Janez Brest

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
97 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Janez Brest is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Janez Brest has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 38 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 14 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Janez Brest's work include Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (52 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (45 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (32 papers). Janez Brest is often cited by papers focused on Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (52 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (45 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (32 papers). Janez Brest collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, United Kingdom and United States. Janez Brest's co-authors include Borko Boškovič, V. Žumer, Mirjam Sepesy Maučec, Marjan Mernik, Iztok Fister, Xin‐She Yang, Aleš Zamuda, Uroš Mlakar, Božidar Potočnik and Efrén Mezura‐Montes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Expert Systems with Applications and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Janez Brest

93 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Self-Adapting Control Parameters in Differential Evolution: A Comparative Study on Numerical Benchmark Problems

2006 2.3k citations Janez Brest, Borko Boškovič et al. profile →
A comprehensive review of firefly algorithms

2013 931 citations Iztok Fister, Xin‐She Yang et al. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation profile →
Single objective real-parameter optimization: Algorithm jSO

2017 313 citations Janez Brest, Mirjam Sepesy Maučec et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Janez Brest Slovenia	30	4.7k	3.0k	733	661	611	97	6.6k
Shahryar Rahnamayan Canada	33	4.8k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	800 1.1×	856 1.3×	704 1.2×	194	6.8k
Ferrante Neri United Kingdom	44	4.4k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	851 1.2×	558 0.8×	661 1.1×	174	6.9k
Hans-Georg Beyer Austria	30	3.8k 0.8×	2.9k 1.0×	527 0.7×	656 1.0×	348 0.6×	120	6.6k
Siamak Talatahari Iran	45	4.6k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	822 1.1×	898 1.4×	531 0.9×	169	9.1k
Jouni Lampinen Finland	21	3.9k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	973 1.3×	821 1.2×	465 0.8×	63	6.9k
Zixing Cai China	25	3.2k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	439 0.6×	680 1.0×	877 1.4×	210	5.0k
Manuel Lozano Spain	38	4.3k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	516 0.7×	603 0.9×	536 0.9×	86	6.4k
Efrén Mezura‐Montes Mexico	29	3.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	422 0.6×	690 1.0×	311 0.5×	180	5.6k
Marjan Mernik Slovenia	33	4.7k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	494 0.7×	507 0.8×	435 0.7×	181	7.3k
Joaquín Derrac Spain	17	3.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	564 0.8×	531 0.8×	905 1.5×	21	5.7k

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All Works

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Brest, Janez & Mirjam Sepesy Maučec. (2025). Comparative Study of Modern Differential Evolution Algorithms: Perspectives on Mechanisms and Performance. Mathematics. 13(10). 1556–1556. 2 indexed citations

Boškovič, Borko, et al.. (2025). Improving mutation strategies in differential evolution with a new pbest selection mechanism. Applied Soft Computing. 185. 113978–113978. 1 indexed citations

Boškovič, Borko, et al.. (2024). Parallel self-avoiding walks for a low-autocorrelation binary sequences problem. Journal of Computational Science. 77. 102260–102260. 2 indexed citations

Brest, Janez, et al.. (2024). An Efficient Algorithm for Designing Long Aperiodic Binary Sequences With Low Auto-Correlation Sidelobes. IEEE Access. 12. 108921–108927.

Brest, Janez, et al.. (2023). Analysis based on statistical distributions: A practical approach for stochastic solvers using discrete and continuous problems. Information Sciences. 633. 469–490. 3 indexed citations

Maučec, Mirjam Sepesy, et al.. (2023). Reduction of Neural Machine Translation Failures by Incorporating Statistical Machine Translation. Mathematics. 11(11). 2484–2484. 7 indexed citations

Brest, Janez & Borko Boškovič. (2022). Computational Search of Long Skew-symmetric Binary Sequences with High Merit Factors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(2). 17–24. 1 indexed citations

Maučec, Mirjam Sepesy, Janez Brest, Borko Boškovič, & Zdravko Kačič. (2018). Improved Differential Evolution for Large-Scale Black-Box Optimization. IEEE Access. 6. 29516–29531. 21 indexed citations

Maučec, Mirjam Sepesy & Janez Brest. (2017). Slavic languages in phrase-based statistical machine translation: a survey. Artificial Intelligence Review. 51(1). 77–117. 12 indexed citations

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Fister, Iztok, Dušan Fister, Suash Deb, Uroš Mlakar, & Janez Brest. (2017). Making up for the deficit in a marathon run. 11–15. 3 indexed citations

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Boškovič, Borko & Janez Brest. (2016). Differential evolution for protein folding optimization based on a three-dimensional AB off-lattice model. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 22(10). 252–252. 15 indexed citations

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Brest, Janez, Mirjam Sepesy Maučec, & Borko Boškovič. (2016). iL-SHADE: Improved L-SHADE algorithm for single objective real-parameter optimization. 1188–1195. 137 indexed citations

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Fister, Iztok, et al.. (2014). Towards the Novel Reasoning among Particles in PSO by the Use of RDF and SPARQL. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2014. 1–10. 16 indexed citations

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Brest, Janez, Aleš Zamuda, Iztok Fister, & Borko Boškovič. (2014). Some Improvements of the Self-Adaptive jDE Algorithm. 1–8. 20 indexed citations

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Fister, Iztok, et al.. (2014). A Novel Hybrid Self-Adaptive Bat Algorithm. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2014. 1–12. 85 indexed citations

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Fister, Iztok, Xin‐She Yang, & Janez Brest. (2013). Modified firefly algorithm using quaternion representation. Expert Systems with Applications. 40(18). 7220–7230. 87 indexed citations

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Fister, Iztok, et al.. (2013). A comprehensive review of firefly algorithms. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. 13. 34–46. 931 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fister, Iztok, et al.. (2011). Design and implementation of domain-specific language easytime. Computer Languages Systems & Structures. 37(4). 151–167. 22 indexed citations

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Brest, Janez & V. Žumer. (2002). A performance evaluation of list scheduling heuristics for task graphs without communication costs. 421–428. 3 indexed citations

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Kokol, Peter, Janez Brest, & V. Žumer. (1996). Software complexityan alternative view. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 1 indexed citations

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