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Mathematical Methods of Operations Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.1), ABS / AJG 1, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Physica-Verlag.
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ISSN 1432-2994Verify ISSN ↗1432-5217Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Physica-Verlag
Cost to publish: About US$2,990 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (all) | 121 / 414 | 70th | Q2 |
| Software | 339 / 503 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 159 / 225 | 29th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.1.
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research is Q2 in Mathematics (all) (rank 121 of 414), Q3 in Software (rank 339 of 503) and Q3 in Management Science and Operations Research (rank 159 of 225), by CiteScore 2025.
Mathematical Methods of Operations 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 2.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.477, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 59.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,990 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.
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research is published by Physica-Verlag. Its print ISSN is 1432-2994 and its online ISSN is 1432-5217.
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 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.
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research has an h-index of 77 and a 2-year mean of 1.84 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #56 of 392 Scopus journals in Mathematics (all).
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research published 29 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 57. 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 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (22.2%), Germany (17.2%) and United States (4.5%).
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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