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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Heuristics is 1. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Mathematical models and solving methods for diversity and equity optimization	37
Genetic programming hyper-heuristic for evolving a maintenance policy for wind farms	21
An integrated learning and progressive hedging matheuristic for stochastic network design problem	20
Indirect job-shop coding using rank: application to QAOA (IQAOA)	19
Mathematical formulations and a Relax-and-Fix heuristic algorithm for capacitated reliable fixed-charge facility location problems	15
Improving state-of-the-art vertex sorting algorithms to compute the maximum common induced subgraph	13
A hybrid iterated local search matheuristic for large-scale single source capacitated facility location problems	12
Fast constructive heuristics for the uncapacitated inventory routing problem	11
Adaptive NSGA-III for a tactical bi-objective optimization of integrated berth and quay crane assignment in transshipment operations	10
Combining hybrid genetic search with ruin-and-recreate for solving the capacitated vehicle routing problem	10
solQHealer: Quantum Procedures for Rendering Infeasible Solutions Feasible: A Proof of Concept with the Maximum Independent Set Problem and 3-SAT	10
Mixed integer programs to improve solutions of vehicle routing problems with intra-route constraints	7
An efficient backtracking heuristic for the resource allocation problem with compatibility and exclusivity constraints	6
Large neighborhood search and hyper-heuristics for the capacitated p-median problem	6
A Hybrid Genetic Search for Selective Routing with Overlapping Clusters: A Case Study in Order Picking	5
A MILP model and a heuristic algorithm for post-disaster connectivity problem with heterogeneous vehicles	5
Definition of Region of Interest in multiobjective problems using hyperellipsoids	5
A column generation-based heuristic to solve the integrated planning, scheduling, yard allocation and berth allocation problem in bulk ports	5
Minimax regret makespan scheduling with interval release dates on unrelated machines	5
Incomplete MaxSAT approaches for combinatorial testing	5
A Tabu-Bi-label hybridized branch and price algorithm for just-in-time material handling scheduling problems of mixed-model assembly lines with electric vehicle recharging requirements	4
A matheuristic for design and dispatch of a utility-connected distributed energy system	4
Tree search hyper-heuristic with application to combinatorial optimization	4
Fixed set search matheuristic applied to the min-Knapsack problem with compactness constraints and an extension incorporating penalty values	4
A Q-learning-based algorithm for the block relocation problem	4

An adaptative multi-objective scatter search for solving the dynamic bin packing problem	4
Lagrangian-based heuristics for production planning with perishable products, scarce resources, and sequence-dependent setup times	4
Variable neighborhood search for healthcare providers rostering: a comprehensive review and future research agenda	4
Stochastic capacitated dispersion problems in disaster preparedness for mass casualty incident	3
An effective population-based approach for the partial set covering problem	3
A new, efficient approach to speed up local search by estimating the solution quality: an application to stochastic, parallel machine scheduling	3
A memetic algorithm for the flexible periodic vehicle routing problem	3
Selector: Ensemble-Based Automated Algorithm Configuration	3
Exploiting user-supplied Decompositions inside Heuristics	3
On the emerging potential of quantum annealing hardware for combinatorial optimization	3
A local branching-based solution for the multi-period cutting stock problem with tardiness, earliness, and setup costs	3
Influence maximization: a local branching algorithm for solving the positive influence dominating set problem	2
30 years of the Journal of Heuristics: a bibliometric analysis	2
A reliability-extended simheuristic for the sustainable vehicle routing problem with stochastic travel times and demands	2
Extending GRASP towards an improved Fixed Set Search for solving the maximum disjoint dominating sets problem	2
A large-scale neighborhood search algorithm for multi-activity tour scheduling problems	2
Correction to: An integrated ILS-VND strategy for solving the knapsack problem with forfeits	2
Quantum annealing heuristics for the job shop scheduling problem with availability constraints	2
Optimizing staff scheduling in community emergency medical services using a self-learning genetic algorithm	1
Interpretability of rectangle packing solutions with Monte Carlo tree search	1
An iterated local search heuristic for the maximum Intersection of $$k$$-subsets problem	1
The ALNS metaheuristic for the transmission maintenance scheduling	1
On robust vs fast solving of qualitative constraints	1
A systematic approach to parameter optimization and its application to flight schedule simulation software	1
Heuristics for the run-length encoded Burrows–Wheeler transform alphabet ordering problem	1
GAGS: parallelized genetic algorithm-based grid search for SVM + model optimization	1
An efficient scenario penalization matheuristic for a stochastic scheduling problem	1
Breakout local search for the cyclic cutwidth minimization problem	1
Self-adaptive heuristic algorithms for the dynamic and stochastic orienteering problem in autonomous transportation system	1
Heuristic algorithm for integrated ship scheduling, routing and stowage problem in multi-vessel roll-on/roll-off shipping	1
A Tabu Search algorithm for the single source capacitated partial set covering location problem	1
Learning fine-grained search space pruning and heuristics for combinatorial optimization	1
A two-phase hybrid evolutionary algorithm for solving the bi-objective scheduling multiprocessor tasks on two dedicated processors	1
A hybrid evolutionary approach for location routing of unmanned aerial vehicles in transmission tower inspection	1
Minimizing total completion time in large-sized pharmaceutical quality control scheduling	1
Assignment of orthologous genes in unbalanced genomes using cycle packing of adjacency graphs	1
Modeling and evolutionary algorithm for solving a multi-depot mixed vehicle routing problem with uncertain travel times	1
Resource-constrained multi-stage processing and assembly scheduling with sequential and batch operations	1