Journal of the Operational Research Society

Aims & Scope

JORS is published 12 times a year and is the flagship journal of the Operational Research Society.

It is the aim of JORS to present papers which cover the theory, practice, history or methodology of OR.

However, since OR is primarily an applied science, it is a major objective of the journal to attract and publish accounts of good, practical case studies.

Consequently, papers illustrating applications of OR to real problems are especially welcome. -Real applications of OR - forecasting, inventory, investment, location, logistics, maintenance, marketing, packing, purchasing, production, project management, reliability and scheduling -A wide variety of environments - community OR, education, energy, finance, government, health services, manufacturing industries, mining, sports, and transportation -Technical approaches - decision support systems, expert systems, heuristics, networks, mathematical programming, multicriteria decision methods, problems structuring methods, queues, and simulation

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.7
2024	2.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5540

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2235

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.917

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	130

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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 Business, Management and Accounting, Decision Sciences and Mathematics, 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.

• Rate control for communication networks: shadow prices, proportional fairness and stability

  Citation: 2263

  Authors: F P, A K, D K H

• The Combination of Forecasts

  Citation: 2237

  Authors: J. M., C. W. J.

• Rate control for communication networks: shadow prices, proportional fairness and stability

  Citation: 1572

  Authors: F P, A K, D K H

• OR-Library: Distributing Test Problems by Electronic Mail

  Citation: 1258

  Authors: J. E.

• Humanitarian aid logistics: supply chain management in high gear

  Citation: 1222

  Authors: L N

• Efficiency and Cross-efficiency in DEA: Derivations, Meanings and Uses

  Citation: 984

  Authors: John, Rodney

• A Representation and Economic Interpretation of a Two-Level Programming Problem

  Citation: 951

  Authors: José, Bruce

• Hyper-heuristics: a survey of the state of the art

  Citation: 927

  Authors: Edmund K, Michel, Matthew, Graham, Gabriela, Ender, Rong

• Economic Order Quantity under Conditions of Permissible Delay in Payments

  Citation: 898

  Authors: S. K.

• The Future of Operational Research is Past

  Citation: 677

  Authors: Russell L.

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