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ors-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a problem is a fit for Operations Research (OR) and which of its editorial areas it belongs to — testing for a genuine OR/MS methodological contribution and picking the correct area before formulating. Scopes and routes the problem; it does not build the model (ors-theory-development) or position it in the literature (ors-literature-positioning).
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# Topic Selection & Area Fit (ors-topic-selection)
## When to trigger
- You have a problem but are unsure it belongs in *Operations Research* versus a sibling venue.
- You must choose the editorial **area** the submission will route into.
- A co-author asks "is this methodological enough for OR?"
## The OR fit test
*Operations Research* (INFORMS) publishes **mathematically rigorous OR/MS
methodology** — optimization, stochastic/probabilistic models, simulation, decision
analysis — favoring **provable results** and methodological novelty over purely
empirical work. Ask: