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Operations Research Letters

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0167-6377eISSN1872-7468

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.437

H-Index

121

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.678

Total Works

4,329

Total Citations

93,884

2yr Mean Citedness

0.82

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on optimization problems, including Markov decision processes, multiobjective optimization, and distributionally robust optimization. It also covers queueing systems, Pareto-optimality in allocation problems, and methods for solving mixed-integer programming and quadratically constrained quadratic programs.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 117 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,329

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

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Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0167-6377 / 1872-7468

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2021

2022

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Applied MathematicsQ2

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ2

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ3

SoftwareQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Operations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringApplied MathematicsManagement Science and Operations ResearchSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Optimization and Search ProblemsAdvanced Queuing Theory AnalysisScheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsAdvanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchSupply Chain and Inventory Management