The challenge of publications

Abstract

This review of 60 years of publishing by the Operational Research Society concentrates on the Journal, the problems faced by the editors and the evolution of its contents. This paper describes the growth in size of the Society external influences and the financial contribution to the Society generated by the Journal. Some funds were used to expand the range and scope of the publications, which currently consist of six different titles and are available in hard copy of electronic format. The future challenge of maintaining the financial income to support the continuing change in the subject is highlighted.

Keywords:

• OR history
• publishing
• performance measurement