Patrick Hirsch

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Patrick Hirsch is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Hirsch has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 17 papers in Automotive Engineering and 17 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Patrick Hirsch's work include Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (22 papers), Transportation and Mobility Innovations (16 papers) and Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (15 papers). Patrick Hirsch is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (22 papers), Transportation and Mobility Innovations (16 papers) and Urban and Freight Transport Logistics (15 papers). Patrick Hirsch collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Spain and Germany. Patrick Hirsch's co-authors include Christian Fikar, Manfred Gronalt, Ángel A. Juan, Javier Faulín, Leandro do C. Martins, Adrián Serrano-Hernández, Aljoscha Gruler, Pamela C. Nolz, Christian Bugge Henriksen and Kris Braekers and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Hirsch

50 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Home health care routing and scheduling: A review 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. Home health care routing and scheduling: A review
    2016 301 citations Christian Fikar, Patrick Hirsch Computers & Operations Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Hirsch Austria 20 959 444 340 331 323 54 1.5k
Christian Fikar Austria 17 603 0.6× 283 0.6× 211 0.6× 216 0.7× 260 0.8× 37 1.2k
M. Teresa Ortuño Spain 18 775 0.8× 378 0.9× 197 0.6× 558 1.7× 170 0.5× 39 1.5k
Yong‐Hong Kuo Hong Kong 21 596 0.6× 635 1.4× 144 0.4× 85 0.3× 308 1.0× 86 1.9k
Lars Magnus Hvattum Norway 29 1.6k 1.6× 460 1.0× 152 0.4× 218 0.7× 269 0.8× 104 2.5k
Karen Smilowitz United States 25 1.1k 1.2× 473 1.1× 142 0.4× 1.2k 3.5× 562 1.7× 68 2.4k
Güneş Erdoğan United Kingdom 20 751 0.8× 530 1.2× 80 0.2× 288 0.9× 451 1.4× 74 1.5k
Panagiotis P. Repoussis Greece 22 952 1.0× 410 0.9× 84 0.2× 88 0.3× 297 0.9× 32 1.3k
Frank Meisel Germany 26 2.7k 2.8× 343 0.8× 182 0.5× 126 0.4× 831 2.6× 67 3.2k
Manfred Gronalt Austria 17 644 0.7× 184 0.4× 90 0.3× 117 0.4× 269 0.8× 83 1.2k
Marielle Christiansen Norway 33 3.4k 3.6× 665 1.5× 181 0.5× 139 0.4× 671 2.1× 66 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Hirsch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Hirsch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Hirsch

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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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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Hirsch, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Ensemble Deep Learning for Automated Damage Detection of Trailers at Intermodal Terminals. Sustainability. 16(3). 1218–1218.
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Quiñones-Ruiz, Xiomara F., et al.. (2023). Digitalization, sustainability, and coffee. Opportunities and challenges for agricultural development. Agricultural Systems. 208. 103660–103660. 23 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Patrick, et al.. (2023). Operational analysis and optimization of a water-based municipal solid waste management system with hybrid simulation modeling. Sustainable Cities and Society. 99. 104890–104890. 8 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Patrick, et al.. (2023). An Analysis of Underused Urban Infrastructures: Usage Opportunities and Implementation Barriers for Sustainable Logistics. Applied Sciences. 13(13). 7557–7557. 13 indexed citations
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Aringhieri, Roberto, Patrick Hirsch, Marion S. Rauner, Melanie Reuter-Oppermann, & Margit Sommersguter‐Reichmann. (2021). Central European journal of operations research (CJOR) “operations research applied to health services (ORAHS) in Europe: general trends and ORAHS 2020 conference in Vienna, Austria”. Central European Journal of Operations Research. 30(1). 1–18. 1 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Patrick, et al.. (2021). Insights and decision support for home health care services in times of disasters. Central European Journal of Operations Research. 30(1). 133–157. 14 indexed citations
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Faulín, Javier, et al.. (2020). Exploration of a disrupted road network after a disaster with an online routing algorithm. OR Spectrum. 43(1). 289–326. 12 indexed citations
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Fikar, Christian, et al.. (2018). The role of horizontal cooperation to improve service quality in last-mile distribution. International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling. 13(4). 299–299. 6 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Patrick. (2017). Recent planning approaches and mobility concepts for home health care services in Austria – A review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 68(4). 205–222. 3 indexed citations
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Fikar, Christian, Patrick Hirsch, & Manfred Gronalt. (2017). A decision support system to investigate dynamic last-mile distribution facilitating cargo-bikes. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 21(3). 300–317. 60 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Patrick, et al.. (2016). Sustainability criteria for transport of home care staff and frail people. 8(2). 213. 1 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Patrick, et al.. (2016). Analysis of the impact of different service levels on the workload of an ambulance service provider. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 487–487. 7 indexed citations
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Fikar, Christian & Patrick Hirsch. (2016). Home health care routing and scheduling: A review. Computers & Operations Research. 77. 86–95. 301 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fikar, Christian & Patrick Hirsch. (2016). Evaluation of trip and car sharing concepts for home health care services. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal. 30(1-2). 78–97. 17 indexed citations
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Fikar, Christian, Manfred Gronalt, & Patrick Hirsch. (2016). A decision support system for coordinated disaster relief distribution. Expert Systems with Applications. 57. 104–116. 71 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Patrick, et al.. (2012). Trends and risks in home health care. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 2(1). 34–53. 30 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Patrick. (2011). Minimizing Empty Truck Loads in Round Timber Transport with Tabu Search Strategies. International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management. 4(2). 15–41. 24 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Patrick & Claire Laberge-Nadeau. (1995). CRITIQUE OF MAYHEW D.R. AND SIMPSON H.M., 1990, NEW TO THE ROAD YOUNG DRIVERS AND NOVICE DRIVERS: SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS. 3 indexed citations

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