Back to news
Announcement

Several of our members among the world’s most influential researchers

Several GERAD researchers feature prominently in a ranking that considers the international influence of scientists in all fields. The list was compiled by a research team from Stanford University and Dutch publisher Elsevier, and updated in September 2025.

Most cited in career

Carleton University
Minyi Huang

Cornell University
Andrea Lodi

Royal Military College of Canada
Abdellah Chehri

HEC Montréal
Jean François Cordeau, Pierre Hansen, Alain Haurie, Gilbert Laporte, Georges Zaccour

Polytechnique Montréal
Charles Audet, Hanane Dagdougui, Guy Desaulniers, Alain Hertz, Jérôme Le Ny

Université Concordia
Brigitte Jaumard

Université de Montréal
Pierre L'Ecuyer

University of Maryland
Steven A. Gabriel

McGill University
Francois Bouffard, Peter Caines, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

Most cited in 2024

Carleton University
Minyi Huang

Cornell University
Andrea Lodi

Royal Military College of Canada
Abdellah Chehri

HEC Montréal
Jean François Cordeau, Pierre Hansen, Gilbert Laporte, Carolina Osorio

Polytechnique Montréal
Charles Audet, Hanane Dagdougui, Guy Desaulniers

Université de Montréal
Pierre L'Ecuyer

Université Laval
Leandro C. Coelho

McGill University
Francois Bouffard, Peter Caines, Maxime C. Cohen, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

The ranking is based on a dataset of close to 8 million authors worldwide, in 22 disciplines and 174 sub-sectors, from both academia and private sector. Given that the ranking consists of the 230,000 most influential researchers, their inclusion in this select group means that our 22 researchers are among the most influential 2% in their respective fields.

More information on this ranking

edited Nov 6, 2025 08:57 AM