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Mathematics of Operations Research

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1526-5471

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.609

H-Indexi

168

SNIPi

1.898

Total Worksi

3,116

Total Citationsi

156,040

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematics, Applied; Operations Research & Management Science; Computer Science Applications; Management Science and Operations Research; Mathematics (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 124 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,116

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?

1526-5471

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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

2019

695

2020

140

1.3k

2021

132

1.9k

2022

123

745

2023

123

339

2024

127

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics, AppliedOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Computer Science ApplicationsManagement Science and Operations Research

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchOptimization and Variational AnalysisEconomic theories and modelsOptimization and Search ProblemsAdvanced Queuing Theory AnalysisGame Theory and ApplicationsGame Theory and Voting SystemsComplexity and Algorithms in GraphsAuction Theory and ApplicationsStochastic processes and financial applications

Frequently asked questions about Mathematics of Operations Research

Is Mathematics of Operations Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mathematics of 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 Mathematics of Operations Research?

Mathematics of 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 1.23.

Is Mathematics of Operations Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mathematics of Operations Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Mathematics of Operations Research?