Journal profile · Operations Research & Management Science
Military operations research
ISSN 0275-5823 · Military Operations Research Society · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Military operations research: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.29; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 24 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Military operations research is published by Military Operations Research Society 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 Military Defense Systems Analysis, Software-Defined Networks and 5G and Reliability and Maintenance Optimization, together about 41.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aerospace Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Operations Research & Management Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Military Defense Systems AnalysisEngineering25%
- Software-Defined Networks and 5GComputer Science8.3%
- Reliability and Maintenance OptimizationEngineering8.3%
- Interconnection Networks and SystemsComputer Science8.3%
- Advanced Optical Network TechnologiesEngineering8.3%
- Simulation Techniques and ApplicationsDecision Sciences8.3%
- Guidance and Control SystemsEngineering8.3%
- Defense, Military, and Policy StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.3%
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
- 0.29LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- 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
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
- Military Operations Research Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0275-5823
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Military operations research
What CAS zone is Military operations research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Military operations 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 Military operations research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.29; CiteScore 1, h-index 3.
How long does peer review take at Military operations research?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; 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 Military operations research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Military operations research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Military operations research open access, and what is the APC?
Military operations 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .