Half a century of Omega – The International Journal of Management Science: A bibliometric analysis

Hussain, W; Merigó, JM; Rahimi, I; Lev, B

Half a century of Omega – The International Journal of Management Science: A bibliometric analysis

Hussain, W

Merigó, JM Rahimi, I

Lev, B

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Publisher:: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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Citation:: Omega United Kingdom, 2025, 133
Issue Date:: 2025-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Hussain, W https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-4006
dc.contributor.author	Merigó, JM
dc.contributor.author	Rahimi, I https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-4726
dc.contributor.author	Lev, B
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-04T00:50:09Z
dc.date.available	2025-08-04T00:50:09Z
dc.date.issued	2025-06-01
dc.identifier.citation	Omega United Kingdom, 2025, 133
dc.identifier.issn	0305-0483
dc.identifier.issn	1873-5274
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/188986
dc.description.abstract	Omega – The International Journal of Management Science is a leading international journal in management science and operations research. In 2023, Omega celebrated its 50th anniversary. Motivated by this event, this paper provides an in-depth, critical analysis of Omega's development as a leading academic journal over fifty years. The article visualizes a dynamic and evolving academic landscape through the lens of several bibliometric indicators including bibliographic coupling, keyword co-occurrence, and institutional productivity using the Web of Science Core Collection database. The aim is to identify Omega's leading trends in highly cited papers, authors, universities, countries, journals, keywords and topics. The work also develops a graphical mapping of the bibliographic material using the VOS viewer software. The results indicate that Omega is becoming strongly internationalized, with publications from institutions all over the world. Traditionally, English-speaking countries were leading the journal. But during the last few years, the results have visualized the strong growth of Europe and East Asia, and at a lower level, the rest of the countries of the world. The study not only highlights Omega's past achievements but also points towards its future trajectory, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, diversity, and innovation in maintaining its academic prominence.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Omega United Kingdom
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.omega.2024.103226
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	0102 Applied Mathematics, 1503 Business and Management, 1505 Marketing
dc.subject.classification	Operations Research
dc.subject.classification	3503 Business systems in context
dc.subject.classification	3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.title	Half a century of Omega – The International Journal of Management Science: A bibliometric analysis
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	133
utslib.for	0102 Applied Mathematics
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management
utslib.for	1505 Marketing
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated	2025-08-04T00:49:59Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	133

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Omega – The International Journal of Management Science is a leading international journal in management science and operations research. In 2023, Omega celebrated its 50th anniversary. Motivated by this event, this paper provides an in-depth, critical analysis of Omega's development as a leading academic journal over fifty years. The article visualizes a dynamic and evolving academic landscape through the lens of several bibliometric indicators including bibliographic coupling, keyword co-occurrence, and institutional productivity using the Web of Science Core Collection database. The aim is to identify Omega's leading trends in highly cited papers, authors, universities, countries, journals, keywords and topics. The work also develops a graphical mapping of the bibliographic material using the VOS viewer software. The results indicate that Omega is becoming strongly internationalized, with publications from institutions all over the world. Traditionally, English-speaking countries were leading the journal. But during the last few years, the results have visualized the strong growth of Europe and East Asia, and at a lower level, the rest of the countries of the world. The study not only highlights Omega's past achievements but also points towards its future trajectory, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, diversity, and innovation in maintaining its academic prominence.

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