Kris Braekers

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kris Braekers is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kris Braekers has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 28 papers in Building and Construction and 14 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kris Braekers's work include Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (38 papers), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (26 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (21 papers). Kris Braekers is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (38 papers), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (26 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (21 papers). Kris Braekers collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Austria. Kris Braekers's co-authors include Katrien Ramaekers, An Caris, Inneke Van Nieuwenhuyse, Gerrit K. Janssens, Yves Molenbruch, Teun van Gils, Richard F. Hartl, Sophie N. Parragh, Fabien Tricoire and Sabine Limbourg and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Kris Braekers

51 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

The vehicle routing problem: State of the art classification and review

2015 757 citations Kris Braekers, Katrien Ramaekers et al. Computers & Industrial Engineering profile →

Peers

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Sophie N. Parragh Austria

Manuel Iori Italy

Barrett W. Thomas United States

Gianpaolo Ghiani Italy

Ola Jabali Canada

Jakob Puchinger France

Christelle Guéret France

Anand Subramanian Brazil

Roberto Roberti Italy

Oli B.G. Madsen Denmark

Sophie N. Parragh Austria

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1.4k ×1.3

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223 ×1.5

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Citations per year, relative to Kris Braekers Kris Braekers (= 1×) peers Sophie N. Parragh

Countries citing papers authored by Kris Braekers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kris Braekers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kris Braekers

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

All Works

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Caris, An, et al.. (2025). A case study on order picking schedule deviations and their contributing factors. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 203. 111019–111019.

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Braekers, Kris, et al.. (2025). Sustained Success or Fading Spark? – Long-term Assessment of Participatory Order Assignments in a Warehouse Environment. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 59(10). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Braekers, Kris, et al.. (2025). Eliciting and integrating order picker preferences in the evaluation of job assignment mechanisms in warehousing. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 211. 111613–111613.

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Braekers, Kris, et al.. (2024). What makes order picking so physically demanding? – Ergonomic evidence from a large-scale lab experiment using subjective metrics. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(19). 181–186. 2 indexed citations

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Ramaekers, Katrien, et al.. (2024). A matheuristic for integrated medium-term home healthcare planning. European Journal of Operational Research. 319(2). 543–556.

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Ramaekers, Katrien, et al.. (2024). A real‐life study on the value of integrated optimization in order picking operations under dynamic order arrivals. Networks. 84(3). 345–362. 1 indexed citations

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Braekers, Kris, et al.. (2024). Is it good to have a choice? The value of participatory order assignments in warehousing. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 45(3). 783–806. 9 indexed citations

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Ramaekers, Katrien, et al.. (2024). Integrating order picking and vehicle routing decisions in a dynamic e-commerce setting. Computers & Operations Research. 170. 106762–106762.

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Caris, An, et al.. (2023). Analyzing the benefits of a city hub: An inventory and routing perspective. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 185. 109629–109629.

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Braekers, Kris, et al.. (2022). In pursuit of humanised order picking planning: methodological review, literature classification and input from practice. International Journal of Production Research. 61(10). 3300–3330. 57 indexed citations

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Braekers, Kris, et al.. (2022). Integrated scheduling of order picking operations under dynamic order arrivals. International Journal of Production Research. 61(10). 3205–3226. 16 indexed citations

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Janssens, Gerrit K., et al.. (2021). THE IMPACT OF AXLE WEIGHT CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF A MIXED-FLEET IN VEHICLE ROUTING DECISIONS. International Journal for Traffic and Transport Engineering. 11(3). 1 indexed citations

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Gils, Teun van, et al.. (2021). Analysing the effectiveness of workload balancing measures in order picking operations. International Journal of Production Research. 60(7). 2126–2150. 21 indexed citations

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Masmoudi, Mohamed Amine, et al.. (2016). A hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the Heterogeneous Dial-A-Ride Problem. Computers & Operations Research. 81. 1–13. 80 indexed citations

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Braekers, Kris, et al.. (2015). CVRP with sequence based pallet loading and axle weight restrictions with and without dense packing. Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 1 indexed citations

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Braekers, Kris, et al.. (2015). Iterated local search for the CVRP with sequence-based pallet loading and axle weight restrictions. Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 1 indexed citations

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Braekers, Kris, et al.. (2014). Integrating axle weight restrictions in a two-dimensional vehicle routing problem with sequence based loading. Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 1 indexed citations

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Neven, An, et al.. (2014). Methodology to Optimize Resource Requirements of a Demand-Responsive Transport System for Persons with Disabilities: Case Study of Flanders. Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 2 indexed citations

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Braekers, Kris, Gerrit K. Janssens, & An Caris. (2011). Challenges in Managing Empty Container Movements at Multiple Planning Levels. Transport Reviews. 31(6). 681–708. 67 indexed citations

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Braekers, Kris, An Caris, & Gerrit K. Janssens. (2010). A deterministic annealing algorithm for simultaneous routing of loaded and empty containers. Document Server@UHasselt (UHasselt). 2 indexed citations

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