Call for Papers

Those who are interested only in presenting a paper should submit the pdf file of the extended abstract (written in English) using the link in the registration page and this page. In particular, we also encourage speakers of the International Conference on  Operations Research and Game theory with Economic Application Game Theory during January January 28-30, 2026 at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre to submit the extended versions of their presented papers.

  Extended abstract should be written in LaTex/Microsoft Word. The extended abstract should contain the article title, author's and coauthor(s)' name, affiliation, proposed running head (not more than 50 characters including spaces), an abstract (not more than fifty lines) and a list of keywords.

Last date of submission of abstract: January 20, 2026.

Those who are interested to present and contribute a paper in the conference should submit the pdf file of the abstract (written in English) related to any topics of the conference using the link in the registration page or this page. To fill out this form, you must be signed in your Google account and use the following link:

Online link for Registration and submission of abstract (To fill out this form, you must be signed in your Google account)

https://forms.gle/P1gjhPFEuAf9xXNe8

Special issues are planned in the following four international journals.

1.    Operations Research Forum

2.    International Game Theory Review

3.    Journal of Global Optimization

4.    Optimization

Research articles with novelty presented at the conference shall qualify for the possible publication in any of the above publications, if the article is within the scope of the conference as well as the journal and clears the standard peer review process adopted by the journal. Review articles with contents useful for future research and open problems are also welcome. Papers by non-participants are also considered which are in the focus of the conference and the journal.

Operations Research Forum

Published by Springer Nature

Guest Editors

1.    S. K Neogy, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Center, India (Lead Guest Editor)

2.    Manjunatha Prasad Karantha, CARAMS, MAHE, Manipal, India (Convener)

3.    Lina Mallozzi, University of Naples Federico II

4.    Varun Kumar S G, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India

5.    Simo Puntanen, Tampere University, Finland

Article types – Original, research, reviews, and short communications with a high standard of literature review and open problems and with the subject matter in line with the focus area of the conference and the journal.
For submission guidelines, please visit Submission guidelines.

How to submit? – Please follow the hyperlink “Submit manuscript” given in the journal website and upload all your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen. During submission, kindly mention that the article is for the special issue in the covering letter/choose the SI (Recent Trends in Operations Research and Game Theoretic Approach in Decision Science). For any inquiries or further information, please contact the Lead Guest Editor Professor S. K. Neogy at skn@isid.ac.in.

For template– Click here.

Timelines – Submission of articles (early submission is recommended, referee process starts as the paper is received): July 31, 2026
Completion of review and decision on acceptance: January 31, 2027
Online publication: Once the article is accepted by the reviewers

International Game Theory Review

Published by the World Scientific

Title:Computational Operations Research and Algorithmic Game Theory in honor of Prof. T. Parthasarathy

Guest Editors

1.    S. K Neogy, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Center, India (Lead Guest Editor)

2.    R. B Bapat, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Center, India (Member)

3.    Manjunatha Prasad Karantha, CARAMS, MAHE, Manipal, India

Article types – Original, research, reviews, and short communications with a high standard of literature review and open problems and with the subject matter in line with the focus area of the conference and the journal.
For submission guidelines, please visit Submission guidelines.

How to submit? – Manuscripts should be submitted electronically through the IGTR online submission system: To submit the articles, click here. Select ‘Special issue article’ as the article type and later choose ‘SI-SI: Computational Operations Research and Algorithmic Game Theory in honor of Prof. T. Parthasarathy’ as the Section/Category related to your manuscript and then follow the standard steps of EMS for submitting the article. For any inquiries or further information, please contact the Lead Guest Editor Professor S. K. Neogy at skn@isid.ac.in.

For template– Click here.

Timelines – Submission of articles: January 31, 2026
Online publication: Once the article is accepted by the reviewers

Journal of Global Optimization

Published by Springer Nature

Guest Editors

1.    S. K Neogy, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Center, India (Lead Guest Editor)

2.    Manjunatha Prasad Karantha, CARAMS, MAHE, Manipal, India (Convener)

3.    Lina Mallozzi, University of Naples Federico II

4.    Harikrishnan P K, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Manipal, India

5.    Simo Puntanen, Tampere University, Finland

Article types – Original, research, reviews, and short communications with a high standard of literature review and open problems and with the subject matter in line with the focus area of ICORDS 2025/ICORAGT 2025 and the journal.
For submission guidelines, please visit Submission guidelines.

How to submit? – Authors are requested to submit their high-quality research paper to the Journal of Global Optimization by online via Editorial Manager (www.editorialmanager.com/jogo) System by deadline. In preparing the manuscript, authors are requested to follow the guidelines given in the ‘Instructions for Authors’ of the Journal of Global Optimization. While submitting the article through the Editorial Manager, please select ‘Special issue article’ as the article type. For more details about submission, you may see the video given in the link: https://youtu.be/k1aZ-98Plnc. For any inquiries or further information, please contact the Lead Guest Editor Professor S. K. Neogy at skn@isid.ac.in.

For template– Click here.

Timelines – Submission of articles (early submission is recommended, referee process starts as the paper is received): July 31, 2026
Online publication: Once the article is accepted by the reviewers

Optimization

Published by Taylor & Francis Group

Guest Editors

1.    S. K Neogy, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Center, India (Lead Guest Editor)

2.    Manjunatha Prasad Karantha, CARAMS, MAHE, Manipal, India (Convener)

3.    Juan Enrique Martinez-Legaz, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

4.    Simo Puntanen, Tampere University, Finland

Article types – Original, research, reviews, and short communications with a high standard of literature review and open problems and with the subject matter in line with the focus area of the conference and the journal.
For submission guidelines, please visit Submission guidelines.

How to submit? – Please follow the hyperlink “Submit manuscript” given in the journal website and upload all your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen. When submitting their manuscript, authors must answer the question ‘Is the manuscript a candidate for a special issue?’ Please tick ‘yes’ and select ‘ICORAGT2025’ from the list. Also, mark the relevance of your submission to the special issue in your cover letter. For any inquiries or further information, please contact the Lead Guest Editor Professor S. K. Neogy at skn@isid.ac.in.

For template– Click here.

Timelines – Submission of articles (early submission is recommended, referee process starts as the paper is received): March 31, 2026
Online publication: Once the article is accepted by the reviewers

Applied Operations Research, Game theory, and Decision Science

A book volume intended to be published in a reputed series of SPRINGER

Book chapters/expository articles are invited for the book-volume ‘Applied Operations Research, Game theory, and Decision Science’ which is intended to be published in some reputed series of SPRINGER.

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Paper presented in the conference may be submitted later as a book chapter before June 30, 2026 to the organizing committee chair Prof. S. K Neogy (e.mail: skn@isid.ac.in).

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Recipients of Various Awards (2025)