Journal profile · Operations Research & Management Science
RAIRO - Operations Research
ISSN 0399-0559 · eISSN 2804-7303 · EDP Sciences · FRANCE · Quarterly
RAIRO - Operations Research: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.45; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 171 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
RAIRO - Operations Research is published by EDP Sciences 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 Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms, together about 29.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
RO : RAIRO - Operations Research, an international journal on operations research, exploring high level pure and applied aspects
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Operations Research & Management Science
Editor-in-chief Gabriela ARAUJOPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 5%); most named France 7, Brazil 6, Portugal 4, Mainland China 2, Italy 2 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting12.5%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting9.7%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering6.9%
- Advanced Optimization Algorithms ResearchMathematics6.2%
- Advanced Graph Theory ResearchComputer Science6.1%
- Optimization and Mathematical ProgrammingEngineering5.6%
- Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering5.1%
- Optimization and Variational AnalysisComputer Science4.8%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | 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 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
- 1.45LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 645OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 166LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,692 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 109 | 109 | 10 |
| 2025 | 171 | 171 | 192 |
| 2024 | 236 | 236 | 783 |
| 2023 | 199 | 199 | 1,068 |
| 2022 | 214 | 214 | 2,046 |
| 2021 | 194 | 194 | 1,947 |
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 0 | — | — |
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
- EDP Sciences
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0399-0559
- Electronic ISSN
- 2804-7303
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about RAIRO - Operations Research
What CAS zone is RAIRO - Operations Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, RAIRO - 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 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of RAIRO - Operations Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.45; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at RAIRO - 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.
Where are the editorial board members of RAIRO - Operations Research based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (7), Brazil (6) and Portugal (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index RAIRO - Operations Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, RAIRO - Operations Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is RAIRO - Operations Research open access, and what is the APC?
RAIRO - Operations Research is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .