OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Setting priorities for police operations by using a multicriteria decision approach with partial information	26
Staying positive: challenges and solutions in using pure multiplicative ETS models	22
Optimal pricing and budget decisions in public health systems with delay sensitive patients	20
Model-based adjustment for conditional benchmarking	10
Supply chain network equilibrium with outsourcing for fresh agricultural products under stochastic demands	10
Sustainability performance of food supply chains with internal and external evaluation perspectives	10
Optimal portfolio execution with a Markov chain approximation approach	10
Solving non-linear optimization problems by a trajectory approach	9
Vendor managed inventory under price-and-stock-dependent demand, buyer’s space limitations and preservation investment	9
Planning and scheduling of a parallel-machine production system subject to disruptions and physical distancing	9
Straight assembly line balancing by workload smoothing: new results	8
Modelling player ratings in One Day International cricket using the Modified Duckworth-Lewis method	7
Last mile logistics: Research trends and needs	7
Supply chain pricing strategies for advance selling with a deposit	6
Control and optimization of workforce outsourcing decisions	6
Management mathematics in sport—moneyball and soccer	5
Improving efficiency evaluation in the presence of ratio data: inverse non-radial Enhanced Russell Models	4
Probabilistic forecasting of daily COVID-19 admissions using machine learning	4
Optimal reinsurance contract and investment strategy for multiple competitive-cooperative insurers and a reinsurer	4
Optimal inspection policy for a second-hand product with a two-dimensional warranty	4
Competitive balance measures and the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis in European football	4
On head-to-head results as tie-breaker and consequent opportunities for collusion	4
An inverse data envelopment analysis model to consider ratio data and preferences of decision-makers	3
A dynamic overflow triage model in an outpatient queuing system	3
New control variates for pricing basket options	3

Misaligned incentives in sports: a mathematical analysis of the post-2024 UEFA Champions League qualification	3
Portfolio rebalancing based on time series momentum and downside risk	3
Performance analysis in a stochastic supply chain with reverse flows: a DEA-based approach	3
Optimizing healthcare queues: a case study on chronic respiratory illness	2
Anti-corruption measures in large-scale construction projects	2
Two-part tariff contract design for a supplier base: a unifying methodology	2
Cross-efficiency aggregation by ordered visibility graph averaging: method, and application in portfolio selection	2
Causal Analysis of Tactics in Soccer: The Case of Throw-ins	2
On skill and chance in sport	2
Investigating prospective gains from mergers in the agricultural sector through Inverse DEA	2
Income growth, forecasting and stock valuation	2
A systematic literature review on solution approaches for the index tracking problem	2
Assessing environmental and operational efficiencies: a multi-objective optimization problem in a two-stage network data envelopment analysis	2
Residual life modeling and maintenance planning for repairable systems	2
Coordination of dual-channel supply chains with uncertain demand information	2
The ‘Inter-AI Period’: how management mathematics can help shape an AI-enabled future	2