Masoud Hekmatfar

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
5 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Masoud Hekmatfar is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Masoud Hekmatfar has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 2 papers in Building and Construction and 2 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Masoud Hekmatfar's work include Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (2 papers), Facility Location and Emergency Management (2 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (2 papers). Masoud Hekmatfar is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (2 papers), Facility Location and Emergency Management (2 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (2 papers). Masoud Hekmatfar collaborates with scholars based in Iran, United Kingdom and United States. Masoud Hekmatfar's co-authors include Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Ehsan Nikbakhsh, Behnam Fahimnia, Behrooz Karimi and S.M.T. Fatemi Ghomi and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Soft Computing, Computers & Industrial Engineering and Contributions to management science.

In The Last Decade

Masoud Hekmatfar

5 papers receiving 991 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.

Hub location problems: A review of models, classification, solution techniques, and applications

2013 427 citations Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Masoud Hekmatfar et al. Computers & Industrial Engineering profile →
Facility Location: Concepts, Models, Algorithms and Case Studies

2009 246 citations Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Masoud Hekmatfar Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masoud Hekmatfar Iran	5	649	516	280	224	116	5	1.0k
Maria Albareda-Sambola Spain	17	574 0.9×	346 0.7×	212 0.8×	108 0.5×	93 0.8×	33	845
Barbaros Ç. Tansel Türkiye	16	784 1.2×	781 1.5×	240 0.9×	268 1.2×	116 1.0×	35	1.4k
Ricardo Saraiva de Camargo Brazil	17	820 1.3×	449 0.9×	266 0.9×	331 1.5×	107 0.9×	31	979
Alfredo Marı́n Spain	22	987 1.5×	907 1.8×	375 1.3×	245 1.1×	151 1.3×	57	1.3k
John G. Klincewicz United States	18	882 1.4×	530 1.0×	260 0.9×	228 1.0×	82 0.7×	39	1.4k
Darko Skorin‐Kapov United States	11	704 1.1×	463 0.9×	216 0.8×	237 1.1×	58 0.5×	26	892
Juan A. Dı́az Mexico	13	642 1.0×	396 0.8×	214 0.8×	86 0.4×	112 1.0×	24	789
Roberto D. Galvão Brazil	22	1.0k 1.6×	947 1.8×	449 1.6×	230 1.0×	133 1.1×	41	1.5k
Andreas Klose Denmark	13	628 1.0×	619 1.2×	383 1.4×	114 0.5×	151 1.3×	23	1.1k
Jadranka Skorin‐Kapov United States	12	1.1k 1.7×	464 0.9×	259 0.9×	235 1.0×	92 0.8×	39	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Masoud Hekmatfar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masoud Hekmatfar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masoud Hekmatfar

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Farahani, Reza Zanjirani, et al.. (2013). Hub location problems: A review of models, classification, solution techniques, and applications. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 64(4). 1096–1109. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Farahani, Reza Zanjirani, et al.. (2013). Hierarchical facility location problem: Models, classifications, techniques, and applications. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 68. 104–117. 147 indexed citations

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Hekmatfar, Masoud, S.M.T. Fatemi Ghomi, & Behrooz Karimi. (2011). Two stage reentrant hybrid flow shop with setup times and the criterion of minimizing makespan. Applied Soft Computing. 11(8). 4530–4539. 47 indexed citations

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Farahani, Reza Zanjirani & Masoud Hekmatfar. (2009). Facility Location: Concepts, Models, Algorithms and Case Studies. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 41(8). 751–4. 246 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Farahani, Reza Zanjirani & Masoud Hekmatfar. (2009). Facility Location. Contributions to management science. 165 indexed citations

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