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Journal of the Operational Research Society

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0160-5682eISSN1476-9360

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.831

H-Indexi

286

SNIPi

1.258

Total Worksi

18,061

Total Citationsi

578,396

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of the Operational Research Society aims to present papers covering the theory, practice, history, or methodology of operational research (OR). It seeks contributions that advance OR as an applied science, including topics such as algorithm, queueing theory, and heuristics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications18,061

Publisher OrgPalgrave Macmillan

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0160-5682 / 1476-9360

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

224

2019

181

4.3k

2020

155

2.3k

2021

160

2022

122

1.2k

2023

147

740

2024

213

502

2025

172

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Management Information SystemsQ1

Modeling and SimulationQ1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ2

MarketingQ2

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ManagementOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyStrategy and ManagementManagement Science and Operations ResearchManagement Information SystemsModeling and SimulationMarketing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Complex Systems and Decision MakingScheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationSupply Chain and Inventory ManagementOptimization and Mathematical Programming

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Operational Research Society

Is Journal of the Operational Research Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Operational Research Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of the Operational Research Society?

Journal of the Operational Research Society is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.83.

Is Journal of the Operational Research Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Operational Research Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.