Journal Metrics: Mathematics of Operations Research

INFORMS provides a range of metrics to help readers, authors, reviewers, and editors understand the reach, visibility, and editorial performance of each journal. These indicators reflect our commitment to transparency in scholarly publishing and to continuous improvement in editorial quality and timeliness. We encourage all members of our research community to consider multiple indicators, as no single metric fully captures a journal’s influence or quality.

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Journal Impact Factor

The below chart displays Mathematics of Operations Research’s (MOR's) impact factor (blue) during the past five years, as reported by Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports®, alongside the aggregate impact factor for each category in which MOR is indexed: Science Citation Index Expanded® (SCIE) categories OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (orange) and MATHEMATICS, APPLIED (gray).

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The journal impact factor is defined as the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the reporting year, calculated for example as:

Citations received in 2024 to articles published in 2022 and 2023
Number of citable items published in 2022 and 2023

 

Rank

Mathematics of Operations Research (MOR) is indexed within the Web of Science™ Science Citation Index Expanded® (SCIE) in the categories of OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE and MATHEMATICS, APPLIED. The below tables report MOR’s rank within each of these categories during the past five years (with the current year highlighted in orange).

OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE - SCIE
Year Rank (Quartile)
2024 58 / 106 (Q3)
2023 74 / 106 (Q3)
2022 65 / 86 (Q4)
2021 50 / 87 (Q3)
2020 54 / 84 (Q3)

 

MATHEMATICS, APPLIED - SCIE
Year Rank (Quartile)
2024 70 / 343 (Q1)
2023 102 / 332 (Q2)
2022 95 / 267 (Q2)
2021 59 / 267 (Q1)
2020 74 / 265 (Q2)

Decision Times

The below chart displays the average time (in months) for a paper to reach first decision (blue) and final decision (orange) for all articles sent for external review and decided within the reporting period.

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