Journal of the Operational Research Society

{{Infobox journal

| title = Journal of the Operational Research Society

| cover = JORS_2024.png

| discipline = Operations research, management

| caption =

| former_names = Operational Research Quarterly

| abbreviation = J. Oper. Res. Soc.

| formernames = Operational Research Quarterly

| language =

| editor = Martin H. Kunc, Said Salhi, Zhe George Zhang, Kostas Nikolopoulos

| publisher = Taylor & Francis

| country =

| frequency = Monthly

| history = 1950-present

| openaccess = Hybrid

| license =

| impact = 2.7

| impact-year = 2023

| website = http://www.tandfonline.com/jors

| link1 = https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tjor20/current

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tjor20

| link2-name = Online archive

| JSTOR =

| OCLC = 03685489

| LCCN = 78643148

| CODEN =

| ISSN = 0160-5682

| eISSN = 1476-9360

}}

The Journal of the Operational Research Society is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering operations research. It is an official journal of the Operational Research Society and publishes full length case-oriented papers, full length theoretical papers, technical notes, discussions (viewpoints) and book reviews. It was established in 1950 as the Operational Research Quarterly (from 1953 to 1969 under the title OR). It was published four times a year until 1978 when it became a monthly publication and the name was changed to Journal of the Operational Research Society.{{cite web |url=http://lccn.loc.gov/78643148 |title=Journal of the Operational Research Society |work=Library of Congress Catalog |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2024-02-07}} In 2024, the journal celebrated its 75th anniversary.{{Cite journal |last=Kunc |first=M. |last2=Salhi |first2=S. |last3=Zhang |first3=G. |date=2024-01-02 |title=Editorial to the 75 th volume of the Journal of the Operational Research Society |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01605682.2024.2305997 |journal=Journal of the Operational Research Society |language=en |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.1080/01605682.2024.2305997}}{{Cite journal |last=Rand |first=Graham K. |date=2024-01-02 |title=From Operational Research Quarterly to Journal of the Operational Research Society: The early editors |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01605682.2023.2244339 |journal=Journal of the Operational Research Society |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=3–12 |doi=10.1080/01605682.2023.2244339}}{{Cite journal |last=Salhi |first=Said |last2=Rand |first2=Graham |last3=Hough |first3=John |last4=Ranyard |first4=John |last5=Williams |first5=Terry |last6=Wilson |first6=John |last7=Archibald |first7=Thomas W. |last8=Crook |first8=Jonathan |last9=Boylan |first9=John |last10=Kunc |first10=Martin H. |last11=Zhang |first11=Zhe George |date=2024 |title=Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS): The last 40 years |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01605682.2023.2244352 |journal=Journal of the Operational Research Society |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=195–204 |doi=10.1080/01605682.2023.2244352}}