Journal of the Operational Research Society
The Journal of the Operational Research Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering operations research. It is an official journal of The Operational Research Society and has been in existence since 1950. It publishes full length case-oriented papers, full length theoretical papers, technical notes, discussions (viewpoints) and book reviews.
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Discipline | Operations research, management |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Zhe George Zhang, Said Salhi, Martin H. Kunc, John Boylan |
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Former name(s) | Operational Research Quarterly |
History | 1950-present |
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Frequency | Monthly |
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2.175 (2019) | |
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ISO 4 | J. Oper. Res. Soc. |
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CODEN | JORSDZ |
ISSN | 0160-5682 (print) 1476-9360 (web) |
OCLC no. | 03685489 |
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History
The journal began as Operational Research Quarterly in 1950. At that time it was published by the Operational Research Club (Great Britain).[1] It was published four times a year until 1978 (from 1953 to 1969 under the title OR) when it became a monthly publication and the name was changed to Journal of the Operational Research Society.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by ABI/INFORM, Compendex, Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology, Current Contents/Social & Behavioural Sciences, Inspec, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus, and Zentralblatt MATH.
Scope
Some idea of the scope and contents of the journal can be found in a survey of papers published during the period 2000–2009.[2]
- 51.7% of papers were theoretical while 31.3% were case-orientated.
References
- British Library Integrated Catalogue
- Katsaliaki, K.; Mustafee, N.; Dwivedi, Y. K.; Williams, T.; Wilson, J. M. (2010). "A profile of OR research and practice published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 61: 82–94. doi:10.1057/jors.2009.137. hdl:10036/4348.