ABOUT THE JOURNAL

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Aims and scope of journal

IAOR publishes some 500 abstracts every 6 weeks, which have been scanned from 180 OR/MS journals by contributing editors from 44 countries.

IAOR publishes abstracts from journals worldwide and includes many, which are seldom covered elsewhere, thus providing a comprehensive synopsis of current operations research literature.

Many further abstracts are selected from supplemental and specialised journals, whenever these are in any way relevant to the philosophy, methodology, or practice of OR. This comprehensive coverage means that IAOR is unparalleled as a source of information about the worldwide OR/MS literature.

Each print issue of IAOR is organised into five parts: the Digest, Abstracts and Reviews, Journal Name Abbreviations, Author Index and Subject Index.

Placement of the abstracts is arranged according to four major divisions:

  • Process oriented
  • Application oriented
  • Technique oriented
  • Professionally oriented
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Audience

All practitioners, researchers, teachers, students and consumers of operational research. An invaluable source of reference established over 30 years ago.

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IAOR Archive

IAOR Online provides comprehensive coverage of abstracts in operational research:

  • Leading OR journals abstracted in full
  • Relevant abstracts from specialist (non-OR) journals also included
  • The complete database comprises 64,000 abstracts from over 1,200 individual journal titles
  • More than 250 journals are regularly abstracted, and new journals continue to be added to the database
  • Volumes 39 to 60 of the print volume (1988-2009) are available in full online. There is further coverage dating back to 1972
  • From summer 2009, a feed of new abstracts will be posted weekly.

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Features of IAOR Online

  • Search for and view abstracts
  • Find similar abstracts using IFORS' system of classification: each abstract is classified according to a table of 200 subjects and cross-referenced
  • Find abstracts by the same author through the "More Papers by…" feature. NEW in 2009!
  • Locate bibliographical information for the original article, including title, journal, volume, issue, year of publication and author names and affiliations.
  • Export references: export the citation of the abstract in RIS format. (RIS is a standardized tag format developed by Research Information Systems to enable citation programs to exchange data). NEW in 2009!
  • Link out from the IAOR abstract to the full text of the original work (you will require a subscription to the individual journal). NEW in 2009!

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NEW in 2009!
Search is the primary means of accessing IAOR content. Release 2.0 incorporates a new, more powerful, search engine customised for IAOR:

  • Simple search box on home page, allowing wildcards to build complex queries
  • Advanced Search allows complex Boolean searching
  • Refine Search feature allows you to amend or edit an existing search
    • Search by author or authors
    • Search by article title
    • Search by year range e.g. 1993-1996
  • Save searches to your Palgrave account, and access them directly from the IAOR homepage

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IAOR in Print

IAOR is still available in print, in a yearly volume of eight issues.

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ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for International Abstracts in Operations Research is 0020-580X and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1476-9352.

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Editor

Editor

Dr David K Smith
Mathematical Sciences in SECAM
Harrison Building
University of Exeter, Exeter
EX4 4QF
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1392 264478
E-mail: D.K.Smith@exeter.ac.uk