ABS Academic Journal Guide field
ABS Operations Research and Management Science journals
77 journals are graded in Operations Research and Management Science in the Chartered Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide 2024 — 2 at 4*, 3 at 4, 22 at 3, 23 at 2 and 27 at 1. 1 changed grade since the 2021 guide. Listed 4* first, each with its Scopus and Web of Science status.
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Graded 1
| Grade | Journal | Publisher | ISSN | Scopus | SJR | WoS | ABDC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4* | Management Science FT50 UTD24 | INFORMS | 0025-1909 / 1526-5501 | Q1 11.8 | 6.43 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| 4* | Operations Research FT50 UTD24 | INFORMS | 0030-364X / 1526-5463 | Q2 6.4 | 3.76 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| 4 | European Journal of Operational Research | Elsevier | 0377-2217 / 1872-6860 | Q1 14 | 2.37 | SCIE | A* |
| 4 | IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | 1089-778X / 1941-0026 | Q1 22.1 | 3.04 | SCIE | – |
| 4 | Mathematical Programming | Springer-Verlag GmbH and Co. KG | 0025-5610 / 1436-4646 | Q1 6.3 | 2.11 | SCIE | – |
| 3 | ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation | Association for Computing Machinery | 1049-3301 / 1558-1195 | Q2 3.7 | 0.47 | SCIE | B |
| 3 | Annals of Operations Research | Springer International Publishing | 0254-5330 / 1572-9338 | Q1 13.4 | 1.17 | SCIE | A |
| 3 | Computational Optimization and Applications | Springer Netherlands | 0926-6003 / 1573-2894 | Q1 4 | 1.10 | SCIE | – |
| 3 | Computers and Operations Research | Elsevier | 0305-0548 / 1873-765X | Q1 9.2 | 1.58 | SCIE | A |
| 3 | Decision Sciences | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0011-7315 / 1540-5915 | Q1 6.6 | 1.20 | SSCI | A* |
| 3 | Evolutionary Computation | MIT Press | 1063-6560 / 1530-9304 | Q1 6.1 | 0.63 | SCIE | – |
| 3 | Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making | Springer New York | 1568-4539 / 1573-2908 | Q1 13.1 | 2.13 | SCIE | – |
| 3 | IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | 2168-2267 / 2168-2275 | Q1 28.2 | 3.72 | SCIE | – |
| 3 | IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems | IEEE Advancing Technology for Humanity | 2168-2216 / 2168-2232 | Q1 17.8 | 2.81 | SCIE | – |
| 3 | IISE Transactions | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 2472-5854 / 2472-5862 | Q2 5.4 | 0.89 | SCIE | – |
| 3 | INFORMS Journal on Computing UTD24 | The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) | 1091-9856 / 1526-5528 | Q2 6.6 | 1.97 | SCIE | A |
| 3 | International Journal of Forecasting | Elsevier | 0169-2070 / 1872-8200 | Q1 15.7 | 2.27 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Heuristics | Springer Netherlands | 1381-1231 / 1572-9397 | Q2 3.3 | 0.48 | SCIE | – |
| 3 | Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications | Springer International Publishing | 0022-3239 / 1573-2878 | Q2 2.6 | 0.76 | SCIE | A |
| 3 | Journal of the Operational Research Society | Springer International Publishing | 0160-5682 / 1476-9360 | Q1 6.7 | 0.83 | SCIE, SSCI | A |
| 3 | Mathematics of Operations Research | INFORMS | 0364-765X / 1526-5471 | Q1 4.7 | 1.61 | SCIE | A |
| 3 | Naval Research Logistics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0894-069X / 1520-6750 | Q2 4.5 | 1.20 | SCIE | B |
| 3 | Omega (United Kingdom) | Elsevier | 0305-0483 / 1873-5274 | Q1 13.7 | 2.43 | SCIE, SSCI | A |
| 3 | OR Spectrum | Springer International Publishing | 0171-6468 / 1436-6304 | Q2 4.1 | 0.72 | SCIE | B |
| 3 | Reliability Engineering and System Safety | Elsevier | 0951-8320 / 1879-0836 | Q1 21.9 | 2.84 | SCIE | A |
| 3 | SIAM Journal on Optimization | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Publications | 1052-6234 / 1095-7189 | Q1 4.4 | 1.67 | SCIE | – |
| 3 | Transportation Science | The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) | 0041-1655 / 1526-5447 | Q1 10 | 2.37 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| 2 | 4OR | Springer Nature | 1614-2411 / 1619-4500 | Q2 4.6 | 0.74 | SCIE | B |
| 2 | Discrete Applied Mathematics | Elsevier B.V. | 0166-218X / 1872-6771 | Q1 2.2 | 0.66 | SCIE | – |
| 2 | Discrete Optimization | Elsevier B.V. | 1572-5286 / 1873-636X | Q2 3.3 | 0.50 | SCIE | – |
| 2 | Engineering Optimization | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 0305-215X / 1029-0273 | Q1 5.8 | 0.55 | SCIE | – |
| 2 | EURO Journal on Computational Optimization | Elsevier B.V. | 2192-4406 / 2192-4414 | Q1 3.8 | 0.62 | ESCI | – |
| 2 | EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics | Springer International Publishing | 2192-4376 / 2192-4384 | Q1 5.1 | 0.84 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | European Journal of Industrial Engineering | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd | 1751-5254 / 1751-5262 | Q2 3.5 | 0.43 | SCIE | – |
| 2 | Group Decision and Negotiation | Springer International Publishing | 0926-2644 / 1572-9907 | Q1 6 | 0.58 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | IMA Journal of Management Mathematics | Oxford University Press | 1471-678X / 1471-6798 | Q1 5.4 | 0.62 | SCIE, SSCI | – |
| 2 | INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics | INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences | 2644-0865 / 2644-0873 | Q2 6.3 | 0.84 | SCIE, SSCI | – |
| 2 | International Journal of Systems Science: Operations and Logistics | Taylor & Francis | 2330-2674 / 2330-2682 | Q1 6.1 | 0.69 | SCIE | C |
| 2 | Journal of Combinatorial Optimization | Springer Netherlands | 1382-6905 / 1573-2886 | Q1 2.4 | 0.36 | SCIE | – |
| 2 | Journal of Forecasting | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0277-6693 / 1099-131X | Q1 5.1 | 0.67 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Journal of Global Optimization | Springer Netherlands | 0925-5001 / 1573-2916 | Q2 3.3 | 0.81 | SCIE | – |
| 2 | Journal of Management Analytics | Taylor & Francis Ltd. | 2327-0012 / 2327-0039 | Q1 7.1 | 0.65 | SSCI | B |
| 2 ▲1 | Journal of Simulation | Taylor & Francis Online | 1747-7778 / 1747-7786 | Q1 5.1 | 0.44 | SCIE | B |
| 2 | Operations Research Letters | Elsevier | 0167-6377 / 1872-7468 | Q3 1.9 | 0.57 | SCIE | B |
| 2 | Queueing Systems | Springer Netherlands | 0257-0130 / 1572-9443 | Q3 2.1 | 0.58 | SCIE | – |
| 2 | Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory | Elsevier B.V. | 1569-190X / 1878-1462 | Q1 9.9 | 0.96 | SCIE | – |
| 2 | Socio-Economic Planning Sciences | Elsevier | 0038-0121 / 1873-6041 | Q1 11.9 | 1.22 | SCIE, SSCI | C |
| 2 | System Dynamics Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0883-7066 / 1099-1727 | Q1 6 | 1.10 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Systems Research and Behavioral Science | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1092-7026 / 1099-1743 | Q1 4.7 | 0.54 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Theory and Decision | Springer International Publishing | 0040-5833 / 1573-7187 | Q1 2.2 | 0.64 | SSCI | A |
| 1 | Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research | World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd | 0217-5959 / 1793-7019 | Q3 2.6 | 0.27 | SCIE | – |
| 1 | Central European Journal of Operations Research | Springer International Publishing | 1435-246X / 1613-9178 | Q2 5.1 | 0.54 | SCIE | C |
| 1 | Computational Management Science | Springer International Publishing | 1619-697X / 1619-6988 | Q1 4 | 0.63 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Cybernetics and Systems | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 0196-9722 / 1087-6553 | Q2 6.7 | 0.47 | SCIE | – |
| 1 | Decision Analysis | The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) | 1545-8490 / 1545-8504 | Q3 2.9 | 0.37 | SSCI | A |
| 1 | EURO Journal on Decision Processes | Elsevier B.V. | 2193-9438 / 2193-9446 | Q1 6.1 | 0.58 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | INFOR | Taylor & Francis Online | 0315-5986 / 1916-0615 | Q3 2.6 | 0.35 | SCIE | B |
| 1 | International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd | 1755-8077 / 1755-8085 | Q2 1.9 | 0.25 | – | – |
| 1 | International Journal of General Systems | Taylor & Francis Online | 0308-1079 / 1563-5104 | Q1 5.1 | 0.53 | SCIE | A |
| 1 | International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research | Inderscience | 1757-5850 / 1757-5869 | Q3 2.3 | 0.32 | – | – |
| 1 | International Journal of Operational Research | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd | 1745-7645 / 1745-7653 | Q4 1.5 | 0.24 | – | – |
| 1 | International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management | International Forum of Management Scholars | 1082-1910 | Q2 2.5 | 0.21 | – | C |
| 1 | International Transactions in Operational Research | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0969-6016 / 1475-3995 | Q1 8.1 | 0.94 | SCIE, SSCI | B |
| 1 | Journal of Business Analytics | Taylor & Francis Online | 2573-234X / 2573-2358 | Q1 4.5 | 0.44 | ESCI | C |
| 1 | Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization | American Institute of Mathematical Sciences | 1547-5816 / 1553-166X | Q2 3.4 | 0.35 | SCIE | B |
| 1 | Journal of Modelling in Management | Emerald Group Publishing | 1746-5664 / 1746-5672 | Q1 7.5 | 0.56 | ESCI | C |
| 1 | Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1057-9214 / 1099-1360 | Q2 5.2 | 0.55 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Kybernetes | Emerald Publishing | 0368-492X / 1758-7883 | Q1 7.7 | 0.65 | SCIE | – |
| 1 | Mathematical Methods of Operations Research | Physica-Verlag | 1432-2994 / 1432-5217 | Q2 2.1 | 0.48 | SCIE | – |
| 1 | Operational Research | Springer International Publishing | 1109-2858 / 1866-1505 | Q1 7.3 | 0.73 | SCIE | C |
| 1 | OPSEARCH | Springer International Publishing | 0030-3887 / 0975-0320 | Q2 3.5 | 0.35 | ESCI | C |
| 1 | Optimization | Taylor & Francis Online | 0233-1934 / 1029-4945 | Q1 3.8 | 0.75 | SCIE | C |
| 1 | Pacific Journal of Optimization | Yokohama Publications | 1348-9151 / 1349-8169 | – | – | SCIE | – |
| 1 | Pesquisa Operacional | Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional | 0101-7438 / 1678-5142 | Q4 1.5 | 0.20 | – | – |
| 1 | RAIRO - Operations Research | EDP Sciences | 0399-0559 / 1290-3868 | Q2 3.8 | 0.37 | SCIE | – |
| 1 | Simulation | SAGE Publications Ltd | 0037-5497 / 1741-3133 | Q2 4.5 | 0.37 | SCIE | – |
| 1 | TOP | Springer | 1134-5764 / 1863-8279 | Q1 3.3 | 0.44 | SCIE | B |
Chartered ABS Academic Journal Guide 2024, field Operations Research and Management Science (dataset 2026-10-04). SJR is from SCImago. 2 of these are also in the Financial Times 50. 3 are in the UT Dallas 24. Confirm any grade on the official ABS guide ↗ before relying on it.