J. René Villalobos

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

J. René Villalobos is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Information Systems and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, J. René Villalobos has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 13 papers in Management Information Systems and 11 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in J. René Villalobos's work include Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (23 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (11 papers) and Image and Object Detection Techniques (8 papers). J. René Villalobos is often cited by papers focused on Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (23 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (11 papers) and Image and Object Detection Techniques (8 papers). J. René Villalobos collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Chile. J. René Villalobos's co-authors include Omar Ahumada, Patrick E. Phelan, Ryan J. Milcarek, A. Al-Ghandoor, Gary L. Hogg, George C. Runger, Rosa G. González‐Ramírez, Marco A. Gutiérrez, Marcela C. González‐Araya and In‐Jae Jeong and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Journal of Cleaner Production and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

J. René Villalobos

82 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Application of planning models in the agri-food supply chain: A review

2008 670 citations Omar Ahumada, J. René Villalobos European Journal of Operational Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. René Villalobos United States	21	590	523	478	433	206	87	2.1k
Naoum Tsolakis United Kingdom	25	922 1.6×	327 0.6×	549 1.1×	406 0.9×	87 0.4×	80	2.4k
Eleftherios Iakovou United States	29	1.6k 2.7×	318 0.6×	686 1.4×	835 1.9×	127 0.6×	96	3.4k
Giuseppe Vignali Italy	25	410 0.7×	416 0.8×	522 1.1×	126 0.3×	71 0.3×	103	2.2k
Martin Grunow Germany	25	909 1.5×	701 1.3×	1.1k 2.3×	824 1.9×	300 1.5×	85	2.7k
Riccardo Accorsi Italy	27	781 1.3×	560 1.1×	723 1.5×	245 0.6×	100 0.5×	91	2.1k
Shahin Rahimifard United Kingdom	29	912 1.5×	647 1.2×	801 1.7×	246 0.6×	124 0.6×	110	3.5k
Alberto Regattieri Italy	31	492 0.8×	431 0.8×	906 1.9×	542 1.3×	216 1.0×	123	2.9k
Junhu Ruan China	24	297 0.5×	152 0.3×	420 0.9×	205 0.5×	110 0.5×	79	1.8k
Riccardo Manzini Italy	39	1.3k 2.2×	1.0k 2.0×	1.5k 3.0×	628 1.5×	199 1.0×	134	4.2k
Mario Lezoche France	13	270 0.5×	194 0.4×	589 1.2×	226 0.5×	55 0.3×	35	1.4k

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Villalobos, J. René, et al.. (2025). Effect of Contrasting Redox Potential Evolutions and Cap Management Techniques on the Chemical Composition of Red Wine. Molecules. 30(15). 3172–3172. 1 indexed citations

Villalobos, J. René, et al.. (2023). Building an intelligent system to identify trends in agricultural markets. Journal of Cleaner Production. 425. 138956–138956. 5 indexed citations

Ahumada, Omar, et al.. (2023). A tactical planning model for fresh produce production considering productive potential and changing weather patterns. Biosystems Engineering. 232. 13–28. 1 indexed citations

Cedillo‐Campos, Miguel Gastón, Rosa G. González‐Ramírez, José‐Fernando Camacho‐Vallejo, & J. René Villalobos. (2023). Territory-driven decision-making in industrial supply chains reconfiguration. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 187. 109827–109827. 1 indexed citations

Phelan, Patrick E., et al.. (2022). Mini Containers to Improve the Cold Chain Energy Efficiency and Carbon Footprint. Climate. 10(5). 76–76. 16 indexed citations

Phelan, Patrick E., et al.. (2021). A review of energy storage technologies for demand-side management in industrial facilities. Journal of Cleaner Production. 307. 127322–127322. 60 indexed citations

Güngör‐Demirci, Gamze, et al.. (2020). Techno-Economic Assessment of CHP Systems in Wastewater Treatment Plants. Environments. 7(10). 74–74. 59 indexed citations

Maltz, Arnold, et al.. (2013). Forecasting and Capacity Planning for Nogales Port of Entry. Transportation Journal. 52(4). 417–440. 2 indexed citations

Ahumada, Omar & J. René Villalobos. (2008). Application of planning models in the agri-food supply chain: A review. European Journal of Operational Research. 196(1). 1–20. 670 indexed citations breakdown →

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Villalobos, J. René, et al.. (2008). A Novel Feature Selection Methodology for Automated Inspection Systems. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 31(7). 1338–1344. 10 indexed citations

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Villalobos, J. René. (2007). The Stock Portfolio Game. INFORMS Transactions on Education. 8(1). 41–48. 3 indexed citations

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Villalobos, J. René, et al.. (2006). An Automated Feature Selection Method for Visual Inspection Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 3(4). 394–406. 31 indexed citations

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Villalobos, J. René, et al.. (2004). Inbound for Mexico. 36(4). 38–43.

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Ahumada, Omar & J. René Villalobos. (2004). Efficiency measures for inbound logistics performance. 2155–2160. 2 indexed citations

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Ahumada, Omar, et al.. (2004). Improvement of transportation practices in the maquiladora industry. 1165–1170. 1 indexed citations

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Villalobos, J. René, et al.. (2003). 2D automated visual inspection system for the remote quality control of SMD assembly. 3. 2219–2224. 4 indexed citations

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Villalobos, J. René, et al.. (2002). Work allocation strategies for serial assembly lines under high labour turnover. International Journal of Production Research. 40(8). 1835–1852. 23 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Daniel, et al.. (1997). Three dimensional automated visual inspection of surface mounted devices. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 33(1-2). 365–368. 6 indexed citations

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Villalobos, J. René, et al.. (1996). Improved inspection algorithms using vector decision techniques. 18. 520–525. 2 indexed citations

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Villalobos, J. René, et al.. (1993). FLEXIBLE INSPECTION SYSTEMS FOR SERIAL MULTI-STAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS. IIE Transactions. 25(3). 16–26. 22 indexed citations

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