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April 10, 2013 - May 13, 2026

Available Issues

April 10, 2013 - May 13, 2026

Call for Nominations

Editor-in-Chief, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM)

Deadline for Nominations: March 23, 2026

The final term of Professor Georgia Perakis as Editor-in-Chief of the M&SOM journal will expire on December 31, 2026. Based on recommendations from the INFORMS Publications Committee, the president of INFORMS has appointed a committee to conduct a full search for a new Editor-in-Chief. The committee intends to propose a candidate for approval by INFORMS no later than July 1, 2026.

All members of INFORMS are invited to participate in this process. The committee seeks your opinions and comments on (1) the current state of the journal; (2) recommendations for change, if any; and (3) candidates for Editor-in-Chief.

Qualifications for the Editor-in-Chief of M&SOM will include:

  • A demonstrated interest in a broad range of topics in the field
  • A demonstrated record of excellence in research in the field
  • Dedication and enthusiasm for M&SOM
  • Significant editorial experience
  • Vision of the role of scholarly publications in the electronic, artificial intelligence, and open-access age
  • Commitment to the workload involved
  • Ability to effectively, efficiently, and equitably manage the editorial board and the editorial process
  • Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to work with people

Further information about the journal is available at the M&SOM website: http://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/msom.

Members of the search committee are Albert Ha (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Serguei Netessine (University of Pennsylvania, and committee liaison from the INFORMS Publications Committee), Huseyin Topaloglu (Cornell University), Yanchong (Karen) Zheng (MIT), and Panos Kouvelis (Washington University in St. Louis, and committee chair).

Please submit comments, recommendations, and nominations (including self-nominations) by March 23, 2026. The information should be sent (preferably by email) to the chair of the M&SOM Editorial Search Committee:

  • Prof. Panos Kouvelis
  • Olin Business School
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • One Brookings Drive
  • St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
  • [email protected]

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