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Bibliometrics in operations research and management science: a university analysis

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Many universities around the World have made important contributions in the field of operations research and management science. This article presents the most productive and influential universities between 1991 and 2015. For doing so, we use the Web of Science database in order to search for the information which is usually regarded as the most relevant for scientific research. The results show the country of origin of the leading universities being mainly from North America and Asia and especially from USA and China. The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) of France is the most productive university while the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of USA is the most influential one. The temporal evolution shows that USA is trailing its dominancy while China progressing quickly. The evaluation also reveals that Asian universities outperform North American universities during the last 5 years.

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We would like to thank the editors and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments that have improved the quality of the paper. The corresponding author, Dr. N.M. Modak, is always grateful to Shri Bibhas Candra Das for giving endless encouragement and guidance.

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  1. Department of Management Control and Information Systems, School of Economics and Business, University of Chile, Av. Diagonal Paraguay 257, 8330015, Santiago, Chile

    Sigifredo Laengle & José M. Merigó

  2. School of Systems, Management and Leadership, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia

    José M. Merigó

  3. Palpara Vidyamandir, Chakdaha, West Bengal, 741222, India

    Nikunja Mohan Modak

  4. Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9SS, UK

    Jian-Bo Yang

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Table 16 Leading universities in OR–MS between 1991 and 1995
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Table 17 Leading universities in OR–MS between 1996 and 2000
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Table 18 Leading universities in OR–MS between 2001 and 2005
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Table 19 Leading universities in OR–MS between 2006 and 2010
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Table 20 Leading universities in OR–MS between 2011 and 2015
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Table 21 List of Top 30 OR–MS Journal
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Table 22 Top 50 universities in OR–MS research during 1991–2015. (30% of Normalized value of TP + 70% of Normalized value of TC)
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Laengle, S., Merigó, J.M., Modak, N.M. et al. Bibliometrics in operations research and management science: a university analysis. Ann Oper Res 294, 769–813 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-3017-6

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