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International Journal of Operational Research is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1.5), formerly ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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ISSN 1745-7645Verify ISSN ↗1745-7653Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Science and Operations Research | 180 / 225 | 20th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.5.
International Journal of Operational Research is Q4 in Management Science and Operations Research (rank 180 of 225), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Operational Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q4, 20th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.238, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 37.
International Journal of Operational Research is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1745-7645 and its online ISSN is 1745-7653.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It was rated C in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 1 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.
International Journal of Operational Research has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 0.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #175 of 209 Scopus journals in Management Science and Operations Research.
International Journal of Operational Research published 162 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 236. 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 51 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Iran (30.4%), India (29.1%) and United States (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 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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