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Journal overview

International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics (IJSS: O&L) is a world-leading journal in the exciting and demanding field of operations management and logistics.

The journal is dedicated to publishing high quality, rigorously reviewed, original papers that contribute to the methodology and practice in the fields of: operations research, transport and inventory management, EOQ models, operations planning and control, queuing theory, maintenance and reliability, resource management, scheduling, deterministic and stochastic modelling and optimization in logistics and operations, supply chain management.

Operations management and logistics is a multidisciplinary field that encloses the design, performance and management of systems for efficient operation of raw materials, in-process inventories, finished goods, human resources and related information or services. A wide range of new theories, methodologies and techniques are required to enable such systems. IJSS: Operations & Logistics is designed to be a leading hub for research in this rapidly-growing area of systems science.

Proposals for special issues in cutting-edge areas of operations management and logistical systems science are encouraged, and should be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief.

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to rigorous and rapid peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

Queries regarding submissions can be made by contacting the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final.

Taylor & Francis is a member of the Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE). Taylor & Francis is committed to peer review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review in our journals. To help us maintain these high standards, we provide guidelines for ethical publishing. Click here for more details.

Taylor & Francis Group acknowledges that the long term preservation of its electronic content is of critical importance and that it has a significant role to play to ensure its content is available and accessible over time. Taylor & Francis Group has an archival strategy in place that provides for the deposit of its electronic source files into an acceptable non-profit third party archive, including Portico and LOCKSS, so that our content will be actively preserved and available in the event it is no longer offered by Taylor & Francis Group or a successor.

We are also participants in the CLOCKSS pilot project. In addition, an agreement with the Dutch National Library has been signed to protect the future of our Online Archive.

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