Aims & Scope

The mission of Journal of Operations Management (JOM) is to publish original, empirical operations management research that demonstrates both academic and practical relevance.

Academic relevance means the research contributes to on-going academic discussions and debates on relevant topics in operations management.

All manuscripts published in JOM must, in one way or another, also transcend the immediate empirical context in which the research is embedded.

An ideal manuscript is one that simultaneously takes the context seriously (is empirically disciplined) and seeks some sense of generality.

Practical relevance means the manuscript links explicitly to an actual, relevant managerial challenge.

While manuscripts published in JOM do not necessarily have to give advice to managers, they must have something non-obvious to say about the practice of operations management.

In preparing your manuscript, ask yourself: Do I think I could keep a manager interested in talking about my research for an hour?

What would I say, what would I argue?

An ideal manuscript balances rigor with relevance and offers a novel aspect to a topic of contemporary concern.

Novelty does not necessarily mean focusing on emerging phenomena, novel approaches to examinations of established phenomena are equally interesting and relevant.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 10.4
2024 6.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 4.520

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q1

h-index

Year Value
2024 228

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 337

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 5247

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

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


Subjects & Keywords

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


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.


Quick Facts

Current Factor
10.4
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
4.520
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q1
First Published: 2024

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