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Operational Research

An International Journal

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Overview

Operational Research focuses on advancing Operational Research/Management Science (OR/MS) and Analytics through theoretical insights, developments and real-world case studies.

  • Explores interactions of OR/MS & Analytics with other relevant disciplines.
  • Coverage extends to information technology, computer science, artificial intelligence, soft computing and electronic services.
  • Encourages submissions from interdisciplinary contexts, exploring new directions in OR/MS & Analytics research as well as real-world case studies.
Editor-in-Chief
  • Nikolaos F. Matsatsinis

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Journal Impact Factor
2.7 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
2.6 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
56 days
Downloads
236.6k (2025)

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1866-1505
Print ISSN
1109-2858
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. ABS Academic Journal Quality Guide
  2. ANVUR
  3. Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List
  4. Baidu
  5. CLOCKSS
  6. CNKI
  7. CNPIEC
  8. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  9. Current Contents/Engineering, Computing and Technology
  10. DBLP
  11. Dimensions
  12. EBSCO
  13. ECONIS
  14. Google Scholar
  15. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  16. Naver
  17. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  18. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  19. Portico
  20. ProQuest
  21. Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
  22. SCImago
  23. SCOPUS
  24. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  25. TD Net Discovery Service
  26. Wanfang
  27. eLibrary.ru
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