Companies in operations research, 2023–2025
Companies whose researchers publish in the 49 tracked operations research journals, ranked by their papers in each year from 2023 to 2025, and how much of the research has corporate authors. A paper counts as corporate when at least one of its authors is affiliated with an institution that OpenAlex classifies as a company; it counts once for each company among its authors' affiliations. Universities are the institutions OpenAlex classifies as education. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- Of the 21,475 papers the 49 tracked operations research journals published in 2023–2025, 542 (3%) have at least one author at a company; 95% of those also have a university author.
- The corporate share of operations research papers went from 3% in 2017 to 2% in 2025.
- Amazon (United States) took part in the most papers (28), followed by Électricité de France (France) (16) and Flanders Make (Belgium) (11).
Companies#
| # | Company | Country | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2023–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon (United States) | United States | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | Électricité de France (France) | France | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Flanders Make (Belgium) | Belgium | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Huawei Technologies (China) | China | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | IBM (United States) | United States | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Nederlandse Spoorwegen | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Alibaba Group (China) | China | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Samsung (South Korea) | South Korea | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (France) | France | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | BMW (Germany) | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Google (United States) | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | LG (South Korea) | South Korea | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Meituan (China) | China | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Aero Engine Corporation of China (China) | China | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | BMW Group (Germany) | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | ExxonMobil (United States) | United States | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Huawei Technologies (France) | France | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | Inspur (China) | China | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | Meta (United States) | United States | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | ORTEC (Netherlands) | – | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Petrobras (Brazil) | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | AT&T (United States) | United States | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | China Mobile (China) | China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 | Ford Motor Company (United States) | United States | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Infrabel (Belgium) | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Renault (France) | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Samsung Electronics (South Korea) | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | Shanghai Electric (China) | China | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 29 | Siemens (Germany) | Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | State Grid Corporation of China (China) | China | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | BYD (China) | China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | China Ocean Shipping (China) | China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | China United Network Communications Group (China) | China | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | Coventry (United Kingdom) | United Kingdom | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | First Automotive Works (China) | China | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 36 | Guangzhou Automobile Group (China) | China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | Incheon International Airport Corporation (South Korea) | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 38 | Infineon Technologies (Germany) | Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 39 | Jingdong (China) | China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 40 | Luftfartsverket (Sweden) | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 | Lufthansa (Germany) | Germany | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 42 | Maersk (Denmark) | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 43 | Møreforsking (Norway) | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 44 | Norfolk Southern (United States) | United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Orange (France) | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 46 | Ordecsys (Switzerland) | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 | Sany (China) | China | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 48 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan) | Taiwan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 49 | Thales (France) | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 | Volkswagen Group (Germany) | Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
By year#
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Companies in operations research, 2023–2025. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/companies/operations-research
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author = {{Scholar4AI}},
title = {Companies in operations research, 2023–2025},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/companies/operations-research}},
urldate = {2026-10-31},
note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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