Christian Blum
Scholar

Christian Blum

Google Scholar ID: 4e-ykx0AAAAJ
Senior Research Scientist, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC)
MetaheuristicsHybrid MetaheuristicsMatheuristicsSwarm IntelligenceCombinatorial Optimization
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
7,471
 
H-index
31
 
i10-index
87
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
79
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Recognized among the top 2% most cited scientists globally (Stanford/Elsevier)
  • Global rank: 29,519 out of 230,332 researchers
  • Ranked 616th in AI & Image Processing
  • 21,563 citations and H-index of 47 on Google Scholar
  • Recipient of the SEIO-BBVA 2021 Award for Best Methodological Contribution in Operations Research
  • Authored books published by Springer (2016, 2024) and Wiley (2016)
  • Published influential survey papers on metaheuristics, hybrid metaheuristics, swarm intelligence, and ant colony optimization
  • Delivered keynote talks at ECC 2025 (Czech Republic) and SocProS 2025 (India) in 2025