DEA review

Review Papers on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA):

Peykani, P., A. Emrouznejad, and Z. Abbasi (2026). Network Data Envelopment Analysis in the Insurance Industry: A Literature Review,  Journal of Productivity Analysis, Accepted. (doi)
Peykani, P., D. Sabour, and A. Emrouznejad (2026) A Data-Driven Scientific Mapping of Data Envelopment Analysis and Sustainable Productivity in Supply Chains and Logistics, Supply Chain Analytics, Accepted. (doi)
Mergoni, A. A. Emrouznejad, and K. De Witte (2025) Fifty years of Data Envelopment Analysis, European Journal of Operational Research, 326 (3): 389-412. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., V. Podinovski, C. Lu, V. Charles, A. Moradi-Motlagh (2025) Rajiv Banker's Lasting Impact on Data Envelopment Analysis, Annals of Operations Research, 351: 1225–1264. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., Ł. Brzezickib, and C. Lu (2026) The Development and Evolution of Slacks-Based Measure Models in Data Envelopment Analysis: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature, Journal of Economic Surveys, Accepted: 1-20. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., M. Marra, G. L. Yang, M. Michali (2023) Eco-efficiency considering NetZero and Data Envelopment Analysis: A critical literature review, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 34, 599–632. (doi) (Free Download) (Free download from Research Gate).
Emrouznejad, A., G. R. Amin, M. Ghiyasi, M. Michali (2023) A Review of Inverse Data Envelopment Analysis: Origins, Development, and Future Directions, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 34 (3): 421–440. (doi)
Moradi-Motlagh, A., and A. Emrouznejad (2022) The origins and development of statistical approaches in non-parametric frontier models: A survey of the first two decades of scholarly literature (1998-2020). Annals of Operations Research, 318: 713–741. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., G. L. Yang, M. Khoveyni, and M. Michali (2022) Data Envelopment Analysis: Recent Developments and Challenges, In: Salhi, S., Boylan, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., M. Tavana, A. Hatami-Marbini (2014) The State of the Art in Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis”, in Performance Measurement with Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis published in Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 309: 1:48, Springer-Verlag. (doi)
Mahmoudi, R., A. Emrouznejad, S. N. Shetab-Boushehri, S. R. Hejazi (2020) The origins, development and future directions of Data Envelopment Analysis approach in transportation systems, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 69: 100762. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., G. L. Yang (2018) A survey and analysis of the first 40 years of scholarly literature in DEA: 1978-2016, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 61 (1): 4-8. (doi) (supplement)
Emrouznejad, A. and K. De Witte (2010). COOPER-framework: A unified process for non-parametric projects. European Journal of Operational Research 207(3): 1573-1586. (doi)
Hatami-Marbini, A., A. Emrouznejad and M. Tavana (2011). A taxonomy and review of the fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis literature: Two decades in the making. European Journal of Operational Research 214(3): 457–472. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A. and K. De Witte (2010). COOPER-framework: A unified process for non-parametric projects. Tier Working Paper Series. 05(3): pp. 1-32. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., B. R. Parker and G. Tavares (2008). Evaluation of research in efficiency and productivity: A survey and analysis of the first 30 years of scholarly literature in DEA. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 42(3): 151-157. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A., B.R. Parker, G. Tavares (2007). Investigation of research in DEA literature, Aston Business School Research Papers RP0732: pp. 1-33, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A. and E. Thanassoulis (1997). An extensive bibliography of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Volume III: Supplement 1, Working paper 258, Warwick Business School, Warwick University, UK. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A. and E. Thanassoulis (1996). An extensive bibliography of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Volume II: Journals papers, Working Papers 245, Warwick Business School, Warwick University, UK. (doi)
Emrouznejad, A. and E Thanassoulis (1996). An extensive bibliography of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Volume I: Working papers. Working Paper 244, Warwick Business School, Warwick University, UK. (doi)