The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Operations Research Letters and its the corresponding percentile for the sake of comparison with the entire literature. Impact Factor is the most common scientometric index, which is defined by the number of citations of papers in two preceding years divided by the number of papers published in those years.
How Influential is Operations Research Letters?
Operations Research Letters is the 15th out of 53 Operations Research journals. This Journal is the 32nd out of 111 Systems Science journals. This Journal is the 128th out of 296 Industrial Engineering journals. This Journal is the 360th out of 837 Applied Mathematics journals. This Journal is the 384th out of 736 Software Engineering journals. This Journal is the 668th out of 2,015 Mathematics journals. This Journal is the 1006th out of 2,945 Formal Sciences journals. This Journal is the 1934th out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This Journal is the 3672nd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 4693rd out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals.
How are inpact factors calculated?
The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.
extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.
