Optimization is committed to publishing research on the latest developments of mathematical programming and operations research with invited special issues in each volume and a special section devoted to review papers on theory and methods in areas of mathematical programming and optimization techniques.
We support authors whose research explores: • Linear and nonlinear programming • Variational analysis • Vector and set-valued optimization • Theoretical Investigations • Numerical methods • Application-oriented papers that contain new mathematical contributions
Authors are strongly advised to carefully check that their work falls within the scope of Optimization before submitting, as all submissions that are not within scope will be immediately rejected without peer review.
Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.
128 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
11 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
21% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief: Prof Dr Christiane Tammer - Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Managing Editors Dr Elisabeth Köbis - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Dr Markus Köbis - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Editorial Board Prof. Dr Samir Adly - Université de Limoges, France Prof. Dr Didier Aussel - Universitie de Perpignan, France Prof. Dr Adil M. Bagirov - Federation University, Australia Dr Christian Bargetz - Universität Innsbruck, Austria Dr Matus Benko - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria Prof. Dr Eduardo Casas - Universidad de Cantabria, Spain Prof. Dr Katarína Cechlàrovà - P. J. Safarik University, Slovakia Prof. Dr Stephan Dempe - TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany Prof. Dr Marius Durea - Alexandru Ioan. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania Prof. Dr Gabriele Eichfelder - Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany Dr sc Rosalind Elster - Halle (Saale), Germany Prof. Dr Shu-Cherng Fang - North Carolina State University, USA Prof. Dr Andreas Fischer - Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Prof. Dr Fabián Flores-Bazán - Universidad de Concepcion, Chile Prof. Dr Matthias Gerdts - Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen Prof. Dr Franco Giannessi - Università di Pisa, Italy Prof. Dr Sorin-Mihai Grad - ENSTA Paris, France Prof. Dr Wilfried Grecksch - Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Prof. Dr César Gutiérrez Vaquero - Universidad de Valladolid, Spain Prof. Dr. Mounir Haddou – National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rennes, France Prof. Dr Nicolas Hadjisavvas - University of the Aegean, Greece Prof. Dr René Henrion - Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics Berlin, Germany Prof. Elvira Hernandez - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain Prof. Dr Refail Kasimbeyli - Eskisehir Technical University, Turkey Prof. Dr Akhtar A. Khan - Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Prof. Pham Duy Khanh - University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Prof. Dr Phan Quoc Khanh - International University, VNU-HCM, Vietnam Prof. Dr Alexander Kruger - Federation University Ballarat, Australia Prof. Dr. Hannelore Lisei - Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Prof. Dr Andreas Löhne - Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Germany Prof. Juan Enrique Martinez-Legaz - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Prof. Dr Boris Mordukhovich - Wayne State University, USA Prof. Dr. Mau Nam Nguyen – Portland State University, USA Prof. Eladio Ocaña - IMCA & FC, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Peru Prof. Dr Hoang Xuan Phu - Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Prof. Cornel Pintea - Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Prof. Dr Fabio Raciti - University of Catania, Italy Prof. Dr Simeon Reich - Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Prof. Dr Jan-Joachim Rückmann - University of Bergen, Norway Prof. Dr Stefan Ruzika - TechnischeUniversität Kaiserslautern, Germany Miguel Sama - National Distance Education University, Madrid (UNED) Prof. Dr Vladimir Shikhman - Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany Prof. Dr. Francisco J. Silva – Université de Limoges, France Prof. Dr. Radu Strugariu - Technical University of Iaşi, Romania Prof. Dr Wim van Ackooij - Électricité de France (EDF), France Prof. Dr Xiaolong Qin - Hangzhou Normal University, China Prof. Dr Gerhard Wilhelm Weber - Poznan University of Technology, Poland Prof. Dr Hong-Kun Xu - Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China Prof. Dr. Alexander Zaslavski - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
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