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Operational Research
Operational Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.3), ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer International Publishing.
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Quick answers
Is Operational Research indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.3.
What quartile is Operational Research in Scopus?
Operational Research is Q1 in Numerical Analysis (rank 7 of 93), Q1 in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (rank 17 of 178) and Q1 in Modeling and Simulation (rank 39 of 397), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Operational Research?
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 7.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.735, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 41.
How much does it cost to publish in Operational Research?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,190 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.
Who publishes Operational Research and what is its ISSN?
Operational Research is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1109-2858 and its online ISSN is 1866-1505.
Is Operational Research covered under ONOS in India?
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.
Is Operational Research in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
What is the ABDC rating of Operational Research?
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Transportation, logistics and supply chains.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Operational Research?
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.
Is Operational Research open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Operational Research? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Operational Research has an h-index of 48 and a 2-year mean of 2.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #22 of 90 Scopus journals in Numerical Analysis.
48
h-index
2.41
2-yr mean citations
525
i10-index
1,275
works indexed
16,618
total citations
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US$3,190
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#22 of 90Top 25%Numerical Analysis
#31 of 173Top 18%Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
#110 of 323Top 35%Modeling and Simulation
Papers published per year
Operational Research published 117 papers in 2025. 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.
Who publishes in Operational Research? — latest 93 articles, 2025–2026
In its latest 93 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (33.7%), India (14.2%) and Iran (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Operational Research? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.8 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers1 · 0.8 per 1,000 papers
Problematic Paper Screener flagsNone flagged
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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