Journal rankings · indicator year 2003
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Field ranking · 2003
Decision Sciences journal rankings 2003
88 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Decision Sciences has 88 ranked journals in 2003. The median OJR rose 0.10 on 2002 to 1.01, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.51. The top three are Games and Economic Behavior, Operations Research, and INFORMS journal on computing.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2003. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Decision Sciences (4)
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2002. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2000–2002 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2003. | Compare |
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1Games and Economic BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 3.77Q1 | 2.42 0.94 up from 2002 | 207 | 13% | $2,720 | ||
2Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 3.05Q1 | 1.54 0.27 down from 2002 | 297 | 9% | — | ||
3INFORMS journal on computingInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | 2.84Q1 | 1.62 0.06 down from 2002 | 83 | 11% | — | ||
4Mathematics of Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 2.58Q1 | 1.87 0.21 up from 2002 | 141 | 7% | — | ||
5OmegaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.48Q1 | 1.68 0.41 up from 2002 | 148 | 6% | $4,030 | ||
6Group Decision and NegotiationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.40Q1 | 2.22 0.96 up from 2002 | 87 | 9% | $2,390 | ||
7ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer SimulationAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 2.22Q1 | 1.57 0.25 down from 2002 | 46 | 5% | — | ||
8Socio-Economic Planning SciencesElsevier BV · United States | 2.18Q1 | 1.18 0.46 up from 2002 | 49 | 7% | $3,550 | ||
9International Journal of Project ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.98Q1 | 1.48 0.28 up from 2002 | 204 | 9% | $3,200 | ||
10Journal of Productivity AnalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.95Q1 | 1.21 0.01 up from 2002 | 84 | 22% | $3,190 | ||
11Structural SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 1.25 0.33 up from 2002 | 89 | 6% | $4,430 | ||
12Journal of Business EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.85Q1 | 1.22 0.08 up from 2002 | 562 | 5% | $3,790 | ||
13Journal of Clinical EpidemiologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.76Q1 | 2.63 0.32 up from 2002 | 548 | 6% | $4,210 | ||
14Reliability Engineering & System SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 1.37 0.44 up from 2002 | 365 | 1% | $4,830 | ||
15Journal of Quality TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.66Q1 | 1.51 0.39 up from 2002 | 205 | 2% | — | ||
16Project Management JournalSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.63Q1 | 0.71 0.13 down from 2002 | 91 | 2% | $3,900 | ||
17International Journal of ForecastingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.62Q1 | 0.94 0.07 down from 2002 | 179 | 8% | $2,800 | ||
18ACM SIGecom ExchangesAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.61Q1 | 1.22 0.10 down from 2002 | 42 | 0% | — | ||
19Educational and Psychological MeasurementSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.55Q1 | 1.30 0.65 down from 2002 | 233 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
20New Directions for EvaluationWiley · United States | 1.53Q1 | 0.58 0.54 down from 2002 | 97 | 8% | $3,140 | ||
21Construction Management and EconomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.52Q1 | 0.69 0.30 down from 2002 | 249 | 14% | — | ||
22EvaluationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.51Q1 | 1.09 0.47 up from 2002 | 118 | 9% | $3,650 | ||
23Scandinavian Actuarial JournalTaylor & Francis · Sweden | 1.49Q2 | 1.11 0.79 up from 2002 | 39 | 38% | — | ||
24Journal of the Operational Research SocietyPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.48Q2 | 0.58 0.31 down from 2002 | 862 | 11% | — | ||
25Journal of Educational MeasurementWiley · United Kingdom | 1.46Q2 | 1.32 0.15 down from 2002 | 58 | 8% | $3,040 | ||
26Journal of Risk and UncertaintySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.42Q2 | 1.35 0.40 up from 2002 | 83 | 3% | $3,090 | ||
27Insurance Mathematics and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.41Q2 | 1.19 0.04 up from 2002 | 168 | 8% | $3,270 | ||
28British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.40Q2 | 1.13 0.24 up from 2002 | 69 | 7% | $3,400 | ||
29Applied Measurement in EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.39Q2 | 0.88 0.03 up from 2002 | 67 | 6% | — | ||
30Educational Measurement Issues and PracticeWiley · United Kingdom | 1.35Q2 | 0.80 0.07 up from 2002 | 81 | 2% | $3,240 | ||
31ScientometricsSpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Hungary | 1.34Q2 | 1.40 0.54 up from 2002 | 296 | 8% | $3,190 | ||
32Applied Psychological MeasurementSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.33Q2 | 1.18 0.48 up from 2002 | 99 | 16% | $3,650 | ||
33Annals of Operations ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.26Q2 | 0.58 0.08 up from 2002 | 425 | 12% | $3,090 | ||
34Probabilistic Engineering MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.21Q2 | 0.86 0.20 down from 2002 | 114 | 3% | $3,370 | ||
35Journal of Behavioral Decision MakingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 0.92 0.47 down from 2002 | 121 | 14% | $3,700 | ||
36Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision AnalysisWiley · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 0.79 0.50 up from 2002 | 93 | 6% | $2,900 | ||
37Learned PublishingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 0.55 0.17 up from 2002 | 144 | 54% | $2,080 | ||
38Research EvaluationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.16Q2 | 0.61 0.20 up from 2002 | 52 | 18% | $3,470 | ||
39Business Ethics A European ReviewWiley · United States | 1.11Q2 | 0.57 0.10 up from 2002 | 124 | 46% | $3,800 | ||
40System Dynamics ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 0.74 0.18 up from 2002 | 83 | 4% | $3,270 | ||
41Computing in Science & EngineeringAIP Publishing | 1.09Q2 | 1.19 0.16 up from 2002 | 272 | 3% | $2,995 | ||
42Operations Research LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.09Q2 | 0.68 0.10 down from 2002 | 198 | 7% | $2,960 | ||
43American Journal of EvaluationSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.02Q2 | 1.03 0.08 up from 2002 | 235 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
44INFOR Information Systems and Operational ResearchTaylor & Francis · Canada | 1.01Q2 | 0.46 0.02 down from 2002 | 73 | 0% | — | ||
45Thinking & ReasoningTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.01Q3 | 1.21 0.68 down from 2002 | 51 | 7% | — | ||
46Journal of Management in EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 0.97Q3 | 0.54 0.11 up from 2002 | 138 | 3% | — | ||
47Journal of Educational and Behavioral StatisticsSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.96Q3 | 0.77 0.13 up from 2002 | 85 | 7% | $2,500 | ||
48Informing Science The International Journal of an Emerging TransdisciplineOAInforming Science Institute · United States | 0.87Q3 | 0.37 0.36 down from 2002 | 64 | 100% | — | ||
49Engineering Construction & Architectural ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.84Q3 | 0.46 0.02 down from 2002 | 251 | 12% | — | ||
50Quality and Reliability Engineering InternationalWiley · United Kingdom | 0.82Q3 | 0.85 0.37 up from 2002 | 181 | 8% | $4,550 |
Subfields of Decision Sciences, compared.
- Management Science and Operations Research56
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty22
- Information Systems and Management7
- General Decision Sciences3
Journals
Citations made in 2003. Corpus-wide, 70.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
33 additional Decision Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2000–2002, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2003. Publication window: 2000–2002. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 88
- Window papers (baseline)
- 36,676 +22.6% from indicator year 2000
- Median OJR
- 1.008 +22.0% from indicator year 2000
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2Comparison-group list (2)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2000–2002 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 72 | 76 | 79 | 88 | 92 | 97 | 102 | 106 | 109 | 116 | 123 | 140 | 154 | 170 | 174 | 180 | 186 | 191 | 191 | 187 | 185 | 188 | 191 | 189 | 185 | 184 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 29,913 | 31,696 | 33,896 | 36,676 | 39,517 | 42,636 | 46,578 | 51,425 | 57,516 | 64,019 | 69,622 | 74,832 | 81,051 | 87,350 | 94,258 | 99,908 | 104,312 | 106,896 | 109,086 | 113,074 | 118,509 | 124,038 | 128,379 | 128,271 | 129,103 | 137,343 | |
| Median OJR | 0.83 | 0.915 | 0.9091 | 1.008 | 1.011 | 1.02 | 1.28 | 1.14 | 1.30 | 1.25 | 1.07 | 1.17 | 1.10 | 1.03 | 0.977 | 0.983 | 0.96 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.9090 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.8007 | 0.8009 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 5.8% | 131 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 18.472 per 1,000 | 100 journals |
| Output growth | Median: +1.8% | 170 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 55.5% | 184 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,190 | 77 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 26.3% | 170 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 184 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.81 | 180 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 38.5% | 184 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 49.1% | 184 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.