| Article ID: | iaor20114410 |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page Number: | 729 |
| End Page Number: | 741 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Journal: | Omega |
| Authors: | Mingers John |
| Keywords: | journal quality |
Soft OR methods are useful and widely used for tackling wicked messy problems. But they are invisible in the US, especially in top OR journals. We examine reasons for this and suggest possible actions to improve the situation.