JOURNAL OF INFORMATION & OPTIMIZATION SCIENCES

JOURNAL OF INFORMATION & OPTIMIZATION SCIENCES 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 Mathematical Programming, together about 26.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Published by Taru Publications from 2023. The Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences (JIOS) is a world leading journal publishing high quality, rigorously peer-reviewed original research in all mathematically-oriented theoretical and applied topics in information sciences, optimization sciences and related areas. Subjects include but are not limited to: • Information Sciences • Information Theory • Information Technology • Optimization Sciences • Operational Research • Mathematical Programming • Database Management • Control Theory • Applications to Engineering Sciences • Applications to Technology The journal will consider original research articles, survey articles, and book reviews. Responses to articles and correspondence will also be considered at the Editor-in-Chief’s discretion. Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to rigorous and rapid peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind and will undergo iThenticate authenticity cross-checking. Publishing Ethics The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/ The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy which can be viewed here: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-appeals-and-complaints-from-authors/. Disclaimer Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

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Database indexing

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Impact

h-index

35OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

292OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.27OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

220LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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ISSN

0252-2667

Electronic ISSN

2169-0103

Latest issue on the website

Volume 43, Issue 8 (2022)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
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