Operations Research for Health Care

Aims & Scope

Operations Research for Health Care (ORHC) focuses on the development and use of operations research and analytics in health and health care.

The journal publishes high-quality operations research and/or analytics approaches to problems in health care from researchers and practitioners.

ORHC encourages contributions related to typical problem areas of health care such as: hospitals, practices, care (including home care and long-term care), emergency management systems, as well as blood and organ logistics or population health policy and economic analysis.

Typical OR/Analytics topics are therefore: forecasting, capacity planning, layout planning, transport and logistics, scheduling, and appointment planning among others - using methods such as: heuristics, machine learning, stochastic modelling, mathematical optimization, and simulation.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.500

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	38

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11592

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	89

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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, Dentistry, Health Professions and Medicine, 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.

• Pharmaceutical supply chain and inventory management strategies: Optimization for a pharmaceutical company and a hospital

  Citation: 208

  Authors: R., S.

• Pharmaceutical supply chain specifics and inventory solutions for a hospital case

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Peter, John, Helmut

• Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in health care: A bibliometric analysis

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Vakaramoko, Kaitryn, Ron

• OR problems related to Home Health Care: A review of relevant routing and scheduling problems

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Mohamed, Semih, Yannick, Evren, Christophe, Andrea

• A memetic algorithm for a home health care routing and scheduling problem

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Jérémy, Olivier, Amir, Oussama

• The top ten global health supply chain issues: Perspectives from the field

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Natalie, David

• Improving decision-making and management of hospital resources: An application of the PROMETHEE II method in an Emergency Department

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Thiago M., Ana P.C.

• Trade-offs in operating room planning for electives and emergencies: A review

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Carla, Erik

• Minimizing the waiting time for emergency surgery

  Citation: 94

  Authors: J.T., E.W., J.L., A.

• Robust nurse-to-patient assignment in home care services to minimize overtimes under continuity of care

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Ettore, Andrea

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