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Stochastic Systems

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

ISSN1946-5238

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.946

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.92

Total Worksi

325

Total Citationsi

4,362

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management Science and Operations Research; Modeling and Simulation; Statistics and Probability; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

169

2019

326

2020

112

2021

175

2022

115

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.

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

Modeling and SimulationQ1

Statistics and ProbabilityQ1

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ1

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

Frequently asked questions about Stochastic Systems

Is Stochastic Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Stochastic Systems: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Stochastic Systems?

Stochastic Systems is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.946.

Is Stochastic Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Stochastic Systems is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Stochastic Systems?