Liji Shen

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 757 citations indexed

About

Liji Shen is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Liji Shen has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 757 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 5 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Liji Shen's work include Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (24 papers), Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (16 papers) and Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (10 papers). Liji Shen is often cited by papers focused on Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (24 papers), Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (16 papers) and Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (10 papers). Liji Shen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and France. Liji Shen's co-authors include Udo Buscher, Stéphane Dauzère‐Pérès, Janis S. Neufeld, Junwen Ding, Lars Mönch, Sven Schulz, Zhipeng Lü, Jatinder N.D. Gupta, Bo Peng and Fred Glover and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation and Computers & Operations Research.

In The Last Decade

Liji Shen

24 papers receiving 737 citations

Hit Papers

The flexible job shop scheduling problem: A review 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75 100
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. The flexible job shop scheduling problem: A review
    2023 118 citations Stéphane Dauzère‐Pérès, Junwen Ding et al. European Journal of Operational Research profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liji Shen Germany 16 658 128 123 86 36 24 757
Pierre Lòpez France 12 381 0.6× 100 0.8× 74 0.6× 60 0.7× 26 0.7× 35 499
Inés González-Rodríguez Spain 15 476 0.7× 74 0.6× 80 0.7× 129 1.5× 31 0.9× 30 556
José Elias Claudio Arroyo Brazil 12 545 0.8× 104 0.8× 88 0.7× 132 1.5× 23 0.6× 43 638
Alper Hamzadayı Türkiye 11 476 0.7× 67 0.5× 50 0.4× 102 1.2× 20 0.6× 22 580
Gianfranco Ciaschetti Italy 4 664 1.0× 162 1.3× 88 0.7× 167 1.9× 26 0.7× 5 741
Paz Pérez-González Spain 17 866 1.3× 156 1.2× 72 0.6× 49 0.6× 65 1.8× 40 913
Majid Khalili Iran 9 313 0.5× 48 0.4× 60 0.5× 85 1.0× 21 0.6× 22 392
Junwen Ding China 9 297 0.5× 53 0.4× 37 0.3× 61 0.7× 10 0.3× 21 371
F. Frank Chen United States 9 545 0.8× 76 0.6× 44 0.4× 78 0.9× 102 2.8× 16 650
J. Peschke Germany 10 369 0.6× 35 0.3× 52 0.4× 74 0.9× 54 1.5× 23 461

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liji Shen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shen, Liji, et al.. (2023). Energy cost efficient scheduling in flexible job-shop manufacturing systems. European Journal of Operational Research. 310(3). 992–1016. 20 indexed citations
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Ding, Junwen, et al.. (2022). A Novel Evolutionary Algorithm for Energy-Efficient Scheduling in Flexible Job Shops. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 27(5). 1470–1484. 13 indexed citations
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Shen, Liji, et al.. (2022). Unrelated parallel machine scheduling with eligibility constraints and delivery times to minimize total weighted tardiness. Computers & Operations Research. 149. 105999–105999. 29 indexed citations
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Ding, Junwen, Sven Schulz, Liji Shen, Udo Buscher, & Zhipeng Lü. (2020). Energy aware scheduling in flexible flow shops with hybrid particle swarm optimization. Computers & Operations Research. 125. 105088–105088. 56 indexed citations
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Mönch, Lars & Liji Shen. (2020). Parallel machine scheduling with the total weighted delivery time performance measure in distributed manufacturing. Computers & Operations Research. 127. 105126–105126. 24 indexed citations
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Schulz, Sven, Udo Buscher, & Liji Shen. (2020). Multi-objective hybrid flow shop scheduling with variable discrete production speed levels and time-of-use energy prices. Journal of Business Economics. 90(9). 1315–1343. 41 indexed citations
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Mönch, Lars, Liji Shen, & John Fowler. (2020). Heuristics for Order-Lot Pegging In Multi-Fab Settings. 1742–1752. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Liji, et al.. (2019). Solving parallel machine problems with delivery times and tardiness objectives. Annals of Operations Research. 285(1-2). 315–334. 20 indexed citations
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Ding, Junwen, et al.. (2019). A Two-Individual Based Evolutionary Algorithm for the Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 33(1). 2262–2271. 20 indexed citations
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Shen, Liji & Jatinder N.D. Gupta. (2017). Family scheduling with batch availability in flow shops to minimize makespan. Journal of Scheduling. 21(2). 235–249. 3 indexed citations
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Shen, Liji, Stéphane Dauzère‐Pérès, & Janis S. Neufeld. (2017). Solving the flexible job shop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times. European Journal of Operational Research. 265(2). 503–516. 172 indexed citations
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Shen, Liji. (2014). A tabu search algorithm for the job shop problem with sequence dependent setup times. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 78. 95–106. 17 indexed citations
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Lü, Zhipeng, et al.. (2014). A study of hybrid evolutionary algorithms for single machine scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times. Computers & Operations Research. 50. 47–60. 21 indexed citations
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Shen, Liji, Jatinder N.D. Gupta, & Udo Buscher. (2014). Flow shop batching and scheduling with sequence-dependent setup times. Journal of Scheduling. 17(4). 353–370. 18 indexed citations
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Shen, Liji, Lars Mönch, & Udo Buscher. (2013). An iterative approach for the serial batching problem with parallel machines and job families. Annals of Operations Research. 206(1). 425–448. 20 indexed citations
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Shen, Liji, Lars Mönch, & Udo Buscher. (2013). A simultaneous and iterative approach for parallel machine scheduling with sequence-dependent family setups. Journal of Scheduling. 17(5). 471–487. 15 indexed citations
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Shen, Liji & Udo Buscher. (2012). Solving the serial batching problem in job shop manufacturing systems. European Journal of Operational Research. 221(1). 14–26. 62 indexed citations
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Buscher, Udo & Liji Shen. (2011). An Integer Programming Formulation for the Lot Streaming Problem in a Job Shop Environment with Setups. 2 indexed citations
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Buscher, Udo & Liji Shen. (2010). MIP formulations and heuristics for solving parallel batching problems. Journal of Systems Science and Complexity. 23(5). 884–895. 2 indexed citations
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Buscher, Udo & Liji Shen. (2009). MIP-Based Approaches for Solving Scheduling Problems with Batch Processing Machines. 1 indexed citations

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