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Mathematics of Operations Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.7), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SCIE. Published by INFORMS.
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ISSN 0364-765XVerify ISSN ↗1526-5471Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: INFORMS
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (all) | 41 / 414 | 90th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 399 / 1022 | 61st | Q2 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 92 / 225 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1995–present (also 1976–1989), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.7.
Mathematics of Operations Research is Q1 in Mathematics (all) (rank 41 of 414), Q2 in Computer Science Applications (rank 399 of 1022) and Q2 in Management Science and Operations Research (rank 92 of 225), by CiteScore 2025.
Mathematics 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 4.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 90th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.609, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 99.
Mathematics of Operations Research is published by INFORMS. Its print ISSN is 0364-765X and its online ISSN is 1526-5471.
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 3 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.
Mathematics of Operations Research has an h-index of 169 and a 2-year mean of 1.37 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #86 of 392 Scopus journals in Mathematics (all).
Mathematics of Operations Research published 127 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 140. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (28.8%), China (15.4%) and Hong Kong SAR China (7.3%).
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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