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title: "Discrete Optimization: 2 recent papers (last 30 days)"
description: "Discrete Optimization published 2 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-28 to 2026-10-27), ranking #238 of 339 journals."
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# Discrete Optimization

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- category: Operations Research
- publisher: Elsevier BV
- ISSN 1572-5286

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md

## Key findings

- Discrete Optimization published 2 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-28 to 2026-10-27), ranking #238 of 339 journals.
- Leading institutions: International University of Japan (1) and The University of Tokyo (1).
- Countries: Japan (2).
- From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, Discrete Optimization published 87 papers (2 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “combinatorial optimization” (7), “integer programming” (7) and “lower bounds” (7).
- Its most-cited paper of the period is “Vehicle routing with time-dependent travel times: Theory, practice, and benchmarks” (2024-07-26), with 9 citations.

## The last 36 months

*Papers by publication date, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| Oct 23–Sep 24 | Oct 24–Sep 25 | Oct 25–Sep 26 | 36 months |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 28 | 27 | 32 | 87 |

*Most frequent keywords, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | combinatorial optimization | 7 |
| 2 | integer programming | 7 |
| 3 | lower bounds | 7 |
| 4 | polynomial-time algorithms | 7 |
| 5 | NP-completeness | 6 |
| 6 | extremal graph theory | 6 |
| 7 | NP-hardness | 5 |
| 8 | approximation algorithms | 5 |
| 9 | computational complexity | 5 |
| 10 | extremal graphs | 5 |

*Most-cited papers published Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 0.3 | [Vehicle routing with time-dependent travel times: Theory, practice, and benchmarks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2024.100848) | [Discrete Optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/discrete-optimization.md) | 2024-07-26 | Jannis Blauth, Stephan Held, Dirk Müller et al. |
| 2 | 5 | 0.1 | [Packing mixed hyperarborescences](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2023.100811) | [Discrete Optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/discrete-optimization.md) | 2023-11-01 | Zoltán Szigeti |
| 3 | 5 | 0.2 | [Parametric matroid interdiction](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2024.100823) | [Discrete Optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/discrete-optimization.md) | 2024-01-24 | Nils Hausbrandt, Oliver Bachtler, Stefan Ruzika et al. |
| 4 | 4 | 0.1 | [Characterizing linearizable QAPs by the level-1 reformulation-linearization technique](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2023.100812) | [Discrete Optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/discrete-optimization.md) | 2023-11-21 | Lucas A. Waddell, Warren P. Adams |
| 5 | 4 | 0.1 | [The non-stop disjoint trajectories problem](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2024.100837) | [Discrete Optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/discrete-optimization.md) | 2024-04-05 | Benno Hoch, Frauke Liers, Sarah Neumann et al. |

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | [Leximin budget allocation across heterogeneous budgeted Markov decision processes](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2026.100972) | [Discrete Optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/discrete-optimization.md) | Hideaki Goto | International University of Japan |
| 2026-10-04 | [The exact value of c1(K2,n)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disopt.2026.100961) | [Discrete Optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/discrete-optimization.md) | Hiroaki Mori | The University of Tokyo |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Discrete Optimization. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/discrete-optimization

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