Biography:
David Roch Dupré obtained the PhD (with International Mention) in Engineering Systems Modeling from Pontifical Comillas University (Madrid, Spain) in 2020. He also obtained the Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering (2016), the Master's Degree in Research in Engineering Systems Modeling (2016) and the Degree in Electromechanical Engineering (2014). During his doctoral studies he worked as Assistant Researcher at the Institute for Research In Technology (IIT), where he combined his research activity with teaching, giving classes in the Department of Electronic and Control Engineering of ICAI Scholl of Engineering. In 2020 he joined the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (ICADE) as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Quantitative Methods, where he teaches Operations Research and Algebra for Business Analytics. He is also a researcher at IIT, participating in publicly and privately funded research projects.
Areas of interest:
Socioeconomic indicators. Longevity Economy. Modeling, simulation, and optimization. Energy efficiency in electrified railway systems.
Experience:
Professor David Roch Dupré, in recent years has taught the following subjects: Operations Research, Control Engineering, Dynamic Systems, Algebra, and Final Degree Projects. From the research point of view, after developing his thesis in the area of railway systems, he has started to carry out quantitative research on different socioeconomic realities, specializing in the development of indicators and applying it to realities as diverse as the Longevity Economy, labor market in Spain or vulnerability.
Skills:
Measurement methodologies. Tools for assessing decision-making. Nature-inspired optimization algorithms. Simulation.
Current research interests:
Development of socioeconomic indicators. Measurement of leadership models. Longevity Economy.
G. Álvarez-Fernández, D. Roch Dupré, G. Gomez-Bengoechea, "Synthetic Labor Market Index: construction and application to the Spanish case", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 46, nº. 8, pp. 1563 - 1586, September 2025. [Online: August 2025] doi: 10.1108/IJM-04-2024-0252
JCR-JIF: 2,600 Q2 (2025); - SJR: 1,286 Q1 (2025); D. Roch Dupré, E. Aracil, P. Calvo-Báscones, "Monitoring socioeconomic readiness for the demographic transition: Introducing the Senior Economy Tracker", Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Vol. 71, pp. 430 - 443, December 2024. [Online: August 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.08.007
JCR-JIF: 5,500 Q1 (2024); 6,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,406 Q1 (2024); 1,421 Q1 (2025) 
E. Aracil, E. Diaz-Aguiluz, G. Gomez-Bengoechea, R. Mota, D. Roch Dupré, "Regional socioeconomic assessments with a genetic algorithm: an application on income inequality across municipalities", Social Indicators Research, Vol. 173, pp. 499 - 521, June 2024. [Online: May 2024] doi: 10.1007/s11205-024-03345-4
JCR-JIF: 2,800 Q1 (2024); 3,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,933 Q1 (2024); 0,918 Q1 (2025) J. Portela, D. Roch Dupré, I. Figuerola-Ferretti Garrigues, C. Yéboles, A. Salazar, "Monitoring the green transition in the power sector with the electricity generation emissions (EGE) tracker", Energy Strategy Reviews, Vol. 50, pp. 101236, November 2023. [Online: October 2023] doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2023.101236
JCR-JIF: 7,900 Q1 (2023); 12,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,899 Q1 (2023); 2,380 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 7,802 Q1 (2021); 9,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,734 Q1 (2021); 1,782 Q1 (2025) E. Aracil, L. Fernández-Méndez, D. Roch Dupré, F.J. Fuertes, "Trust and financial inclusion: A literature review with reference to the digital transformation", Heliyon, Vol. 11, nº. 16, pp. e44128, November 2025. [Online: November 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e44128
JCR-JIF: 3,600 Q1 (2024) - SJR: 0,739 Q1 (2025); 0,739 Q1 (2025) G. Álvarez-Fernández, D. Roch Dupré, G. Gomez-Bengoechea, "Synthetic Labor Market Index: construction and application to the Spanish case", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 46, nº. 8, pp. 1563 - 1586, September 2025. [Online: August 2025] doi: 10.1108/IJM-04-2024-0252
JCR-JIF: 2,600 Q2 (2025); - SJR: 1,286 Q1 (2025);
JCR-JIF: 0,700 (2023) - SJR: 0,395 Q1 (2025); 0,395 Q1 (2025) D. Roch Dupré, E. Aracil, P. Calvo-Báscones, "Monitoring socioeconomic readiness for the demographic transition: Introducing the Senior Economy Tracker", Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Vol. 71, pp. 430 - 443, December 2024. [Online: August 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.strueco.2024.08.007
JCR-JIF: 5,500 Q1 (2024); 6,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,406 Q1 (2024); 1,421 Q1 (2025) E. Aracil, E. Diaz-Aguiluz, G. Gomez-Bengoechea, R. Mota, D. Roch Dupré, "Regional socioeconomic assessments with a genetic algorithm: an application on income inequality across municipalities", Social Indicators Research, Vol. 173, pp. 499 - 521, June 2024. [Online: May 2024] doi: 10.1007/s11205-024-03345-4
JCR-JIF: 2,800 Q1 (2024); 3,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 0,933 Q1 (2024); 0,918 Q1 (2025) J. Portela, D. Roch Dupré, I. Figuerola-Ferretti Garrigues, C. Yéboles, A. Salazar, "Monitoring the green transition in the power sector with the electricity generation emissions (EGE) tracker", Energy Strategy Reviews, Vol. 50, pp. 101236, November 2023. [Online: October 2023] doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2023.101236
JCR-JIF: 7,900 Q1 (2023); 12,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,899 Q1 (2023); 2,380 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 7,802 Q1 (2021); 9,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,734 Q1 (2021); 1,782 Q1 (2025) D. Roch Dupré, C. Camacho-Gómez, A.P. Cucala, S. Jiménez-Fernández, A.J. López López, A. Portilla-Figueras, R.R. Pecharromán, A. Fernández-Cardador, S. Salcedo-Sanz, "Optimal location and sizing of energy storage systems in DC-electrified railway lines using a coral reefs optimization algorithm with substrate layers", Energies, Vol. 14, nº. 16, pp. 4753, August 2021. [Online: August 2021] doi: 10.3390/en14164753
JCR-JIF: 3,252 Q3 (2021); 3,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,653 Q1 (2021); 0,748 Q1 (2025) D. Roch Dupré, T. Gonsalves, A.P. Cucala, R.R. Pecharromán, A.J. López López, A. Fernández-Cardador, "Determining the optimum installation of energy storage systems in railway electrical infrastructures by means of swarm and evolutionary optimization algorithms", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 124, pp. 106295, January 2021. [Online: July 2020] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2020.106295
JCR-JIF: 5,659 Q1 (2021); 5,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,544 Q1 (2021); 1,482 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 4,630 Q1 (2020); 5,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,050 Q1 (2020); 1,482 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 4,418 Q1 (2018); 5,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 1,482 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 3,610 Q1 (2017); 5,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 1,482 Q1 (2025) 
