Journal profile · Operations Research & Management Science
Journal of the Operational Research Society
ISSN 0160-5682 · eISSN 1476-9360 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1978
Journal of the Operational Research Society: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.57; hybrid open access; median 268 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 213 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Operational Research Society is published by Taylor and Francis 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 Complex Systems and Decision Making, Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization, together about 31.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Science and Operations Research and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JORS is an official journal of the Operational Research Society and publishes original research papers which cover the theory, practice, history or methodology of OR.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Operations Research & Management Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Complex Systems and Decision MakingDecision Sciences13.4%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering10.2%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering8.3%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Optimization and Mathematical ProgrammingEngineering6.1%
- Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering5.5%
- Optimization and Packing ProblemsEngineering3.8%
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences3.6%
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 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 3 |
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 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.57LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 287OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,517OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 19.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 207LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 18,193 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 194 | 55 | 82 |
| 2025 | 213 | 61 | 562 |
| 2024 | 147 | 37 | 799 |
| 2023 | 122 | 31 | 1,253 |
| 2022 | 160 | 41 | 2,022 |
| 2021 | 155 | 50 | 2,581 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
268 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 192 days – 399 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 297 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (452 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 7 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1978
- ISSN
- 0160-5682
- Electronic ISSN
- 1476-9360
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Operational Research Society
What CAS zone is Journal of the Operational Research Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Operational Research Society is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Operations Research & Management Science / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of the Operational Research Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.57; CiteScore 6.7, h-index 287.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Operational Research Society?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 268 days (interquartile range 192–399 days); authors report an average review time of about 7 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Journal of the Operational Research Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Operational Research Society is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of the Operational Research Society open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Operational Research Society is a hybrid 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: .