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title: "Journal of Heuristics: 3 recent papers (last 30 days)"
description: "Journal of Heuristics published 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #160 of 239 journals."
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# Journal of Heuristics

- 1 papers in the last 7 days
- category: Operations Research
- publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
- ISSN 1381-1231

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

## 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 IMT Nord Europe (1).
- Countries: Brazil (2) and France (1).
- From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, Journal of Heuristics published 88 papers (2 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “combinatorial optimization” (16), “local search” (12) and “metaheuristic optimization” (12).
- 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 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 |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 18 | 33 | 37 | 88 |

*Most frequent keywords, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | combinatorial optimization | 16 |
| 2 | local search | 12 |
| 3 | metaheuristic optimization | 12 |
| 4 | iterated local search | 9 |
| 5 | matheuristic | 8 |
| 6 | tabu search | 8 |
| 7 | facility location | 6 |
| 8 | mixed-integer linear programming | 6 |
| 9 | genetic algorithm | 5 |
| 10 | heuristic algorithms | 5 |

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

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 0.9 | [A reliability-extended simheuristic for the sustainable vehicle routing problem with stochastic travel times and demands](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10732-025-09555-4) | [Journal of Heuristics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics.md) | 2025-04-01 | Hassana Abdullahi, Lorena Silvana Reyes-Rubiano, Djamila Ouelhadj et al. |
| 2 | 10 | 0.8 | [A Random-Key optimizer for combinatorial optimization](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10732-025-09568-z) | [Journal of Heuristics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics.md) | 2025-09-26 | Antônio Augusto Chaves, Maurício G. C. Resende, Martin J. A. Schuetz et al. |
| 3 | 7 | 0.4 | [An adaptive variable neighborhood search for the traveling salesman problem with job-times](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10732-025-09553-6) | [Journal of Heuristics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics.md) | 2025-03-12 | Shaowen Lan, Yongliang Lu, Wenjuan Fan |
| 4 | 4 | 0.2 | [Efficient solution of the number partitioning problem on a quantum annealer: a hybrid quantum-classical decomposition approach](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10732-025-09556-3) | [Journal of Heuristics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics.md) | 2025-04-17 | Zongji Li, Tobias Seidel, Dominik Leib et al. |
| 5 | 3 | 0.2 | [Hybrid iterated local search algorithm for the vehicle routing problem with lockers](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10732-025-09557-2) | [Journal of Heuristics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics.md) | 2025-04-22 | Bruno Oliveira, Artur Alves Pessoa, Marcos Costa Roboredo |

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | [A new hierarchical matheuristic applied to the helicopter routing problems (HRP)](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10732-026-09609-1) | [Journal of Heuristics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10732-026-09607-3) | [Journal of Heuristics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10732-026-09603-7) | [Journal of Heuristics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics.md) | 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; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Journal of Heuristics. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-heuristics

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