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Honorary Scholar

Prof. Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee

Dr. Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee obtained a BSc. (2012) and MSc. (2014) in Industrial Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran. Then, he received a Ph.D. degree (2019) in Industrial Engineering from Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Iran. Dr. Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Istinye University in Istanbul, Turkey. Meanwhile, he worked as a Quality Assurance expert in various automotive industries in Iran and completed different relevant training courses, including ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016. He has published more than 160 papers in high-quality journals, including IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Expert Systems with Applications, Waste Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Computers & Industrial Engineering, and Annals of Operations Research. He has been serving as a chair, organizing committee member, as well as a keynote speaker in several prestigious international conferences. Moreover, he is a reviewer in many reputed WoS/Scopus journals and has been recognized as a Top Peer Reviewer in 2 of the Essential Science Indicators research areas by Clarivate WoS. Dr. Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee is currently an Editor in different prestigious WoS/Scopus journals, such as IEEE Transactions of Fuzzy Systems (IEEE), Artificial Intelligence Review (Springer), Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering (University of Niš), PLOS One (PLOS), Journal of Dynamics and Games (AIMS), and Advances in Decision Sciences (Asia University). He has also been serving on the guest editorial board in several journals, like as Annals of Operations Research (Springer) and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Elsevier). Dr. Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee has been featured among the "World’s Top 2% Researchers/Scientists in 2021 - 2024" list identified by Elsevier BV, Stanford University.

Education
2015-2019    Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Iran
2012-2014    M.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
2008-2012    B.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

Experience
Oct 2020-present    Istinye University, Turkey
June 2023-present    Honorary Research Fellowship, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Jan 2020-Jul 2020    Damghan University, Iran
Jan 2016-Jul 2020    University of Science & Technology of Mazandaran, Iran
Jan 2019-Jan 2020    Mazandaran University of Science & Technology, Iran
Sep 2016-Jul 2018    Farasanat Shomal Company, Iran
Jan 2016-Jul 2016    University College of Rouzbahan, Iran
Jan 2014-Jan 2018    Payam Noor University, Iran
Sep 2012-Jul 2014    Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (TA)
Jul 2012-Jul 2014    Sardsaz Novin Industries, Iran

Research Interests
Supply Chain Management
Waste Management
Production Planning and Scheduling
Transportation and Routing
Mathematical Modeling
Artificial Intelligence

Awards
Best Presentation Award at "2nd International Conference in Logistics & Lean Engineering for Advanced Healthcare Methodologies Modelling" (LLEAHMM 2025), Napoli, Italy (17 October 2025)
Featured among the "World’s Top 2% Researchers/Scientists in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024" lists identified by Elsevier BV, Stanford University
Ranked as the top researcher in Turkey—in the field of Management Science and Operations Research for the period 2022–2026, according to SciVal
Highly Ranked Scholar – Prior 5 Years by ScholarGPS, the 2nd best of "Industrial Engineering and Operations Research" in Turkey and the 9th best Worldwide (2024)
Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award (Runner-up), IEEE Bioinspired Computing STC Annual Event (2023)
Top 2% of reviewers for 2023, International Journal of Production Research (IJPR)
WM&R Rising Star Award 2022: Tirkolaee, E. B., and Aydin, N. S. (2021). A sustainable medical waste collection and transportation model for pandemics. Waste Management & Research, 39, 34-44 (Best Paper Award)
Best Researcher of the Faculty of Engineering at Istinye University in 2021
Ph.D. award winner-top doctoral thesis in International Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM2020), Kharazmi University, Iran
Top peer reviewer and Excellent reviewer recognition by Clarivate WoS
Outstanding reviewer recognition by Journal of Cleaner Production, Computers and Industrial Engineering, etc

Editorial Board Members
Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (ISSN: 1063-6706), IEEE (Q1).
Associate Editor of Artificial Intelligence Review (ISSN: 1573-7462), Springer (Q1).
Associate Editor of Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering (ISSN: 2335-0164), University of Niš (Q1).
Academic Editor of PLOS ONE (ISSN: 1932-6203), PLOS (Q1).
Associate Editor of Journal of Dynamics and Games (ISSN: 2164-6066), AIMS (Q3).
Editorial Advisory Board member of Management Decision (MD) (ISSN: 0025-1747), emerald (Q2).
Editorial Board Member of Green Technologies and Sustainability, (ISSN: 2949-7361). KeAi (Q1).
Editorial Board Member of Advances in Decision Sciences, (ISSN: 2090-3367). Scientific and Business World (Q1).
Editorial Board member of Journal of Fuzzy Extension & Applications (JFEA), (ISSN: 2717-3453), Ayandegan Institute of Higher Education (Q1).
Editorial Board member of International Journal of Supply and Operations Management (IJSOM) (ISSN: 2383-2525). Kharazmi University (Q3).
Editorial Board member of International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Production Research (IJIEPR) (ISSN: 2008-4889). Iran University of Science and Technology (Q3).
Editorial Board member of International Journal of Research in Industrial Engineering (RIEJ), (ISSN: 2717-2937). ISC indexed journal (Q3).
Co-Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Applied Optimization Studies (IJAOS), (ISSN: 2645-4327).

Publication List
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-4D9MfAAAAAJ&hl