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Discrete Optimization is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.3), ABS / AJG 2, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1572-5286Verify ISSN ↗1873-636XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$2,760 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 208 / 680 | 69th | Q2 |
| Computational Theory and Mathematics | 79 / 203 | 61st | Q2 |
| Theoretical Computer Science | 57 / 135 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.3.
Discrete Optimization is Q2 in Applied Mathematics (rank 208 of 680), Q2 in Computational Theory and Mathematics (rank 79 of 203) and Q2 in Theoretical Computer Science (rank 57 of 135), by CiteScore 2025.
Discrete Optimization is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.504, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 46.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,760 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Discrete Optimization is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1572-5286 and its online ISSN is 1873-636X.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Operations Research and Management Science field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Discrete Optimization has an h-index of 51 and a 2-year mean of 0.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #438 of 621 Scopus journals in Applied Mathematics.
Discrete Optimization published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 41. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 94 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from United States (21.5%), Germany (14.2%) and China (13.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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