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Journal of Optimization

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2314-6486

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2021-07-06). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. 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 ↗

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 ↗

📊 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

0.762

Total Worksi

100

Total Citationsi

1,032

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Optimization publishes papers on both theoretical and applied aspects of mathematical programming and optimization methodologies in science and engineering.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 5 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications100

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2314-6486

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2016

205

2017

165

2018

2019

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

AnalysisQ2

Control and OptimizationQ2

Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Control and OptimizationAnalysisDecision Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchAdvanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsVehicle Routing Optimization MethodsOptimization and Mathematical ProgrammingAdvanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchEvolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsMulti-Criteria Decision MakingAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationSupply Chain and Inventory ManagementOptimization and Variational Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Optimization

Is Journal of Optimization a predatory journal?

Journal of Optimization was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2021-07-06). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Optimization?

Journal of Optimization is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.504.

Is Journal of Optimization indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Optimization is indexed in Scopus.