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I have a paper that seems like good fit for CP-AI-OR but the people whose work I am primarily building upon have all published in places like Management Science, EJOR, C&OR etc.

Do OR people read conference proceedings or is it all about journals in this area?

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There is a subset that publish in conferences (like CPAIOR, but INFORMS Computer Science Society has a conference, as do IPCO and others). CPAIOR in particular has attracted a good number of OR people over the years. And the papers end up being read and reasonably well cited.

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Thanks Michael. I like CPAIOR because it seems to have a strong peer review process so I'm glad to hear it's well read. Is the same true for the others you mention? – Jon Feb 1 at 13:58
I am a little less certain of the INFORMS CS conference (though I have been involved and like the conference very much). But IPCO is extremely well thought of and referenced. – Michael Trick Feb 1 at 19:03
It's a bit harder to get ICS citation stats because the papers are published as individual books, rather than as a series of proceedings. But those papers are refereed and many outstanding researchers have published there over the years. I think the profession still considers proceedings as second-tier, but there's some movement to change that perception. Getting good papers in respected conferences is an important part of that movement. – Matthew Saltzman Feb 4 at 18:58
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I suspect that most OR-ish academics don't read conference proceedings on a regular basis (I know I don't), but if something in a proceeding is cited in a way that gets our attention, we'll track down the specific article. I also suspect that the OR people who are interested in applications/techniques from computer science (such as constraint programming) may read conference proceedings (consistent with Mike's response), and they are probably your target audience (meaning don't worry about the rest of us Luddites :-) ).

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I look into conference proceedings a lot. That's the only way I can get some information about what people are doing at the moment. Journals are good but their articles get kind of old as they get to the point that they are actually printer!

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