Adel Azar

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Adel Azar is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Science and Operations Research and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Adel Azar has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Strategy and Management, 36 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 31 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Adel Azar's work include Multi-Criteria Decision Making (18 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (14 papers) and Quality and Supply Management (13 papers). Adel Azar is often cited by papers focused on Multi-Criteria Decision Making (18 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (14 papers) and Quality and Supply Management (13 papers). Adel Azar collaborates with scholars based in Iran, United Kingdom and Mexico. Adel Azar's co-authors include Mahmoud Dehghan Nayeri, Abdolkarim Mohammadi-Balani, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Gholamreza Jandaghı, Ehsan Ahmadi, Ali Rajabzadeh Ghatari, Ali Emrouznejad, Abouzar Zangoueinezhad and Arash Sadeghi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Adel Azar

126 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Golden eagle optimizer: A nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm
    2020 330 citations Adel Azar et al. profile →

Peers

Adel Azar
Sen Liu China
Mohammad Jafar Tarokh Iran
Amir Albadvi Iran
Salman Nazari-Shirkouhi Iran
Adel Guitouni Canada
Pascale Zaraté France
Zhitao Xu China
Debora Di Caprio United States
Babak Daneshvar Rouyendegh Türkiye
Jiafu Su China
Sen Liu China
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Countries citing papers authored by Adel Azar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Adel Azar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adel Azar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Adel Azar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Adel Azar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Adel Azar. Adel Azar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zarei, Azim, et al.. (2023). Failure to develop the world's largest natural gas field: Lessons from endeavors in the South Pars mega projects. Energy. 272. 127091–127091. 3 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2021). Financing Strategies of Startups. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2021). Success factors of innovation management in the banking industry using the grounded theory approach. Industrial Engineering and Management. 1–22. 4 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2020). An Intelligent Model of Transparent Governance in Policymaker Organizations with the Approach of Good Governance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Imani, Hossein, et al.. (2019). Identifying Components of Staffing System to Develop Administrative Integrity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2019). Presenting a developed Performance Based Budgeting Maturity Model: With focusing on capabilities and results in a mature system. 22(4). 225–247.
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2017). Agent-Based Simulation of Banking Service Supply Chain Based on Service-Dominant Logic. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2017). A novel robust fuzzy stochastic programming for closed loop supply chain network design under hybrid uncertainty. Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 341. 69–91. 118 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2016). Design of integrated mathematical model for closed-loop supply chain. 20(1). 1–32. 4 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2015). Achieving national wellbeing through promoting national competitiveness capacity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2015). Synergy Management Model of the Holding by Fuzzy Approach; The Role of Information Technology in its Implementation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of Hospital Efficiency by Data Envelopment Analysis: Tehran University of Medical Sciences: 2009-2011). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2013). Designing a model for Business process-orientation using interpretive structural modeling approach (ISM). AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. 7(26). 2558–2569. 7 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2012). Assessment and Comparing the Performance of Divested Firms to Non-governmental Public Sector and Private sector in Tehran Security Exchange after the Notification of the General Policies of Article 44. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2012). Designing A Decision Making Model For Selecting Technology Transfer Projects. 1(2). 1–13. 1 indexed citations
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Zangoueinezhad, Abouzar, et al.. (2011). Using SCOR model with fuzzy MCDM approach to assess competitiveness positioning of supply chains: focus on shipbuilding supply chains. Maritime Policy & Management. 38(1). 93–109. 17 indexed citations
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Azar, Adel, et al.. (2007). Prioritizing the strategies and methods of treated wastewater reusing by fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP): A case study. 12 indexed citations

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