ABOUT THE JOURNAL

• Aims and scope of journal |
• Abstracted/indexed in |
• ISSN and eISSN |
• Editors |

Aims and scope of journal

OR Insight aims to be an interesting and stimulating publication that appeals not only to OR practitioners and consultants, but also to managers and others wishing to learn more about OR in practice. The journal seeks to inform about not just the scope and potential of OR but also developments in related areas.

Contributions are particularly sought from OR practitioners, consultants and others with experience of OR. The journal aims to publish the following kinds of paper:

• Descriptions of an OR project, successful or otherwise, discussing how it was useful and might have been improved, drawing lessons for general use. For complex projects, the discussion should focus on one particular question.
• Discussions of the process of OR, problem structuring, definition and formulation, modelling, implementation, consulting, and the management of OR activities. Case studies providing insights and enhanced understanding are welcome, as well as analyses of unfortunate experiences from which constructive lessons may be drawn. As a rule, mathematical expressions should be kept to a bare minimum.
• Reviews from a practice perspective or descriptions of recent developments in OR with practical implications.
• Articles reviewing the relevance of management topics to OR practitioners and consultants, for example, innovation management, information systems, simulation, organisational improvement, business process design, etc.

The main criteria for publishing an article will be its readability, topicality, relevance and interest to managers, consultants and OR practitioners. Significant redrafting may be necessary to produce an acceptable article.

All submissions will be refereed. Although original contributions are preferred, the Editors will consider practice-oriented papers drawing on more theoretical content published elsewhere.

Abstracted/indexed in

• International Abstracts in Operations Research
• PASCAL (http://international.inist.fr/article21.html)

ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for OR Insight is 0953-5543 and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1759-0477.

Editors

Editor-in-chief

Alistair Clark, Bristol Institute of Technology, University of the West of England, UK

Co-editors:

Tolga Bektas, School of Management, University of Southampton, UK
Jim Freeman, Manchester Business School, UK

Associate Editors:

Rajan Anketell, (E-commerce), UK
John Catherall, (Defence), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, UK
Jean-François Cordeau, (Transportation and Logistics), HEC Montreal, University of Montreal, Canada
Bill Dowsland, (Planning and Scheduling), Optimal Algorithms Ltd, UK
Kath Dowsland, (Heuristics & Combinatorial Optimisation), Optimal Algorithms Ltd, UK
Jackie Eaton, (Simulation), Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
Tillal Eldabi, (Modelling in healthcare), Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK
Rebecca Herron, (Community and Social OR), Lincoln Business School, UK
William Ho, (Production and Operations Management), Aston Business School, Aston University, UK
Jonathan Klein, (Knowledge Management), University of Southampton, UK
Miles Nicholls, (OR Modelling), Graduate School of Business, RMIT University, Australia
Frances O’Brien, (Strategy), Warwick University, Warwick Business School, UK
Gill Ragsdell, (Knowledge Management), Loughborough University, UK
Mehmet R. Taner, (Production and Operations Management), Bilkent University, Turkey
Leroy White, (Soft OR and Problem Structuring), University of Bristol, UK