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title: "Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (France)"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (France) took part in 23 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (17), AI (2) and statistics (2). 1 of them were published in 2025, against 4 in 2017."
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# Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (France)

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Papers in the tracked journals with an author at Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (France): per year and category, where they are published, the institutions its researchers write with, and its most-cited papers. A paper counts as corporate when at least one of its authors is affiliated with an institution that OpenAlex classifies as a company; it counts once for each company among its authors' affiliations. Universities are the institutions OpenAlex classifies as education.

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## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (France) took part in 23 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (17), AI (2) and statistics (2).
- 1 of them were published in 2025, against 4 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (6), Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (3) and Université de Montpellier (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were Annals of Operations Research (3), European Journal of Operational Research (2) and Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice (2).
- The most-cited of them is “Rescheduling through stop-skipping in dense railway systems” (Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, 2017), with 82 citations.
- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited 14 of its papers 65 times; 98% of those links came from papers with a university author and 8% from its own papers.
- Its own papers since 2023 cite archived papers 71 times, 14% of them papers with a company author.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (France) has 1,955 works with 29,771 citations (h-index 77).
- The tracked journals hold 18 of its 1,000 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.8%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Railway Engineering and Dynamics (530), Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency (287) and Transportation Systems and Safety (160).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 3 |
| 2 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2 |
| 3 | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 2 |
| 4 | [4OR](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/4or.md) | 2 |
| 5 | [Pattern Recognition Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition-letters.md) | 1 |
| 6 | [Computers & Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-operations-research.md) | 1 |
| 7 | [Statistics and Computing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistics-and-computing.md) | 1 |
| 8 | [Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-rail-transport-planning-management.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 6 |
| 2 | Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier | 3 |
| 3 | Université de Montpellier | 3 |
| 4 | Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et Appliquée de Tours | 2 |
| 5 | Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Modélisation et d'Optimisation des Systèmes | 2 |
| 6 | Mines Saint-Étienne | 2 |
| 7 | Université de Tours | 2 |
| 8 | Arts et Métiers | 1 |
| 9 | [BI Norwegian Business School](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/bi-norwegian-business-school.md) | 1 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | France | 13 |
| 2 | Belgium | 1 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 |
| 4 | Norway | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | hybrid quantum-classical algorithms | 3 |
| 2 | NISQ devices | 2 |
| 3 | [combinatorial optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/combinatorial-optimization.md) | 2 |
| 4 | cost function minimization | 2 |
| 5 | passenger behavior | 2 |
| 6 | quantum approximate optimization algorithm | 2 |
| 7 | quantum circuits | 2 |
| 8 | variational quantum algorithms | 2 |
| 9 | variational quantum circuits | 2 |
| 10 | 3D modeling | 1 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 82 | 0.7 | [Rescheduling through stop-skipping in dense railway systems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2017.03.012) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2017-03-25 | Estelle Altazin, Stéphane Dauzère‐Pérès, François Ramond et al. |
| 2 | 69 | 0.9 | [A multi-objective optimization-simulation approach for real time rescheduling in dense railway systems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.03.034) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2020-03-19 | Estelle Altazin, Stéphane Dauzère‐Pérès, François Ramond et al. |
| 3 | 34 | 0.4 | [Methods for quantitative assessment of passenger flow influence on train dwell time in dense traffic areas](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2019.05.008) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2019-08-06 | Sélim Cornet, Christine Buisson, François Ramond et al. |
| 4 | 29 | 0.3 | [Data-driven kernel representations for sampling with an unknown block dependence structure under correlation constraints](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2017.10.005) | [Computational Statistics & Data Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-statistics-data-analysis.md) | 2017-11-06 | Guillaume Perrin, Christian Soize, Noura Ouhbi |
| 5 | 25 | 0.8 | [Solving a real-life multi-skill resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problem](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05784-7) | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 2024-01-30 | Rahman Torba, Stéphane Dauzère‐Pérès, Claude Yugma et al. |
| 6 | 24 | 0.2 | [Optimization and simulation for robust railway rolling-stock planning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrtpm.2017.02.001) | [Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-rail-transport-planning-management.md) | 2017-03-17 | Sabine Tréfond, Alain Billionnet, Sourour Elloumi et al. |
| 7 | 21 | 0.5 | [An introduction to variational quantum algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10288-023-00549-1) | [4OR](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/4or.md) | 2023-07-31 | Camille Grange, Michaël Poss, Eric Bourreau |
| 8 | 19 | 0.2 | [Face pixel detection using evidential calibration and fusion](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2017.09.002) | [International Journal of Approximate Reasoning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-approximate-reasoning.md) | 2017-09-20 | Pauline Minary, Frédéric Pichon, David Mercier et al. |
| 9 | 19 | 0.4 | [Modeling dwell time in a data-rich railway environment: With operations and passenger flows data](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2022.103980) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2022-12-15 | Rémi Coulaud, Christine Keribin, Gilles Stoltz |
| 10 | 10 | 0.3 | [The rail-road Dial-a-Ride problem](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.05.036) | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 2024-05-18 | Jean Jodeau, Nabil Absi, Rémy Chevrier et al. |

## Who cites its research

*Institutions whose papers cite it most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | University | China | 17 |
| 2 | Roma Tre University | University | Italy | 9 |
| 3 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | Government | France | 8 |
| 4 | Université de Tours | University | France | 3 |
| 5 | [Lund University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lund-university.md) | University | Sweden | 3 |
| 6 | Université de Montpellier | University | France | 3 |
| 7 | [Ghent University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ghent-university.md) | University | Belgium | 3 |
| 8 | Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier | Research facility | France | 3 |
| 9 | Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et Appliquée de Tours | Research facility | France | 3 |

## What its papers cite

*Institutions its papers cite most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | Government | France | 12 |
| 2 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | University | China | 6 |
| 3 | Université de Tours | University | France | 5 |
| 4 | Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et Appliquée de Tours | Research facility | France | 4 |
| 5 | [Southwest Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwest-jiaotong-university.md) | University | China | 4 |
| 6 | [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/massachusetts-institute-of-technology.md) | University | United States | 4 |
| 7 | Université de Montpellier | University | France | 3 |
| 8 | Research Foundation - Flanders | Government | Belgium | 3 |
| 9 | Mines Saint-Étienne | University | France | 3 |

More: https://scholar4ai.com/corporate-citations.md · https://scholar4ai.com/industry-university.md

## In OpenAlex

*Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (France) in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Company |
| Location | Saint-Denis, France |
| Also known as | SNCF, French National Railway Company, National Society of French Railways |
| Works in OpenAlex | 1,955 |
| Citations | 29,771 |
| h-index | 77 |
| i10-index | 690 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 1.17 |
| Website | [www.sncf.com/en](https://www.sncf.com/en) |
| ROR | [ror.org/0454vek02](https://ror.org/0454vek02) |
| Wikidata | [www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13646](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13646) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I210368670](https://openalex.org/I210368670) |

*Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals*

| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 103 | 1,127 | 5 | 4.9% |
| 2025 | 146 | 1,709 | 1 | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 147 | 1,697 | 4 | 2.7% |
| 2023 | 123 | 1,559 | 3 | 2.4% |
| 2022 | 106 | 1,396 | 2 | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 83 | 1,402 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 113 | 1,230 | 2 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 88 | 1,000 | 1 | 1.1% |
| 2018 | 106 | 868 | 1 | 0.9% |
| 2017 | 88 | 754 | 4 | 4.5% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Railway Engineering and Dynamics | Engineering | 530 |
| 2 | Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency | Engineering | 287 |
| 3 | Transportation Systems and Safety | Computer Science | 160 |
| 4 | transportation and logistics systems | Social Sciences | 115 |
| 5 | Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics | Engineering | 109 |

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (France). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/companies/societe-nationale-des-chemins-de-fer-francais-france

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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).