John Fowler

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
308 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

John Fowler is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, John Fowler has authored 308 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 67 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 54 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in John Fowler's work include Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (155 papers), Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (94 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (44 papers). John Fowler is often cited by papers focused on Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (155 papers), Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (94 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (44 papers). John Fowler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. John Fowler's co-authors include Lars Mönch, Scott J. Mason, Michele E. Pfund, Oliver Rose, W. Matthew Carlyle, Gary L. Hogg, Hari Balasubramanian, Esma S. Gel, Jeffery K. Cochran and Reha Uzsoy and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

John Fowler

288 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

A survey of problems, solution techniques, and future cha... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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.

  1. A survey of problems, solution techniques, and future challenges in scheduling semiconductor manufacturing operations
    2011 335 citations Lars Mönch, John Fowler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Fowler United States 43 4.5k 1.1k 1.1k 692 537 308 6.9k
David D. Yao United States 40 1.6k 0.3× 1.0k 0.9× 2.7k 2.5× 843 1.2× 216 0.4× 164 4.6k
Michael C. Fu United States 41 1.4k 0.3× 3.0k 2.7× 1.2k 1.1× 729 1.1× 727 1.4× 263 6.5k
Frederick S. Hillier United States 26 1.5k 0.3× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 556 0.8× 606 1.1× 71 5.2k
Jonathan F. Bard United States 58 4.7k 1.0× 2.9k 2.6× 1.1k 1.0× 640 0.9× 2.4k 4.4× 229 10.5k
Linus Schrage United States 29 1.9k 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 505 0.9× 58 5.3k
Xiaolan Xie France 36 2.7k 0.6× 828 0.7× 1.8k 1.6× 279 0.4× 260 0.5× 274 5.7k
Ellis L. Johnson United States 38 4.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 349 0.3× 948 1.4× 543 1.0× 84 6.4k
Sheldon H. Jacobson United States 30 838 0.2× 991 0.9× 476 0.4× 468 0.7× 275 0.5× 222 4.4k
Walter J. Gutjahr Austria 33 1.4k 0.3× 958 0.9× 223 0.2× 327 0.5× 539 1.0× 86 4.0k
Shabbir Ahmed United States 45 1.3k 0.3× 2.4k 2.2× 1.4k 1.3× 323 0.5× 2.1k 3.9× 140 7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by John Fowler

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Fowler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Fowler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Fowler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Fowler 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 John Fowler. John Fowler is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yan, Tingting, et al.. (2024). When Complexity Meets Complexity: COVID‐19‐Induced Supply Chain Disruptions and Strategy Portfolio Efficiency. Journal of Operations Management. 71(1). 109–129. 5 indexed citations
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Currie, Christine, John Fowler, Kathy Kotiadis, et al.. (2020). How simulation modelling can help reduce the impact of COVID-19. Journal of Simulation. 14(2). 83–97. 278 indexed citations
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Mönch, Lars, et al.. (2018). Electricity power cost-aware scheduling of jobs on parallel batch processing machines. Winter Simulation Conference. 3420–3431. 2 indexed citations
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Fowler, John, et al.. (2014). Integration of an E85 Reforming System into a Vehicle-Ready Package and Project Results. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 14 indexed citations
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Tan, Yi, Lars Mönch, & John Fowler. (2014). A decomposition heuristic for a two-machine flow shop with batch processing. Winter Simulation Conference. 2490–2501. 3 indexed citations
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Ramírez–Nafarrate, Adrián, John Fowler, & Teresa Wu. (2011). Design of centralized ambulance diversion policies using simulation-optimization. Winter Simulation Conference. 1251–1262. 6 indexed citations
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Ramírez–Nafarrate, Adrián, John Fowler, & Teresa Wu. (2010). Bi-criteria analysis of ambulance diversion policies. Winter Simulation Conference. 2315–2326. 10 indexed citations
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Fowler, John, et al.. (2009). Analysis of ambulance diversion policies for a large-size hospital. Winter Simulation Conference. 1875–1886. 13 indexed citations
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Araz, Özgür M., et al.. (2009). A pandemic influenza simulation model for preparedness planning. Winter Simulation Conference. 1986–1995. 9 indexed citations
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Jones, Bradley, et al.. (2008). Comparing designs for computer simulation experiments. Winter Simulation Conference. 463–470. 12 indexed citations
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Chien, Chen–Fu, Stéphane Dauzère‐Pérès, Hans Ehm, et al.. (2008). Modeling and analysis of semiconductor manufacturing in a shrinking world: challenges and successes. Winter Simulation Conference. 2093–2099. 19 indexed citations
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Lin, Yu‐Ru, Michele E. Pfund, John Fowler, & Douglas C. Montgomery. (2006). Classification of parallel machine environments under various correlation structures. Annual Conference on Computers. 1253–1261. 4 indexed citations
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Laher, Russ R., H. McCallon, Frank J. Masci, & John Fowler. (2006). Position Refinement of Spitzer-Space-Telescope Images. ASPC. 351. 169. 1 indexed citations
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Lendermann, Peter, et al.. (2004). Analysis of a borderless fab scenario in a distributed simulation testbed. Winter Simulation Conference. 2. 1896–1901. 9 indexed citations
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Qu, Peng, Scott J. Mason, Erhan Kutanoğlu, & John Fowler. (2004). A polynomial time heuristic for scheduling multiple-order jobs on a single machine. 813–818. 2 indexed citations
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Fowler, John, et al.. (2004). Variance-based sampling for cycle time: throughput confidence intervals. Winter Simulation Conference. 1. 716–720. 2 indexed citations
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Fowler, John, et al.. (2003). Deterministic scheduling of wafer fab operations. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1 indexed citations
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Fowler, John, W. Matthew Carlyle, Esma S. Gel, et al.. (2002). A modified shifting bottleneck heuristic for scheduling wafer fabrication facilities. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1 indexed citations
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Fowler, John, et al.. (2002). Manufacturing supply chain applications 2: parameterization of fast and accurate simulations for complex supply networks. Winter Simulation Conference. 1327–1336. 1 indexed citations
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Fowler, John. (2001). The publications of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Learned Publishing. 14(3). 189–196. 1 indexed citations

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