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OPSEARCH is the official publication of the Operational Research Society of India, publishing original, high-quality research in operational oesearch and related fields.

  • Established in 1957 by Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis, the journal focuses on promoting education and applications of operational research in business and industry.
  • Publishes quarterly in March, June, September, and December.
  • Categorized into theory and methodology, OR in practice, case studies, invited papers, short communications/technical notes, and book reviews.
  • A premier Indian journal in the field of Operational Research.
  • Maintains a rigorous review process by at least two referees.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Angappa Gunasekaran
Impact factor
1.6 (2022)
5 year impact factor
1.6 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
73 days
Downloads
78,819 (2023)

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  • Celebrating our first Impact Factor!

    On June 28, 2023, as announced by Clarivate Analytics in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), OPSEARCH, published by Springer India has achieved its first Impact Factor of 1.6.

    OPSEARCH is celebrating its first Impact Factor!

    We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the authors, reviewers, readers and editorial board members for their continuous support to the journal!

    Other Journal Metrics:  

    5-year Impact Factor: 1.6
    Immediacy index: 0.2
    Eigenfactor® score: 0.00064
    Article influence score: 0.253
    Journal Citation Indicator: 0.35
    CiteScore 2022: 3.4
    Rank #183/103 in OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
    Google Scholar, h5-index: 23 (2022)

  • Call for Papers: Special Issue on Future of Circular Economy and Decision Making Models and Techniques: Research Opportunities in the Post-COVID Scenario

    Guest Editors:
    Nachiappan Subramanian
    , University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, UK
    Vandana Sonawaney, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, India
    Ramkrishna Manatkar, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, India
    Shisam Bhattacharyya, Operation Research and Data Science Practice Lab, WIPRO LTD, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
    Sobhan Sarkar, Information Systems & Business Analytics, IIM Ranchi, India
    Rupak Bhattacharjee, Faculty Council for PG Studies, Arts, Commerce and Law, University of North Bengal, India

    Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2023

  • Call for Papers: Special Issue on Optimization Models: Theory and Algorithms

    Guest Editors:
    S.K Neogy
    , Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre, India
    Anurag Jaiswal, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of  Technology (IITISM), Dhanbad, India
    Vikas Sharma, Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India
     

    Deadline for manuscript submissions: June 30, 2024

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
0975-0320
Print ISSN
0030-3887
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  9. Emerging Sources Citation Index
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  12. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  13. Mathematical Reviews
  14. Naver
  15. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  16. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  17. Portico
  18. ProQuest
  19. Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
  20. SCImago
  21. SCOPUS
  22. TD Net Discovery Service
  23. UGC-CARE List (India)
  24. Wanfang
  25. zbMATH
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