Ehsan Nikbakhsh

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ehsan Nikbakhsh is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Ehsan Nikbakhsh has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Strategy and Management, 7 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 6 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Ehsan Nikbakhsh's work include Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (6 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (6 papers) and Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (4 papers). Ehsan Nikbakhsh is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (6 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (6 papers) and Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (4 papers). Ehsan Nikbakhsh collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Canada and United Kingdom. Ehsan Nikbakhsh's co-authors include Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi, Masoud Hekmatfar, Aliakbar Hasani, Alex Hill, Nasrin Asgari, Majid Eskandarpour, Ivan Contreras, Jean‐François Cordeau and Ali Husseinzadeh Kashan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Energy and International Journal of Production Economics.

In The Last Decade

Ehsan Nikbakhsh

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Hub location problems: A review of models, classification, solution techniques, and applications

2013 427 citations Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Masoud Hekmatfar et al. Computers & Industrial Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ehsan Nikbakhsh Iran	12	545	444	302	290	203	21	1.1k
Pablo A. Miranda Chile	18	409 0.8×	317 0.7×	272 0.9×	376 1.3×	291 1.4×	50	979
Jia Shu China	17	393 0.7×	341 0.8×	392 1.3×	422 1.5×	185 0.9×	34	1.1k
Halit Üster United States	24	437 0.8×	622 1.4×	352 1.2×	373 1.3×	169 0.8×	50	1.7k
Nathalie Bostel France	14	617 1.1×	356 0.8×	166 0.5×	213 0.7×	227 1.1×	20	963
Rodrigo A. Garrido Chile	16	481 0.9×	270 0.6×	334 1.1×	306 1.1×	359 1.8×	30	1.2k
Vahidreza Ghezavati Iran	19	565 1.0×	418 0.9×	138 0.5×	202 0.7×	212 1.0×	78	1.2k
Walid Klibi France	22	473 0.9×	1.2k 2.6×	242 0.8×	833 2.9×	317 1.6×	41	1.9k
Farnaz Barzinpour Iran	22	525 1.0×	394 0.9×	242 0.8×	263 0.9×	251 1.2×	75	1.4k
Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi Iran	27	771 1.4×	579 1.3×	80 0.3×	454 1.6×	138 0.7×	69	1.6k
Andreas Klose Denmark	13	628 1.2×	194 0.4×	619 2.0×	114 0.4×	383 1.9×	23	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nikbakhsh, Ehsan, et al.. (2025). Accelerated Benders decomposition algorithm for the reliable service network design problem under disruption. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 207. 111234–111234.

Monem, Mohammad Javad, et al.. (2025). Multiobjective Optimization Framework for Irrigation Scheduling under Uncertainty. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 151(5).

Ostadi, Bakhtiar, et al.. (2025). A novel hybrid BSC-DEA model for performance assessment in knowledge enterprises using balanced scorecard and data envelopment analysis approach. International Journal of Operational Research. 53(1). 100–117.

Zegordi, Seyed Hessameddin, et al.. (2025). Optimal subsidy and pricing in the electric vehicle ecosystem: a case study on energy pricing policies. Sustainable Futures. 10. 101298–101298.

Kazemzadeh, Reza Baradaran, et al.. (2024). A novel fuzzy data envelopment analysis model for resilient supplier evaluation and selection: a case study at PEGAH Company. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(11). 26239–26271. 2 indexed citations

Kashan, Ali Husseinzadeh, et al.. (2023). An Integrated Approach Based on MADM and MODM for Order Picking System Considering Human Factors. International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making. 23(5). 2017–2064.

Nikbakhsh, Ehsan, et al.. (2021). Incidental Findings in Digital Panoramic Radiography of Patients Referred to Mashhad Dental School. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(1). 43–55. 1 indexed citations

Nikbakhsh, Ehsan, et al.. (2021). Performance evaluation of an EMS system using queuing theory and location analysis: A case study. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 51. 32–45. 7 indexed citations

Zegordi, Seyed Hessameddin, et al.. (2021). Pricing and free periodic maintenance service decisions for an electric-and-fuel automotive supply chain using the total cost of ownership. Applied Energy. 288. 116471–116471. 13 indexed citations

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Sheikhmohammady, Majid, et al.. (2020). Field path planning using capacitated arc routing problem. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 173. 105401–105401. 17 indexed citations

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Zegordi, Seyed Hessameddin, et al.. (2020). A multi-stage stochastic programming approach for supply chain risk mitigation via product substitution. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 149. 106786–106786. 32 indexed citations

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Contreras, Ivan, et al.. (2017). Robust uncapacitated hub location. Transportation Research Part B Methodological. 106. 393–410. 78 indexed citations

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Asgari, Nasrin, Ehsan Nikbakhsh, Alex Hill, & Reza Zanjirani Farahani. (2016). Supply chain management 1982–2015: a review. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 27(3). 353–379. 151 indexed citations

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Hasani, Aliakbar, Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi, & Ehsan Nikbakhsh. (2014). Robust closed-loop global supply chain network design under uncertainty: the case of the medical device industry. International Journal of Production Research. 53(5). 1596–1624. 101 indexed citations

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Farahani, Reza Zanjirani, et al.. (2013). Hub location problems: A review of models, classification, solution techniques, and applications. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 64(4). 1096–1109. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eskandarpour, Majid, Ehsan Nikbakhsh, & Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi. (2013). Variable neighborhood search for the bi-objective post-sales network design problem: A fitness landscape analysis approach. Computers & Operations Research. 52. 300–314. 24 indexed citations

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Eskandarpour, Majid, Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi, & Ehsan Nikbakhsh. (2012). A parallel variable neighborhood search for the multi-objective sustainable post-sales network design problem. International Journal of Production Economics. 145(1). 117–131. 62 indexed citations

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Hasani, Aliakbar, Seyed Hessameddin Zegordi, & Ehsan Nikbakhsh. (2011). Robust closed-loop supply chain network design for perishable goods in agile manufacturing under uncertainty. International Journal of Production Research. 50(16). 4649–4669. 162 indexed citations

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Nikbakhsh, Ehsan, et al.. (2010). A HEURISTIC ALGORITHM AND A LOWER BOUND FOR THE TWO-ECHELON LOCATION-ROUTING PROBLEM WITH SOFT TIME WINDOW CONSTRAINTS. Scientia Iranica. 17(1). 36–47. 18 indexed citations

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Nikbakhsh, Ehsan, et al.. (2009). A Heuristic and a Lower Bound for the Two-Echelon Location-Routing Problem. 20(1). 1–14. 2 indexed citations

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