Journal profile · Decision Sciences-Management Science and Operations Research

Pesquisa Operacional

ISSN 0101-7438 · eISSN 1678-5142 · Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional · Brazil

Pesquisa Operacional: fully open access; no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ4Management Science and Operations Research · rank 178/225 · 21st percentile
Review timeabout 8 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCFully open access
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year372025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Pesquisa Operacional is published by Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Optimization and Mathematical Programming and Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods, together about 32.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Breve Histórico Pesquisa Operacional (POpe) é uma publicação da Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional (SOBRAPO) e tinha inicialmente o nome de REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA OPERACIONAL. A abreviatura de seu título é Pesq. Oper., que deve ser usada em bibliografias, notas de rodapé e em referências e legendas bibliográficas. POpe começou a ser publicada em 1981. Teve periodicidade semestral de 1981 a 2002. A partir de 2003, a publicação passou a ser quadrimestral. A partir de 2020, POpe passou a ser publicada apenas online, com um volume anual e no formato de fluxo contínuo. Acesso Aberto Este periódico segue o modelo de Acesso Aberto (Open Acess), permitindo o acesso virtual, sem restrição (incluindo restrições financeiras), a todos os textos científicos publicados pelo periódico. Acesso aberto é a condição em que o detentor dos direitos autorais de um trabalho acadêmico concede direitos de uso a terceiros usando uma licença aberta (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), permitindo acesso gratuito imediato ao trabalho e autorizando qualquer usuário a ler, baixar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, pesquisar ou vincular os textos completos dos artigos, rastreá-los para indexação, passá-los como dados para software ou usá-los para qualquer outra finalidade legal. Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta POpe segue o modelo Gold Open Access. Além do acesso aberto aos resultados da pesquisa publicados, POpe torna públicos os procedimentos adotados por editores, revisores e autores relacionados à avaliação dos manuscritos. Além da originalidade e relevância, são levadas em conta a qualidade da apresentação (clareza, estilo e organização do texto) e a adequação do texto aos interesses do público leitor do periódico. Os autores são orientados a disponibilizar integralmente os dados de sua pesquisa. Ética na Publicação POpe endossa as Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors do Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). POpe segue as orientações do COPE sempre que toma conhecimento de qualquer ação nociva ou criminosa de autores ou outros envolvidos no processo de publicação, relativas à integridade da própria pesquisa ou qualquer outro aspecto que possa afetar a pesquisa ou sua publicação. Foco e Escopo POpe serve como uma plataforma para a comunidade científica de Pesquisa Operacional (PO). Nossa missão principal é promover integração e disseminar conhecimento científico original e progressos técnicos gerados ao longo das subdisciplinas da PO. Encorajamos, particula

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Decision Sciences-Management Science and Operations Research

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 4, Portugal 3, United Kingdom 2, Australia 2, Chile 2 (20 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences14.2%
  2. Optimization and Mathematical ProgrammingEngineering10.8%
  3. Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering7.1%
  4. Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering6.2%
  5. Complexity and Algorithms in GraphsComputer Science5.7%
  6. Advanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchMathematics5.4%
  7. Facility Location and Emergency ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
  8. Efficiency Analysis Using DEADecision Sciences5%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Management Science and Operations ResearchQ4178/22521st

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

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

CiteScore 2026-06
1.5LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.2LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.36LetPub ·
h-index
35OpenAlex ·
i10-index
212OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.91OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 791 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20261919331
20253737432
20244141457
20234747540
20223838544
20212222579

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 weeksLetPub ·
Peer review
Blind peer reviewLetPub

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

Fully open accessOpenAlex

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
LetPubNo APCNo—

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Submission

Article types and submission policies (journal website)

Article types accepted1
  1. articleArtigos mais recentesLength not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePreprints
Preprints Preprints

POpe permite a publicação na coleção de pré-prints do SciELO Preprints ou em outro repositório, para que o artigo possa ser discutido abertamente.

Source ↗Publisher website ·

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional
Country or region
Brazil
Language
English
ISSN
0101-7438
Electronic ISSN
1678-5142
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Pesquisa Operacional

How long does peer review take at Pesquisa Operacional?

Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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.

Where are the editorial board members of Pesquisa Operacional based?

Of the 20 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (4), Portugal (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.

Which databases index Pesquisa Operacional?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pesquisa Operacional is indexed in Scopus.

Is Pesquisa Operacional open access, and what is the APC?

Pesquisa Operacional is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.

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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .