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Discrete Optimization

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1988

ISSN1572-5286eISSN1873-636X

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.

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📊 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

0.504

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.975

Total Worksi

831

Total Citationsi

13,156

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematics, Applied; Operations Research & Management Science; Applied Mathematics; Computational Theory and Mathematics; Theoretical Computer Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications831

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1572-5286 / 1873-636X

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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

152

2019

313

2020

2021

2022

106

2023

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.

Applied MathematicsQ2

Computational Theory and MathematicsQ2

Theoretical Computer ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematics, AppliedOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsTheoretical Computer ScienceComputational Theory and Mathematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Graph Theory ResearchComplexity and Algorithms in GraphsVehicle Routing Optimization MethodsOptimization and Search ProblemsOptimization and Packing ProblemsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringScheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsComputational Geometry and Mesh Generation

Frequently asked questions about Discrete Optimization

Is Discrete Optimization a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discrete Optimization: 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 Discrete Optimization?

Discrete Optimization 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 0.43.

Is Discrete Optimization indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Discrete Optimization is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Discrete Optimization?