Journal statistics

SOR’s acceptance rate is 21% of the more than 133 major manuscripts it receives annually. In 2025, the median time from submission to acceptance for all articles was 81 days, and the median time from acceptance to online publication was 9 days.

Citations over time based on Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) (as of January 2026):

a) Citations per year - Source Scopus (as of January 2026)

b) Overview of Scopus indexed papers by subject area citing Spectrum of Operational Research (as of January 2026)

c) Overview of Scopus indexed papers by type citing Spectrum of Operational Research (as of January 2026)

d) Citations per year - Source Scopus and WoS (as of January 2026)

e) Cited/Uncited documents (as of January 2026)

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in two years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

f) Authors diversification (as of January 2026)