OR Spectrum
Last updated ISSN 0171-6468
OR Spectrum is published by Springer Science+Business Media in engineering. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,290.
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What it publishes
Recent work in OR Spectrum concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
- Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
- Supply Chain and Inventory Management
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Sports Science and Education
- Biomedical and Chemical Research
- Optimization and Packing Problems
- Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis
- Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0171-6468, 1436-6304 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,290 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,053 |
| Publishing since | 1979 |
| Journal website | www.springer.com/journal/291 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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