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European Journal of Operational Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 14), ABDC A*, ABS / AJG 4, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 0377-2217Verify ISSN ↗1872-6860Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Cost to publish: About US$3,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modeling and Simulation | 7 / 397 | 98th | Q1 |
| Information Systems and Management | 12 / 222 | 94th | Q1 |
| Computer Science (all) | 16 / 241 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 16 / 225 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Stage | Typical time |
|---|---|
| Acceptance → online publication | 10 days |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1977–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.
European Journal of Operational Research is Q1 in Modeling and Simulation (rank 7 of 397), Q1 in Information Systems and Management (rank 12 of 222) and Q1 in Computer Science (all) (rank 16 of 241), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
European Journal of Operational Research 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 14, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.373, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 333.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 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.
European Journal of Operational Research is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 0377-2217 and its online ISSN is 1872-6860.
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 rated A* in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
It is graded 4 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.
European Journal of Operational Research has an h-index of 409 and a 2-year mean of 5.95 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 14, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #14 of 323 Scopus journals in Modeling and Simulation.
European Journal of Operational Research published 608 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 746. 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 72 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (27.9%), United States (9.7%) and United Kingdom (7.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.1 per 1,000 papers). 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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