Referees

Operations Research publishes papers of interest to the broad operations research and management science community. These may be papers reporting observations of operating systems, contributions to the methods and modes of OR; papers reporting on the realism of OR models, case histories of applications, review articles, and discussion of aspects of such subjects as the administrative environment, the history, policy, practice, future, or areas of application of operations research. The content must be substantial, rather than trivial, and should detail methods, as well as report results. Worthy contributions of less substantial content and short notes appear as Technical Notes or Letters to the Editor.

Your role as a referee will be performed most effectively if you provide a well-rounded set of comments describing your judgments of the paper, listing key points the editors should be aware of, and recommending a course of action.

Remember, the primary goal of the review process is to help the authors and editors toward the best possible result. Thus, while your report will assist their publication decision, your comments should be as constructive as possible to aid the authors in improving the paper.

Thank you for your efforts to maintain the high quality of Operations Research.

Steps to follow

1. Review the paper.
2. Submit your report to the Associate Editor using Manuscript Central. Be certain that your report is in a form that is suitable to be sent directly to the author by the Area Editor. Your identity will not be revealed to the author!
3. In order to avoid delay in reaching a decision on each manuscript, please send your report no later than the date requested by the Associate Editor. If you cannot return the report to the Associate Editor in the requested time frame, or if you feel the paper is not a good match for your area of expertise, let the Associate Editor know immediately. The paper will be assigned to another referee. Be certain to familiarize yourself with the Review Process policy that was implemented to help expedite the review process.