Operations Research Letters is committed to the rapid review and fast publication of short articles on all aspects of operations research and analytics. Apart from a limitation to eight journal pages, quality, originality, relevance and clarity are the only criteria for selecting the papers to be published. ORL covers the broad field of optimization, stochastic models and game theory. Specific areas of interest include networks, routing, location, queueing, scheduling, inventory, reliability, and financial engineering. We wish to explore interfaces with other fields such as life sciences and health care, artificial intelligence and machine learning, energy distribution, and computational social sciences and humanities. Our traditional strength is in methodology, including theory, modelling, algorithms and computational studies. We also welcome novel applications and concise literature reviews.

《Operations Research Letters》是一本由ELSEVIER出版商出版的专业管理科学期刊，该刊创刊于1982年，刊期Monthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCI、SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：管理科学 4区，小类学科：运筹学与管理科学 4区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q4。该刊发文范围涵盖运筹学与管理科学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外运筹学与管理科学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为1.151，平均审稿速度约18.0个月。