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title: "Mixed integer programming research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “mixed integer programming” appeared in 1,378 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (1,219), AI (112) and economics (27)."
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# Papers on “mixed integer programming”

Research on “mixed integer programming” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

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

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “mixed integer programming” appeared in 1,378 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (1,219), AI (112) and economics (27).
- 174 of them were published in 2025, against 115 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Shanghai University (25), Beijing Jiaotong University (23) and Dalian Maritime University (14).
- The journals publishing most of them were Computers & Industrial Engineering (76), Computers & Operations Research (69) and European Journal of Operational Research (63).
- The most-cited of them is “Optimal classification trees” (Machine Learning, 2017), with 645 citations.

## 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) | 108 | 104 | 100 | 115 | 135 | 122 | 123 | 131 | 148 | 133 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 22 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 115 | 117 | 110 | 127 | 153 | 136 | 141 | 149 | 174 | 156 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 76 |
| 2 | [Computers & Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-operations-research.md) | 69 |
| 3 | [European Journal of Operational Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-operational-research.md) | 63 |
| 4 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 58 |
| 5 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 46 |
| 6 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 31 |
| 7 | [Annals of Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-operations-research.md) | 28 |
| 8 | [Omega](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/omega.md) | 19 |
| 9 | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 13 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Shanghai University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university.md) | 25 |
| 2 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 23 |
| 3 | [Dalian Maritime University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dalian-maritime-university.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 13 |
| 5 | Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les réseaux d'entreprise, la logistique et le transport | 12 |
| 6 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [Shanghai Maritime University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-maritime-university.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [Southwest Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwest-jiaotong-university.md) | 11 |
| 9 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 10 |
| 10 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 10 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 261 |
| 2 | United States | 115 |
| 3 | Germany | 53 |
| 4 | Canada | 45 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 40 |
| 6 | France | 31 |
| 7 | Italy | 26 |
| 8 | Iran | 24 |
| 9 | Spain | 23 |
| 10 | Turkey | 21 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [multi-objective optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-objective-optimization.md) | 46 |
| 2 | adaptive large neighborhood search | 40 |
| 3 | [vehicle routing](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/vehicle-routing.md) | 33 |
| 4 | Benders decomposition | 29 |
| 5 | [makespan minimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/makespan-minimization.md) | 28 |
| 6 | column generation | 27 |
| 7 | valid inequalities | 26 |
| 8 | variable neighborhood search | 24 |
| 9 | branch-and-cut | 23 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 645 | 5.6 | [Optimal classification trees](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10994-017-5633-9) | [Machine Learning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/machine-learning.md) | 2017-04-03 | Dimitris Bertsimas, Jack Dunn |
| 2 | 334 | 4.1 | [Two echelon vehicle routing problem with drones in last mile delivery](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.107598) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2019-12-27 | Patchara Kitjacharoenchai, Byung‐Cheol Min, Seokcheon Lee |
| 3 | 274 | 3.4 | [Multi-AGV scheduling for conflict-free path planning in automated container terminals](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2020.106371) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2020-02-17 | Meisu Zhong, Yongsheng Yang, Yasser Dessouky et al. |
| 4 | 237 | 2.3 | [A range-restricted recharging station coverage model for drone delivery service planning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.02.017) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2018-03-22 | Insu Hong, Michael Kuby, Alan T. Murray |
| 5 | 226 | 2.7 | [A two-phase optimization model for the demand-responsive customized bus network design](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2019.12.004) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2019-12-17 | Di Huang, Gu Yu, Shuaian Wang et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “mixed integer programming”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mixed-integer-programming

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  title = {Papers on “mixed integer programming”},
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  urldate = {2026-11-04},
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