Top institutions in operations research, 2023–2025

Universities and other research institutions ranked by the papers their authors published in the 49 tracked operations research journals in each year from 2023 to 2025, by publication date and OpenAlex affiliations; a paper counts once for each institution (and country) among its authors. Built from the site's archive of every paper of these journals and rebuilt daily. Also as Markdown.

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Key findings#

From 2023 to 2025, Hong Kong Polytechnic University published the most papers in the 49 tracked operations research journals (639), followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (475) and Beijing Jiaotong University (394).
In 2025 alone, Hong Kong Polytechnic University led with 270 papers.
Among countries, China took part in the most papers (7,352), ahead of United States and United Kingdom.

Institutions#

Institutions with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Institution	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	172	197	270	639
2	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	France	143	164	168	475
3	Beijing Jiaotong University	China	107	124	163	394
4	Southeast University	China	70	104	112	286
5	Tongji University	China	67	96	119	282
6	Beihang University	China	53	86	111	250
7	Southwest Jiaotong University	China	66	76	84	226
8	Tsinghua University	China	62	74	88	224
9	National University of Singapore	Singapore	64	73	79	216
10	Shanghai University	China	58	74	77	209
11	Tianjin University	China	55	66	82	203
12	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	71	57	67	195
13	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	China	61	60	62	183
14	Hefei University of Technology	China	38	79	64	181
15	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	56	63	61	180
16	Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	57	47	68	172
17	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	50	54	67	171
18	Eindhoven University of Technology	Netherlands	60	47	63	170
19	Shanghai Maritime University	China	49	60	60	169
20	Dalian University of Technology	China	49	52	67	168
21	Sichuan University	China	49	61	57	167
22	University of Science and Technology of China	China	54	53	60	167
23	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	57	53	56	166
24	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	50	57	57	164
25	Zhejiang University	China	60	53	46	159
26	Beijing Institute of Technology	China	51	53	53	157
27	Central South University	China	42	50	55	147
28	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	37	57	49	143
29	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	49	40	53	142
30	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	32	63	46	141
31	Dalian Maritime University	China	30	56	54	140
32	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China	35	53	51	139
33	KU Leuven	Belgium	36	47	55	138
34	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	55	46	35	136
35	South China University of Technology	China	46	50	39	135
36	Technical University of Munich	Germany	39	43	53	135
37	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	China	43	45	47	135
38	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy	43	53	32	128
39	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	34	47	44	125
40	University of Tehran	Iran	36	46	37	119
41	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark	40	30	44	114
42	Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les réseaux d'entreprise, la logistique et le transport	Canada	33	38	40	111
43	The University of Sydney	Australia	32	36	42	110
44	Chongqing University	China	38	37	33	108
45	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom	35	39	34	108
46	Ghent University	Belgium	41	32	34	107
47	Shenzhen University	China	29	38	38	105
48	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	21	40	43	104
49	Sun Yat-sen University	China	34	35	33	102
50	Northeastern University	China	34	30	37	101

Countries#

Countries with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	China	2,091	2,500	2,761	7,352
2	United States	1,132	1,144	1,100	3,376
3	United Kingdom	532	565	547	1,644
4	France	486	491	453	1,430
5	Italy	418	449	426	1,293
6	Germany	412	432	418	1,262
7	India	433	347	373	1,153
8	Canada	310	382	367	1,059
9	Hong Kong	277	326	408	1,011
10	Australia	234	261	252	747
11	Netherlands	254	243	248	745
12	Spain	227	247	206	680
13	Iran	232	223	222	677
14	Turkey	174	232	183	589
15	Taiwan	171	165	162	498
16	Brazil	150	166	163	479
17	South Korea	133	153	168	454
18	Belgium	127	137	155	419
19	Singapore	118	135	151	404
20	Japan	110	120	121	351
21	Chile	83	91	110	284
22	Sweden	84	96	98	278
23	Denmark	90	79	89	258
24	Switzerland	80	95	82	257
25	Portugal	75	80	93	248
26	Greece	90	76	75	241
27	Austria	71	86	75	232
28	Norway	77	65	84	226
29	Israel	69	58	78	205
30	Vietnam	46	66	93	205

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Top institutions in operations research, 2023–2025. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year/operations-research

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