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INFORMS Journal on Computing

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1091-9856eISSN1526-5528

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.974

H-Indexi

117

SNIPi

1.644

Total Worksi

2,295

Total Citationsi

60,590

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Operations Research & Management Science; Computer Science Applications; Information Systems; Management Science and Operations Research; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,295

Publisher OrgInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1091-9856 / 1526-5528

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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

2.1k

2019

107

1.6k

2020

123

1.5k

2021

170

1.7k

2022

185

1.1k

2023

231

766

2024

217

157

2025

171

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Information SystemsQ1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

SoftwareQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsManagement Science and Operations ResearchSoftware

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsOptimization and Packing ProblemsScheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsOptimization and Search ProblemsRisk and Portfolio OptimizationAdvanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationAdvanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsComplexity and Algorithms in GraphsOptimization and Mathematical Programming

Frequently asked questions about INFORMS Journal on Computing

Is INFORMS Journal on Computing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for INFORMS Journal on Computing: 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 INFORMS Journal on Computing?

INFORMS Journal on Computing 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 1.42.

Is INFORMS Journal on Computing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

INFORMS Journal on Computing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.