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Operations Research

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States · Est. 1956

ISSN1526-5463

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.759

H-Indexi

301

SNIPi

1.831

Total Worksi

8,434

Total Citationsi

526,448

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management; Operations Research & Management Science; Computer Science Applications; Management Science and Operations Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1956

FrequencyBimonthly, 1956-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,434

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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?

1526-5463

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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

121

3.5k

2019

144

3.1k

2020

196

3.4k

2021

252

3.8k

2022

180

1.9k

2023

146

2024

161

332

2025

110

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

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ManagementOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsManagement Science and Operations Research

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementAdvanced Queuing Theory AnalysisScheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsOptimization and Search ProblemsVehicle Routing Optimization MethodsOptimization and Packing ProblemsConsumer Market Behavior and PricingAuction Theory and ApplicationsOptimization and Mathematical ProgrammingAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization

Frequently asked questions about Operations Research

Is Operations Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Operations Research: 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 Operations Research?

Operations Research 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 2.68.

Is Operations Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Operations Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Operations Research?