Journal profile · Operations Research & Management Science
M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
ISSN 1523-4614 · eISSN 1526-5498 · INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.78; subscription journal; review about 12 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 140 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is published by INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and is in Zone 3 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, Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing and Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis, together about 42.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The M&SOM journal publishes high-impact manuscripts that report relevant research on important problems in operations management.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Operations Research & Management Science
Editor-in-chief Georgia PerakisPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting24.3%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting11.7%
- Advanced Queuing Theory AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting6.8%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Auction Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences6.3%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering4.7%
- Transportation and Mobility InnovationsEngineering4.3%
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling OptimizationHealth Professions3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
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
- 3.78LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 4.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,193OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 87LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,810 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 133 | 31 | 71 |
| 2025 | 140 | 16 | 497 |
| 2024 | 129 | 21 | 1,242 |
| 2023 | 129 | 16 | 2,479 |
| 2022 | 133 | 24 | 3,897 |
| 2021 | 121 | 23 | 5,394 |
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 12 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly 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
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
- INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1523-4614
- Electronic ISSN
- 1526-5498
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
What CAS zone is M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Operations Research & Management Science / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.78; CiteScore 10.6, h-index 155.
How long does peer review take at M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management open access, and what is the APC?
M&SOM-Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 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, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .