European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR)
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Scope & Editorial Policy
The European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR) publishes high quality, original papers that contribute to the methodology of operational research (OR) and to the practice of decision making. The relation with ongoing research should be demonstrated by providing proper reference to the recent OR literature. With application papers, originality should be demonstrated by applying OR to a problem with interesting new aspects or by providing fresh insights leading to successful implementation. Practitioners often suffer from the need to conceal commercial secrets. Referees will take this into sympathetic consideration when advising on an application paper, but it will not be allowed to detract from clarity of the presentation.
EJOR is much more selective than in the past due to the growing inflow of submissions and limited volume. Papers that do not contain a major new research finding or novel approach to the application of OR will be rejected and not sent out for review. The same applies to papers written in poor English. As acceptance to EJOR is competitive, a paper may also be rejected because in the opinion of the editor it does not make a sufficient scientific contribution - even if some of the reviewers support publication.
EJOR welcomes the following types of papers:
- Invited Reviews, explaining to the general OR audience the developments in an OR topic over the recent years
- Innovative Applications of OR, describing novel ways to solve real problems
- Theory and Methodology Papers, presenting original research results contributing to the methodology of OR and to its theoretical foundations
- Short Communications, if they correct important deficiencies of papers previously published in EJOR
The Theory and Methodology Papers will be classified into one of the seven headings:
- Continuous Optimization
- Discrete Optimization
- Production, Manufacturing and Logistics
- Stochastics and Statistics
- Decision Support
- Computational Intelligence and Information Management
- Interfaces with Other Disciplines
In addition to these types of papers, EJOR contains "Invited Reviews".
About the journal
EJOR publishes 24 issues per year, and commenced publication in 1977.
The journal is in Q1 of all known international journal rankings, including (for example) the well-known Clarivate Journal Impact Factor 2024, where it is in position 14 over the 106 journals in the category "Operations Research and Management Science".
Editorial Board
Co-ordinating Editor
- R. Słowiński, Inst. of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 2, PL- 60-965, Poznan, Poland, Fax: 48 61 8771525
Editors:
- E. Borgonovo, Dept. of Decision Sciences, Università Bocconi, Via Roentgen 1, 20139, Milano, Italy, Fax: 0039-02-5836-5640
- J.F. Oliveira, INESC TEC, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- S. Rebennack, Inst. für Operations Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany
- R. Teunter, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- M. Yearworth, Business School, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4ST, UK
Funding body agreements and policies
Elsevier has established a number of agreements with funding bodies which allow authors to comply with their funder's open access policies. Some authors may also be reimbursed for associated publication fees. To learn more about existing agreements please visit http://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies.
Open access
This journal runs in a hybrid format, which means authors can choose:
Open access
- Articles are freely available to both subscribers and the wider public (i.e. free to readers).
- The open access fee of an article is payable by authors or e.g. by their research funder or institution on behalf of the authors.
- EURO covers the open access fee of the "invited review" published in each EJOR issue, which means 24 fees per year.
Subscription
- Authors do not need to pay publication fees.
- Articles are made available to subscribers (i.e. readers pay).
Regardless of how you choose to publish your article, the editorial board will apply the same peer review criteria and acceptance standards.
For more information, please visit the journal’s homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ejor.
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