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Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research

College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, University of Punjab · Pakistan · Est. 1970

ISSN2220-5810

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2019-02-06). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.575

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.667

Total Worksi

883

Total Citationsi

6,156

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionPakistan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications883

Publisher OrgUniversity of the Punjab

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, University of Punjab

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2220-5810

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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

526

2019

768

2020

456

2021

294

2022

116

2023

108

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 ResearchQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Statistics and ProbabilityQ2

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Statistics & Probability

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsProbabilistic and Robust Engineering DesignAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceBayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsHydrology and Drought AnalysisSurvey Sampling and Estimation TechniquesAdvanced Statistical Process MonitoringFinancial Risk and Volatility ModelingReliability and Maintenance Optimization

Frequently asked questions about Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research

Is Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research a predatory journal?

Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2019-02-06). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research?

Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation 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 1.06.

Is Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research?