Journal profile · Operations Research & Management Science
Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research
ISSN 0217-5959 · eISSN 1793-7019 · World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd · SINGAPORE · Quarterly
Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.23; subscription journal; review about 8.5 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: 50%; 83 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research is published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms and Optimization and Search Problems, together about 29.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR) provides a forum for practitioners, academics and researchers in Operational Research and related fields, within and beyond the Asia-Pacific region. APJOR will place submissions in one of the following categories: General, Theoretical, OR Practice, Reviewer Survey, OR Education, and Communications (including short articles and letters). Theoretical papers should carry significant methodological developments. Emphasis is on originality, quality and importance, with particular emphasis given to the practical significance of the results. Practical papers, illustrating the application of Operation Research, are of special interest.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Operations Research & Management Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.6%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering10.3%
- Optimization and Search ProblemsComputer Science7.3%
- Advanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchMathematics6.7%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering6.7%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- Optimization and Variational AnalysisComputer Science5.3%
- Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.23LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 348OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.96%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,314 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 4 | 15 |
| 2025 | 83 | 3 | 50 |
| 2024 | 57 | 3 | 199 |
| 2023 | 69 | 1 | 216 |
| 2022 | 52 | 2 | 186 |
| 2021 | 108 | 5 | 520 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8.5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
- Country or region
- SINGAPORE
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0217-5959
- Electronic ISSN
- 1793-7019
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research
What CAS zone is Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Operations Research & Management Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.23; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 8.5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “50%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research open access, and what is the APC?
Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .