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Stochastic Systems

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1946-5238

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total33

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.565

H-Index

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SNIP

0.92

Total Works

325

Total Citations

4,362

2yr Mean Citedness

1.41

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

The journal publishes research on stochastic systems, focusing on queueing theory, optimal control, and performance analysis. Articles explore topics such as many-server queues with abandonment, causal inference in sequential decision-making, optimal management of memory systems, customer-server matching with unknown payoffs, and pricing strategies in service systems. Other areas include reflected Brownian motion, importance sampling for option pricing, reinforcement learning in Markov chains, dynamic systems with price-sensitive customers, load balancing, particle systems with graph interactions, distributed ledgers, tandem queueing systems, and the application of machine learning in queueing systems, particularly for large language models.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications325

Publisher OrgInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~60 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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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?

1946-5238

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Statistics and ProbabilityQ2

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyManagement Science and Operations ResearchStatistics and ProbabilityModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Queuing Theory AnalysisProbability and Risk ModelsStochastic processes and financial applicationsAdvanced Wireless Network OptimizationRandom Matrices and ApplicationsNetwork Traffic and Congestion ControlStochastic processes and statistical mechanicsMarkov Chains and Monte Carlo MethodsOptimization and Search ProblemsSimulation Techniques and Applications