TOP

SPRINGER · Germany · Est. 1993

ISSN1134-5764eISSN1863-8279

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.438

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.937

Total Worksi

1,029

Total Citationsi

12,794

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The Operations Research journal TOP covers OR theoretical and methodological contributions and innovative applications of OR and Analytics to practice.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

FrequencyThree Times A Year, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,029

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

SPRINGER

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1134-5764 / 1863-8279

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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

326

2019

419

2020

318

2021

203

2022

2023

105

2024

2025

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.

Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsQ2

Information Systems and ManagementQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ3

Statistics and ProbabilityQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Operations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Information Systems and ManagementManagement Science and Operations ResearchDiscrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsStatistics and ProbabilityModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsGame Theory and Voting SystemsAdvanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchOptimization and Variational AnalysisAuction Theory and ApplicationsFacility Location and Emergency ManagementAdvanced Queuing Theory AnalysisGame Theory and ApplicationsOptimization and Packing ProblemsOptimization and Mathematical Programming

Frequently asked questions about TOP

Is TOP a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for TOP: 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 TOP?

TOP 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 2.06.

Is TOP indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

TOP is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of TOP?