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* Guidelines for Referees *
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The aim of 4OR is to publish good
quality papers within a short period of time, allowing OR
researchers to communicate results in a fast and efficient way.
Therefore the usual scientific and ethic standards of any
international journal in Operations Research should apply to the
paper submitted.

Both theoretical and applied papers are acceptable in 4OR provided
that the theoretical developments are directly related to the
disciplinary core of operations research. Papers dealing with
emerging fields in OR should receive special attention.

The aim of 4OR being to publish papers within a short period of
time implies however that only papers acceptable in their present
form or needing minor revisions (revisions that will be likely to
be undertaken within 2 months by the authors) will be considered
for publication. Since all papers needing a major revision will be
rejected, papers needing to be revised will not normally be sent
back to the referees.

The refereeing form has been designed to facilitate the task of the
referees. Referees may find it convenient to adjoin it to their
report. If however you prefer to produce an open-format report,
this will be equally welcome,as long as it provides similar
information.

Referees should motivate their advice. When papers are not
considered acceptable for publication, referees are expected in
their report to provide constructive suggestions that will be
transmitted to the authors. Whenever "major revision" would be
needed, referees should indicate whether they encourage papers to
be resubmitted to the journal.

The identity of individual referees will remain secret to the
authors. The names and affiliation of all those who have served
as referees will be published once per year in the Journal.

Referees are kindly asked to send their report by e-mail to the
Area Editor of the Journal within 2 months.