Thomas Stützle: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Thomas Stützle's h-index is 92 (271 i10-index, 71,684+ total citations across 515+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. Thomas Stützle is affiliated with F.R.S.-FNRS Research Director, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
Thomas Stützle is a researcher affiliated with F.R.S.-FNRS Research Director, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), specializing in Stochastic Local Search, Metaheuristics, Swarm Intelligence. Their work has been cited 71,684 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in China.
Thomas Stützle's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 515 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 92
- i10-Index
- 271
- Total Citations
- 71,684
- Citing Countries
- 13
As of June 2026.
Thomas Stützle has an h-index of 92 and 71,684 total citations across 515 publications, with research cited by institutions in 13 countries.
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About Thomas Stützle's research
Thomas Stützle is a researcher in Stochastic Local Search, Metaheuristics and Swarm Intelligence at F.R.S.-FNRS Research Director, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Their work has been cited 71,684 times across 515 publications (h-index 92), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Ant Colony Optimization” (2004), has accumulated 20,322 citations. Other influential works include “MAX-MIN ant system” (2000) with 4,557 citations and “Iterated local search” (2003) with 2,714 citations.
Citations of Thomas Stützle's research come primarily from China, Germany and Australia, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.











