Operations Research

Aims & Scope

Operations Research publishes quality operations research and management science works of interest to the OR practitioner and researcher in three substantive categories: methods, data-based operational science, and the practice of OR.

The journal seeks papers reporting underlying data-based principles of operational science, observations and modeling of operating systems, contributions to the methods and models of OR, case histories of applications, review articles, and discussions of the administrative environment, history, policy, practice, future, and arenas of application of operations research.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.557

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	166

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	921

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1427

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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 Computer Science and 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.

• The Price of Robustness

  Citation: 3537

  Authors: Dimitris, Melvyn

• Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problems with Time Window Constraints

  Citation: 3114

  Authors: Marius M.

• Shock Waves on the Highway

  Citation: 2920

  Authors: Paul I.

• An Effective Heuristic Algorithm for the Traveling-Salesman Problem

  Citation: 2750

  Authors: S., B. W.

• Scheduling of Vehicles from a Central Depot to a Number of Delivery Points

  Citation: 2692

  Authors: G., J. W.

• A Proof for the Queuing Formula: <i>L</i> = λ<i>W</i>

  Citation: 2246

  Authors: John D. C.

• Regret in Decision Making under Uncertainty

  Citation: 2042

  Authors: David E.

• Optimum Locations of Switching Centers and the Absolute Centers and Medians of a Graph

  Citation: 1744

  Authors: S. L.

• Technical Note—Convex Programming with Set-Inclusive Constraints and Applications to Inexact Linear Programming

  Citation: 1608

  Authors: A. L.

• Decomposition Principle for Linear Programs

  Citation: 1556

  Authors: George B., Philip

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