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Overview
The Operations Research journal TOP covers OR theoretical and methodological contributions and innovative applications of OR and Analytics to practice.
- TOP is published by the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research (SEIO).
- TOP considers the following types of papers for publication:
- Invited Reviews written by leading scholars and invited by the Editors-in-Chief, describing the state of the art as well as future lines of research for a broad and timely Operations Research (OR) topic. Multiple discussants with leading expertise in the topic are invited to write a short piece with comments on the review, which are published alongside a rejoinder written by the authors.
- Theory and Methodology Papers, presenting original research results contributing to the methodology of OR and its theoretical foundations.
- Innovative Applications Papers, presenting novel ways to solve real-world problems with state-of-the-art OR techniques.
- TOP does not accept proposals for guest-edited issues.
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- Editors-in-Chief
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- Antonio Alonso-Ayuso,
- Dolores Romero Morales
- Impact factor
- 1.7 (2022)
- 5 year impact factor
- 1.8 (2022)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 6 days
- Downloads
- 79,531 (2023)
Societies and partnerships
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Springer Nature thanks the exceptional editors of TOP who contributed to these achievements for their continued dedication to advancing research. The work, commitment, and passion brought to Springer Nature journals each day is greatly appreciated.
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1863-8279
- Print ISSN
- 1134-5764
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