location-allocation model for healthcare facility location problem	9
Digital twin-based storage tank scheduling for unloading and transport operations at a liquid bulk terminal	9
Leveraging digital twin to enhance humanitarian logistics operations	8
Robust berth scheduling using machine learning for vessel arrival time prediction	8
Clusters of floor locations-allocation of stores to cross-docking warehouse considering satisfaction and space using MOGWO and NSGA-II algorithms	7
An integrated scheduling method for AGVs in an automated container terminal considering battery swapping and battery degradation	7
Dynamic optimal pricing considering advertising and improvement quality strategies over product life-cycle horizon	7
Capacity planning in a decentralized autologous cell therapy manufacturing network for low-cost resilience	6
Integrated storage assignment for an E-grocery fulfilment centre: accounting for day-of-week demand patterns	6
Correction to: Anticipating technical car sequencing rules in the master production scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines	6
Multi-resource constrained scheduling considering process plan flexibility and lot streaming for the CNC machining industry	6
Real-time rescheduling for smart shop floors: an integrated method	6
Robotic stochastic assembly line balancing	6
Computationally efficient approximate dynamic programming for multi-site production capacity planning with uncertain demands	6
Correction: A memetic NSGA‑II for the multi‑objective flexible job shop scheduling problem with real‑time energy tariffs	5
Data-driven aggregate modeling of a semiconductor wafer fab to predict WIP levels and cycle time distributions	5
Constraint programming models for parallel robotic assembly line balancing problems considering energy-efficiency	5
On a bi-objective distributed permutation flow shop problem with batch processing machines	5
Assessment of coal supply chain under carbon trade policy by extended exergy accounting method	5
Lean and Industry 4.0 mitigating common losses in Engineer-to-Order theory and practice: an exploratory study	5
Integrated model assignment and multi-line balancing in human–robot collaborative mixed-model assembly lines	5
Balancing picking and outbound loading efficiency in an SBS/RS through a digital twin	5