Journal of Heuristics
Key findings
- Journal of Heuristics published 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #160 of 239 journals.
- Leading institutions: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (1), Universidade Federal Fluminense (1) and Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique (1).
- Countries: Brazil (2) and France (1).
- From Apr 2024 to Sep 2026, Journal of Heuristics published 80 papers (3 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “combinatorial optimization” (14), “metaheuristic optimization” (11) and “local search” (9).
- Its most-cited paper of the period is “A reliability-extended simheuristic for the sustainable vehicle routing problem with stochastic travel times and demands” (2025-04-01), with 17 citations.
The last 30 months
Apr 24Sep 26
| Apr 24–Sep 24 | Oct 24–Sep 25 | Oct 25–Sep 26 | 30 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 33 | 37 | 80 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | combinatorial optimization | 14 |
| 2 | metaheuristic optimization | 11 |
| 3 | local search | 9 |
| 4 | iterated local search | 8 |
| 5 | tabu search | 8 |
| 6 | matheuristic | 6 |
| 7 | mixed-integer linear programming | 6 |
| 8 | facility location | 5 |
| 9 | genetic algorithm | 5 |
| 10 | large neighborhood search | 5 |
| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | A new hierarchical matheuristic applied to the helicopter routing problems (HRP) | Journal of Heuristics | André Machado, Rodrigo Rosa, Hendrigo Venes et al. | Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo |
| 2026-10-16 | A hybrid metaheuristic for the family capacitated vehicle routing problem | Journal of Heuristics | Bruno Oliveira, D閎ora Balduci Lima, Marcos Costa Roboredo | Universidade Federal Fluminense |
| 2026-10-14 | Study of robust features in formulating guidance for heuristic algorithms for solving the vehicle routing problem | Journal of Heuristics | Bachtiar Herdianto, Romain Billot, Flavien Lucas et al. | Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique; Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; … |
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Scholar4AI. (2026). Journal of Heuristics. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics
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title = {Journal of Heuristics},
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urldate = {2026-10-26},
note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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