Fabio Sgarbossa

8.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
167 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Fabio Sgarbossa is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Information Systems and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabio Sgarbossa has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 38 papers in Management Information Systems and 30 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Fabio Sgarbossa's work include Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (61 papers), Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (44 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (29 papers). Fabio Sgarbossa is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (61 papers), Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (44 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (29 papers). Fabio Sgarbossa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Norway and Germany. Fabio Sgarbossa's co-authors include Daria Battini, Alessandro Persona, Jan Ola Strandhagen, Martina Calzavara, Maurizio Faccio, Giuseppe Fragapane, Mirco Peron, Eric H. Grosse, C. H. Glock and Ilenia Zennaro and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Fabio Sgarbossa

154 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Planning and control of autonomous mobile robots for intralogistics: Literature review and research agenda

2021 365 citations Giuseppe Fragapane, Fabio Sgarbossa et al. profile →
Increasing flexibility and productivity in Industry 4.0 production networks with autonomous mobile robots and smart intralogistics

2020 276 citations Giuseppe Fragapane, Dmitry Ivanov et al. Annals of Operations Research profile →
Human-centric production and logistics system design and management: transitioning from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0

2023 100 citations Fabio Sgarbossa et al. International Journal of Production Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fabio Sgarbossa Italy	43	3.2k	1.4k	1.2k	408	401	167	5.8k
Daria Battini Italy	40	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	411 1.0×	207 0.5×	141	4.9k
Erwin Rauch Italy	36	2.3k 0.7×	770 0.6×	753 0.7×	326 0.8×	275 0.7×	160	3.9k
C.K.M. Lee Hong Kong	45	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	168 0.4×	717 1.8×	316	7.1k
C. H. Glock Germany	47	3.5k 1.1×	2.6k 1.9×	2.6k 2.3×	295 0.7×	581 1.4×	188	6.9k
Alessandro Persona Italy	35	2.0k 0.6×	947 0.7×	904 0.8×	288 0.7×	183 0.5×	122	3.7k
Ashutosh Tiwari United Kingdom	44	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	161 0.4×	557 1.4×	270	6.8k
Thorsten Wuest United States	31	3.8k 1.2×	957 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	164 0.4×	455 1.1×	121	6.1k
Yuqian Lu New Zealand	38	4.9k 1.5×	549 0.4×	564 0.5×	212 0.5×	595 1.5×	134	7.3k
Wilfried Sihn Austria	24	5.0k 1.6×	809 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	114 0.3×	346 0.9×	113	6.5k
Francesco Longo Italy	30	1.6k 0.5×	667 0.5×	637 0.6×	253 0.6×	140 0.3×	218	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fabio Sgarbossa

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Dallasega, Patrick, et al.. (2025). The mitigation effect of Industry 4.0 technologies on Lean implementation barriers in Engineer-to-Order companies: A Multiple Case Study. Production Planning & Control. 37(2). 128–152. 3 indexed citations

Tugnoli, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Hydrogen supply design for the decarbonization of energy-intensive industries addressing cost, inherent safety and environmental performance. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 175. 151373–151373.

Sgarbossa, Fabio, et al.. (2025). AS-IS representation and strategic framework for the design and implementation of a disassembly system. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 202. 110975–110975. 2 indexed citations

Sgarbossa, Fabio, et al.. (2025). Puzzle-based movable rack system with diagonal movements and class-based storage policy. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal.

Sgarbossa, Fabio, et al.. (2024). Performance Differences in the Ageing Workforce Era: An Experimental Study with Industry 4.0 Assistive Technologies. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(19). 724–729. 1 indexed citations

Cantini, Alessandra, Mirco Peron, Filippo De Carlo, & Fabio Sgarbossa. (2023). A data-driven methodology for the periodic review of spare parts supply chain configurations. International Journal of Production Research. 62(5). 1818–1845. 6 indexed citations

Tamburini, Federica, Fabio Sgarbossa, Valerio Cozzani, & Nicola Paltrinieri. (2023). Task Analysis and Human Error Identification to Improve the Liquid Hydrogen Bunkering Process in the Maritime Sector. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 647–654. 3 indexed citations

Lolli, Francesco, et al.. (2022). On the suitability of insourced Additive Manufacturing for spare parts management. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 55(10). 1147–1152. 7 indexed citations

Peron, Mirco, Rob Basten, Nils Knofius, Francesco Lolli, & Fabio Sgarbossa. (2022). Additive or Conventional Manufacturing for Spare Parts: Effect of Failure Rate Uncertainty on the Sourcing Option Decision. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 55(10). 1141–1146. 8 indexed citations

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Đukić, Goran, et al.. (2022). An optimisation Model for minimising Totes exchange in VLM and SBS/RS integrated System. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 55(10). 514–519.

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Cantini, Alessandra, Mirco Peron, Filippo De Carlo, & Fabio Sgarbossa. (2022). A decision support system for configuring spare parts supply chains considering different manufacturing technologies. International Journal of Production Research. 62(8). 3023–3043. 62 indexed citations

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Sgarbossa, Fabio, et al.. (2021). A literature review on the level of automation in picker-to-parts order picking system: research opportunities. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 54(1). 438–443. 16 indexed citations

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Sgarbossa, Fabio, et al.. (2021). Smart Production Planning and Control: Do All Planning Environments need to be Smart?. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 54(1). 355–360. 4 indexed citations

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Alfnes, Erlend, et al.. (2021). Advances in Spare Parts Classification and Forecasting for Inventory Control: A Literature Review. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 54(1). 982–987. 9 indexed citations

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Fragapane, Giuseppe, Hans‐Henrik Hvolby, Fabio Sgarbossa, & Jan Ola Strandhagen. (2021). Autonomous mobile robots in sterile instrument logistics: an evaluation of the material handling system for a strategic fit framework. Production Planning & Control. 34(1). 53–67. 15 indexed citations

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Fragapane, Giuseppe, Dmitry Ivanov, Mirco Peron, Fabio Sgarbossa, & Jan Ola Strandhagen. (2020). Increasing flexibility and productivity in Industry 4.0 production networks with autonomous mobile robots and smart intralogistics. Annals of Operations Research. 308(1-2). 125–143. 276 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leoni, Leonardo, Filippo De Carlo, Fabio Sgarbossa, & Nicola Paltrinieri. (2020). Comparison of risk-based maintenance approaches applied to a natural gas regulating and metering station. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 82. 101–106. 11 indexed citations

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Fragapane, Giuseppe, et al.. (2019). An Agent-Based Simulation Approach to Model Hospital Logistics. International Journal of Simulation Modelling. 18(4). 654–665. 38 indexed citations

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Battini, Daria, Martina Calzavara, Alena Otto, & Fabio Sgarbossa. (2017). Preventing ergonomic risks with integrated planning on assembly line balancing and parts feeding. International Journal of Production Research. 55(24). 7452–7472. 75 indexed citations

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Battini, Daria, Xavier Delorme, Alexandre Dolgui, & Fabio Sgarbossa. (2015). Assembly line balancing with ergonomics paradigms: two alternative methods. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 48(3). 586–591. 46 indexed citations

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