OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Fixturing-driven determination of multi-product assembly plans in the context of product variety and reconfiguration	61
An efficient metaheuristic algorithm for the organ transplant logistics network considering urban traffic and cold ischemia constraints	49
Improving access to emergency medical services using advanced air mobility vehicles	37
Liner feeder service network design problem for joint operation: a case study from China	32
In the driver’s seat: the role of transformational leadership in safe and productive truck cargo transport	25
A Benders decomposition approach for planning home blood donations	25
Elite solutions and Tabu assisted variable neighbourhood descent for rescheduling problems in the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process	23
Multi-objective human–robot collaborative two-sided assembly line balancing problem with the optimization of ergonomics and energy consumption	23
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel robotic assembly lines considering energy consumption	21
Valuing labor flexibility in cross-training using a real options approach	21
Potentials of using real-time data to increase the update frequency of production planning and control strategies in MTO: a discrete event simulation study	21
Dynamic product planning for online service platform coordinating with service agents and operations resource providers: a three-level optimization approach	21
Assigning orders and pods to picking stations in a multi-level robotic mobile fulfillment system	19
Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the integrated patient-to-room and nurse-to-patient assignment problem	18
Smart scheduling of hanging workshop via digital twin and deep reinforcement learning	17
Storage prioritization by redistributing wafer lot transfers to enhance real-world fab throughput	17
Machine-based identification system via optical character recognition	17
An effective heuristic algorithm for void fills insertion in e-commerce parcel boxes: a smart packaging system	16
Artificial intelligence methodologies for advanced decision processes in healthcare organizations	16
Queueing network models for the analysis and optimisation of material handling systems: a systematic literature review	15
A restless bandit approach for capacitated condition based maintenance scheduling	14
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	14
Multi-objective restarted simulated annealing algorithm for assembly line balancing problem with collaborative robots considering ergonomics risks	14
A reinforcement learning/ad-hoc planning and scheduling mechanism for flexible and sustainable manufacturing systems	13

A first optimization approach to parameterize demand-driven MRP in the presence of multiple products and finite capacity	12
Uses and challenges of digital twins-based augmented reality in operator training and data visualization in process manufacturing lines	11
30th international conference on flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing (FAIM2021) special issue: modern manufacturing systems management	11
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model assembly line considering preventive maintenance scenarios: mathematical model and a migrating birds optimization algorithm	11
A dynamic flexible job shop scheduling method based on collaborative agent reinforcement learning	11
Puzzle-based movable rack system with diagonal movements and class-based storage policy	11
Digital twin-based storage tank scheduling for unloading and transport operations at a liquid bulk terminal	11
Machine as a smart service: a hybrid knowledge graph approach	10
Leveraging digital twin to enhance humanitarian logistics operations	10
Correction: Measuring the performance of medical waste recycling systems in China’s new frst-tier cities with a novel bounded adjusted measure model	10
Integrated planning approach for fleet sizing and fleet management of freight railcars	9
Clusters of floor locations-allocation of stores to cross-docking warehouse considering satisfaction and space using MOGWO and NSGA-II algorithms	9
Robust berth scheduling using machine learning for vessel arrival time prediction	9
Capacity planning in a decentralized autologous cell therapy manufacturing network for low-cost resilience	8
An integrated scheduling method for AGVs in an automated container terminal considering battery swapping and battery degradation	8
Integrated storage assignment for an E-grocery fulfilment centre: accounting for day-of-week demand patterns	8
Robotic stochastic assembly line balancing	8
Real-time rescheduling for smart shop floors: an integrated method	8
Dynamic optimal pricing considering advertising and improvement quality strategies over product life-cycle horizon	7
An improved genetic algorithm for multi-objective painted body storage scheduling problem	7
Computationally efficient approximate dynamic programming for multi-site production capacity planning with uncertain demands	7
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
Integrated model assignment and multi-line balancing in human–robot collaborative mixed-model assembly lines	6
Lean and Industry 4.0 mitigating common losses in Engineer-to-Order theory and practice: an exploratory study	6
Correction: A memetic NSGA‑II for the multi‑objective flexible job shop scheduling problem with real‑time energy tariffs	6
On a bi-objective distributed permutation flow shop problem with batch processing machines	6
Balancing picking and outbound loading efficiency in an SBS/RS through a digital twin	5
Multi-period integrated production and delivery scheduling to enhance online orders fulfillment considering due dates	5
Designing a computer-vision-based artifact for automated quality control: a case study in the food industry	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
Berth planning and real-time disruption recovery: a simulation study for a tidal port	5
Assessment of coal supply chain under carbon trade policy by extended exergy accounting method	5
Improving repair operations with remote diagnosis: a case-based simulation for white goods	5
A review of current trends and future directions in reverse logistics research	5
Addressing missing values and fragmented data to improve core and management processes in hospitals: a federated machine learning approach	4
A material handling system modeling framework: a data-driven approach for the generation of discrete-event simulation models	4
Design and calibration of a DRL algorithm for solving the job shop scheduling problem under unexpected job arrivals	4
Joint optimization of production, maintenance, and distribution planning in a multi-site environment	4
Collaborative robot integration in mixed-model assembly line balancing with ergonomic risk considerations	4
Production of blood components from donated units: literature review, areas for improvement, and research perspectives	4
Joint evaluation of surgical patient scheduling and admission policies with bed management	4
Material flow control in make-to-stock production systems: an assessment of order generation, order release and production authorization by simulation	4
Reinforcement learning in the context of container terminals	4
Formulations and exact solution approaches for a coupled bin-packing and lot-sizing problem with sequence-dependent setups	4
Service-oriented multi-stakeholder collaborative network optimization for EoL batteries recycling	4
Co-opetition behaviors of capital-constrained retailers in a closed-loop supply chain with pricing and recycling decisions	4
The impacts of stockout cost on a stochastic production-inventory system in minimizing total cost conditional value-at-risk	4
To share or not to share? Remanufacturing design responsibility in an authorized remanufactured supply chain	4

Infrastructure planning, fleet sizing, and scheduling for E-public transport	4
Decision-making process analysis in intensive care units under high occupancy conditions	4
Using mathematical modeling to meet service levels in production planning in market foundries	3
A prediction model of patient satisfaction: policy evaluation and sensitivity analysis	3
Reimbursement policy considering patient revisits from online to offline in a public healthcare system	3
A machine learning framework for explainable knowledge mining and production, maintenance, and quality control optimization in flexible circular manufacturing systems	3
Design of empty container depot layouts using data and analytics	3
No-wait lines optimisation: a procedure based on scheduling enhanced by digital twin	3
Berth and yard scheduling optimization for a port with diagonal yard layout	3
Day-ahead demand response decision and charging planning for multiple battery swapping stations	3
Improved swarm-based metaheuristics for optimizing human–robot collaborative assembly lines with multi-type collaborative robots	3
Optimizing production levels in maritime inventory routing with load-dependent speed optimization	3
Integrated maintenance and production scheduling for unrelated parallel machines with setup times	3
A deep Q network algorithm for a car resequencing problem in automobile factories	3
Cut the scrap? the impact of truck age on driver retention, driving safety, and driving productivity	3
The shunting scheduling of EMU first-level maintenance in a stub-end depot	3
Tiered prediction models for port vessel emissions inventories	3
Simulation of worker collaboration in production cell based on hybrid model under fluctuating environment	3
Cooperative and non-cooperative algorithms for distributed parallel jobs scheduling	3
A stack-based retrieval method for the steel plate yard retrieval problem in shipbuilding	3
How information systems can support labor flexibility implementation: enhanced information architecture framework for industry 5.0	3
Realization-based robust assignments for a nurse-to-patient assignment problem in home health care services	3
A genetic algorithm for seafood processing with flexible flow shops and sequence-dependent setups	3
A digital twin-driven flexible scheduling method in a human–machine collaborative workshop based on hierarchical reinforcement learning	3
Scheduling offshore cargo handling with operational dynamics including cost composites, downtime periods, and cargo attributes	3
Multi-manned assembly line balancing problem with stochastic processing times	2
The emission reduction cooperation in a supply chain with corporate social responsibility	2
Interpretable chip-quality classification with signal and feature selection in wire bonding	2
Managing premature idleness in high-variety manufacturing	2
Modelling forgetting due to intermittent production in mixed-model line scheduling	2
Human-Robot collaboration in the next generation manufacturing and logistics system	2
A simulation-based digital twin for data-driven maintenance scheduling of risk-prone production lines via actor critics	2
Efficiency in radiology departments: a two-stage analysis	2
Train maintenance personnel shift scheduling: case study	2
Decision modeling of the challenges to human–robot collaboration in industrial environment: a real world example of an emerging economy	2
Traceable digital twin for accurate positioning of industrial robot arms in human–robot collaborative systems	2
Process reuse-based machining process knowledge graph construction and process planning approach	2
Algorithms for minimization of total flow time to achieve resilience in a flow shop environment	2
Robust scheduling approach for job shop manufacturing systems with sequential flexibility	2
Using diversity for optimizing cycle time for a pick-and-place machine	2
Deep reinforcement learning-driven graph attention network for flexible job-shop scheduling with automated guided vehicles	2
Dynamic crane scheduling for green automated warehousing: learning-based simulation-optimization approach	2
Research on the evolution law of supply chain disruption based on Complex Adaptive System	2
A simulation–optimization approach for defining long-term staffing levels at healthcare facilities	2
An integrated scheduling method for AGVs based on a multi-stage threshold charging strategy in automated container terminals	2
Digitalization trends and industry 4.0: ensuring knowledge workers’ sustainable productivity and innovative capability	2
Multi-objective-based differential evolution for balancing production cost, diversity and aggregated performance attributes in product family design	2
A digital twin modeling method of production lines based on flexible manufacturing	2
Leveraging large language models for enhanced risk management in green supply chains	2
Measuring the performance of medical waste recycling systems in China’s new first-tier cities with a novel bounded adjusted measure model	2
Overflow in systems with two servers: the negative consequences	2
A memetic NSGA-II for the multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling problem with real-time energy tariffs	2
Research on intelligent guided configuration of individualized products based on knowledge graph	2