Niels Agatz

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
61 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Niels Agatz is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Building and Construction and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Niels Agatz has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Automotive Engineering, 24 papers in Building and Construction and 20 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Niels Agatz's work include Transportation and Mobility Innovations (38 papers), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (21 papers) and Transportation Planning and Optimization (19 papers). Niels Agatz is often cited by papers focused on Transportation and Mobility Innovations (38 papers), Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (21 papers) and Transportation Planning and Optimization (19 papers). Niels Agatz collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Niels Agatz's co-authors include Martin Savelsbergh, Alan L. Erera, Xing Wang, Mirko Gradišar, James F. Campbell, Bruce Golden, Alena Otto, Erwin Pesch, Paul Bouman and Marie Schmidt and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Operations Management and Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies.

In The Last Decade

Niels Agatz

57 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Optimization for dynamic ride-sharing: A review

2012 706 citations Niels Agatz, Alan L. Erera et al. European Journal of Operational Research profile →
Optimization approaches for civil applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or aerial drones: A survey

2018 628 citations Alena Otto, Niels Agatz et al. Networks profile →
Dynamic programming approaches for the traveling salesman problem with drone

2018 258 citations Paul Bouman, Niels Agatz et al. Networks profile →

Peers

Niels Agatz

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Stefan Røpke Denmark

Roberto Baldacci Italy

Emrah Demir United Kingdom

Jakob Puchinger France

Joseph Y.J. Chow United States

Nils Boysen Germany

Claudia Archetti Italy

Dominique Feillet France

Marlin W. Ulmer Germany

Barrett W. Thomas United States

Stefan Røpke Denmark

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2.8k ×1.1

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762 ×0.6

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151 ×0.1

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2.1k ×1.7

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5.4k ×5.5

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Citations per year, relative to Niels Agatz Niels Agatz (= 1×) peers Stefan Røpke

Countries citing papers authored by Niels Agatz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Niels Agatz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niels Agatz

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Agatz, Niels, Jan C. Fransoo, Elliot Rabinovich, & Rui Sousa. (2025). Innovations, Technologies, and the Economics of Last‐Mile Operations: A Call for Research in Operations Management. Journal of Operations Management. 71(2). 166–175. 3 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels, et al.. (2024). Managing Concurrent Interactions in Online Time Slot Booking Systems for Attended Home Delivery. Transportation Science. 58(5). 1056–1075.

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Agatz, Niels, Soo-Haeng Cho, Hao Sun, & Hai Wang. (2024). Transportation-Enabled Services: Concept, Framework, and Research Opportunities. Service Science. 16(1). 1–21. 18 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels, et al.. (2024). Model formulations for pickup and delivery problems in designated driver services. Computers & Operations Research. 164. 106547–106547.

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Agatz, Niels, et al.. (2023). Demand Management for Sustainable Supply Chain Operations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels, et al.. (2023). Demand management for attended home delivery—A literature review. European Journal of Operational Research. 311(3). 801–815. 28 indexed citations

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Berg, Roy van den, et al.. (2023). The long road to automated trucking: Insights from driver focus groups. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 156. 104351–104351. 4 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels, et al.. (2023). Platoon Optimization Based on Truck Pairs. INFORMS journal on computing. 35(6). 1242–1260. 3 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels, et al.. (2021). Designing integrated urban delivery systems using public transport. Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review. 156. 102525–102525. 43 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels, Mike Hewitt, & Barrett W. Thomas. (2020). “Make no little plans”: Impactful research to solve the next generation of transportation problems. Networks. 77(2). 269–286. 21 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels & James F. Campbell. (2018). Preface: Special issue on Drone Delivery Systems. Networks. 72(4). 409–410. 2 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels, et al.. (2018). Shared Capacity Routing Problem − An omni-channel retail study. European Journal of Operational Research. 273(2). 731–739. 1 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels, Paul Bouman, & Marie Schmidt. (2018). Optimization Approaches for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Drone. Transportation Science. 52(4). 965–981. 9 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels & Adam J. Pel. (2018). Introduction to the Special Section: TRISTAN IX. Transportation Science. 52(6). 1297–1298. 3 indexed citations

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Bouman, Paul, Niels Agatz, & Marie Schmidt. (2018). Dynamic programming approaches for the traveling salesman problem with drone. Networks. 72(4). 528–542. 258 indexed citations breakdown →

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Otto, Alena, Niels Agatz, James F. Campbell, Bruce Golden, & Erwin Pesch. (2018). Optimization approaches for civil applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or aerial drones: A survey. Networks. 72(4). 411–458. 628 indexed citations breakdown →

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Agatz, Niels. (2018). The benefits of combining drones and trucks for deliveries. RePub (Erasmus University, Rotterdam). 33(1). 17–19. 2 indexed citations

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Agatz, Niels, et al.. (2017). Stable Matching for Dynamic Ride-Sharing Systems. Transportation Science. 52(4). 850–867. 1 indexed citations

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Savelsbergh, Martin, Moritz Fleischmann, Niels Agatz, & Ann Melissa Campbell. (2011). Time Slot Management in Attended Home Delivery. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 174 indexed citations

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Savelsbergh, Martin, Moritz Fleischmann, Niels Agatz, & Amy Campbell. (2011). Time Slot Management in Attended Home Delivery. 1 indexed citations

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