Rafael Martı́

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
155 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Rafael Martı́ is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Martı́ has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 54 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 43 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Rafael Martı́'s work include Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (70 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (48 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (28 papers). Rafael Martı́ is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (70 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (48 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (28 papers). Rafael Martı́ collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and France. Rafael Martı́'s co-authors include Manuel Laguna, Fred Glover, Abraham Duarte, Vicente Campos, Maurício G. C. Resende, Micael Gallego, Leon S. Lasdon, John Plummer, Zsolt Ugray and James P. Kelly and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Expert Systems with Applications and Information Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Martı́

150 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Scatter Search and Local NLP Solvers: A Multistart Framework for Global Optimization
    2007 525 citations Fred Glover, Rafael Martı́ et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rafael Martı́ 2.6k 1.5k 1.1k 777 613 155 5.7k
Rainer E. Burkard 2.1k 0.8× 699 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 995 1.3× 414 0.7× 131 4.8k
Colin R. Reeves 2.3k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 659 0.6× 795 1.0× 449 0.7× 46 5.0k
Runwei Cheng 2.7k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 703 0.6× 558 0.7× 657 1.1× 31 6.1k
Christian Blum 2.6k 1.0× 3.4k 2.2× 1.5k 1.4× 1.5k 1.9× 609 1.0× 194 8.2k
Gérard Cornuéjols 2.3k 0.9× 537 0.4× 2.6k 2.3× 1.2k 1.5× 586 1.0× 147 6.2k
Shih-Wei Lin 3.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.0× 269 0.2× 831 1.1× 294 0.5× 227 7.1k
Brigitte Jaumard 695 0.3× 753 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 520 0.8× 350 4.4k
Katta G. Murty 1.7k 0.7× 547 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 534 0.7× 312 0.5× 78 4.3k
David W. Coit 1.2k 0.5× 966 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 597 0.8× 655 1.1× 201 12.0k
Andrea Roli 975 0.4× 1.7k 1.1× 868 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 485 0.8× 169 4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Rafael Martı́

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Martı́

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rafael Martı́. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Rafael Martı́. The network helps show where Rafael Martı́ may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Martı́

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laguna, Manuel, et al.. (2025). Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures with Path Relinking. An analytical review of designs and implementations. European Journal of Operational Research. 327(3). 717–734.
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Martı́, Rafael, et al.. (2024). Mathematical models and solving methods for diversity and equity optimization. Journal of Heuristics. 30(5-6). 291–323.
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Martı́, Rafael, Marc Sevaux, & Kenneth Sörensen. (2024). Fifty years of metaheuristics. European Journal of Operational Research. 321(2). 345–362. 23 indexed citations
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Martı́nez-Gavara, Anna, et al.. (2024). A Forward–Backward Simheuristic for the Stochastic Capacitated Dispersion Problem. Mathematics. 12(6). 909–909. 2 indexed citations
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Martı́, Rafael, et al.. (2023). Heuristics for the Profitable Close-Enough Arc Routing Problem. Expert Systems with Applications. 230. 120513–120513. 3 indexed citations
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Pardo, Eduardo G., et al.. (2023). Strategic oscillation tabu search for improved hierarchical graph drawing. Expert Systems with Applications. 243. 122668–122668. 3 indexed citations
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Martı́nez-Gavara, Anna, et al.. (2022). Max–min dispersion with capacity and cost for a practical location problem. Expert Systems with Applications. 200. 116899–116899. 8 indexed citations
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Martı́, Rafael, et al.. (2022). Scatter search for the minimum leaf spanning tree problem. Computers & Operations Research. 145. 105858–105858.
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Martı́, Rafael, et al.. (2021). A review on discrete diversity and dispersion maximization from an OR perspective. European Journal of Operational Research. 299(3). 795–813. 18 indexed citations
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Parreño, F., Ramón Álvarez-Valdés, & Rafael Martı́. (2020). Measuring diversity. A review and an empirical analysis. European Journal of Operational Research. 289(2). 515–532. 27 indexed citations
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Corberán, Ángel, et al.. (2019). Heuristic Solutions for a Class of Stochastic Uncapacitated p-Hub Median Problems. Transportation Science. 53(4). 1126–1149. 16 indexed citations
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Pastore, Tommaso, et al.. (2019). Tabu search for min-max edge crossing in graphs. Computers & Operations Research. 114. 104830–104830. 8 indexed citations
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Caballero, Rafael, et al.. (2019). Iterated greedy with variable neighborhood search for a multiobjective waste collection problem. Expert Systems with Applications. 145. 113101–113101. 34 indexed citations
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Martı́, Rafael, et al.. (2018). Heuristics for the min–max arc crossing problem in graphs. Expert Systems with Applications. 109. 100–113. 9 indexed citations
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Colmenar, J. Manuel, Rafael Martı́, & Abraham Duarte. (2018). Heuristics for the Bi-Objective Diversity Problem. Expert Systems with Applications. 108. 193–205. 5 indexed citations
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Martı́nez-Gavara, Anna, et al.. (2018). Heuristics for the Constrained Incremental Graph Drawing Problem. European Journal of Operational Research. 274(2). 710–729. 9 indexed citations
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Corberán, Ángel, et al.. (2017). Models and solution methods for the uncapacitated r‐allocation p‐hub equitable center problem. International Transactions in Operational Research. 25(4). 1241–1267. 11 indexed citations
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Sánchez‐Oro, Jesús, Anna Martı́nez-Gavara, Manuel Laguna, Rafael Martı́, & Abraham Duarte. (2017). Variable neighborhood scatter search for the incremental graph drawing problem. Computational Optimization and Applications. 68(3). 775–797. 11 indexed citations
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Martı́, Rafael, et al.. (2015). Scatter search for an uncapacitated p-hub median problem. Computers & Operations Research. 58. 53–66. 30 indexed citations
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Egea, José A., Emmanuel Vázquez, Julio R. Banga, & Rafael Martı́. (2012). Improved scatter search for the global optimzation of computationally expensive dynamic models. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 48 indexed citations

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