Central European Journal of Operations Research

Aims & Scope

The Central European Journal of Operations Research provides an international readership with high quality papers that cover the theory and practice of OR and the relationship of OR methods to modern quantitative economics and business administration.

The focus is on topics such as: - finance and banking - measuring productivity and efficiency in the public sector - environmental and energy issues - computational tools for strategic decision support - production management and logistics - planning and scheduling The journal publishes theoretical papers as well as application-oriented contributions and practical case studies.

Occasionally, special issues feature a particular area of OR or report on the results of scientific meetings.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	1.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11351

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	499

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.513

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	45

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Decision Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Agent-based simulation of innovation diffusion: a review

  Citation: 409

  Authors: Elmar, Markus, Christian, Lea M.

• A framework for sensitivity analysis of decision trees

  Citation: 361

  Authors: Bogumił, Michał, Przemysław

• Metaheuristics for solving a multimodal home-healthcare scheduling problem

  Citation: 162

  Authors: Gerhard, Matthias, Andrea, Jakob, Günther R.

• How to derive priorities in AHP: a comparative study

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Alessio, Markus

• Designing performance incentives, an international benchmark study in the water sector

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Kristof, Rui C.

• Synchronizing vans and cargo bikes in a city distribution network

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Alexandra, Vera C., Pamela C.

• Long-term load forecasting: models based on MARS, ANN and LR methods

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Gamze, Ayse, Gerhard Wilhelm

• Assessing the performance of German Bundesliga football players: a non-parametric metafrontier approach

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Torben, Tammo, Uwe

• Competence-driven project portfolio selection, scheduling and staff assignment

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Walter J., Stefan, Peter, Christian, Michaela

• Stability advances in robust portfolio optimization under parallelepiped uncertainty

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Güray, Ayşe, Gerhard-Wilhelm

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