Open access in operations research journals
The 49 tracked operations research journals ranked by the share of their 2023–2025 papers that are open access, with each status's share. Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- Of the 21,460 papers the 49 tracked operations research journals published in 2023–2025, 48% are open access (gold 4%, hybrid 26%, bronze 4% and green 14%).
- The open-access share went from 36% in 2017 to 46% in 2025.
- The most open journal is Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain (100%), followed by Decision Analytics Journal (100%) and Operations Research Perspectives (100%); the least open is Journal of the Operations Research Society of China (19%).
By year#
| Year | Papers | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5,251 | 36% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 8% | 22% | 64% |
| 2018 | 5,781 | 36% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 8% | 22% | 64% |
| 2019 | 5,630 | 38% | 0% | 1% | 7% | 9% | 21% | 62% |
| 2020 | 5,981 | 40% | 0% | 1% | 11% | 8% | 21% | 60% |
| 2021 | 6,590 | 44% | 0% | 1% | 16% | 10% | 18% | 56% |
| 2022 | 6,962 | 49% | 0% | 3% | 20% | 10% | 16% | 51% |
| 2023 | 6,625 | 50% | 0% | 5% | 23% | 7% | 14% | 50% |
| 2024 | 7,206 | 49% | 0% | 4% | 28% | 4% | 14% | 51% |
| 2025 | 7,629 | 46% | 0% | 4% | 28% | 1% | 13% | 54% |
| 2026 (so far) | 6,885 | 47% | 0% | 4% | 30% | 2% | 10% | 53% |
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Scholar4AI. (2026). Open access in operations research journals. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/operations-research
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title = {Open access in operations research journals},
year = {2026},
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note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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