Journal rankings · indicator year 2004
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Field ranking · 2004
Decision Sciences journal rankings 2004
92 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Decision Sciences has 92 ranked journals in 2004. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.01 against 1.00, unchanged on 2003. A journal needs OJR 1.62 to reach Q1. The top three are INFORMS journal on computing, Group Decision and Negotiation, and Omega.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2004. 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 2001–2003, the window the 2004 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 2003. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2001–2003 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 2004. | Compare |
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1INFORMS journal on computingInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | 4.66Q1 | 3.51 1.89 up from 2003 | 83 | 16% | — | ||
2Group Decision and NegotiationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.92Q1 | 2.13 0.10 down from 2003 | 86 | 6% | $2,390 | ||
3OmegaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.21Q1 | 1.25 0.42 down from 2003 | 158 | 5% | $4,030 | ||
4Journal of Educational MeasurementWiley · United Kingdom | 3.05Q1 | 2.31 0.99 up from 2003 | 58 | 0% | $3,040 | ||
5Games and Economic BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 3.04Q1 | 1.22 1.19 down from 2003 | 296 | 10% | $2,720 | ||
6ACM SIGecom ExchangesAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 3.02Q1 | 2.32 1.10 up from 2003 | 43 | 5% | — | ||
7Structural SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.00Q1 | 1.58 0.33 up from 2003 | 95 | 8% | $4,430 | ||
8Journal of Productivity AnalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.76Q1 | 1.75 0.54 up from 2003 | 91 | 17% | $3,190 | ||
9ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer SimulationAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 2.72Q1 | 1.88 0.31 up from 2003 | 49 | 12% | — | ||
10Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 2.68Q1 | 1.67 0.13 up from 2003 | 288 | 11% | — | ||
11International Journal of Project ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.38Q1 | 1.58 0.09 up from 2003 | 266 | 8% | $3,200 | ||
12Insurance Mathematics and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.34Q1 | 1.47 0.28 up from 2003 | 205 | 13% | $3,270 | ||
13Mathematics of Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 2.34Q1 | 1.76 0.11 down from 2003 | 143 | 11% | — | ||
14Journal of Risk and UncertaintySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.26Q1 | 1.76 0.41 up from 2003 | 84 | 13% | $3,090 | ||
15Journal of Quality TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.13Q1 | 1.45 0.06 down from 2003 | 187 | 4% | — | ||
16Scandinavian Actuarial JournalTaylor & Francis · Sweden | 2.12Q1 | 1.55 0.44 up from 2003 | 60 | 3% | — | ||
17Project Management JournalSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.96Q1 | 1.09 0.38 up from 2003 | 93 | 0% | $3,900 | ||
18Reliability Engineering & System SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 1.36 0.01 down from 2003 | 436 | 5% | $4,830 | ||
19Journal of Clinical EpidemiologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.91Q1 | 3.12 0.49 up from 2003 | 567 | 8% | $4,210 | ||
20Journal of Business EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.82Q1 | 1.15 0.07 down from 2003 | 592 | 8% | $3,790 | ||
21Socio-Economic Planning SciencesElsevier BV · United States | 1.74Q1 | 0.87 0.32 down from 2003 | 68 | 0% | $3,550 | ||
22Educational Measurement Issues and PracticeWiley · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 0.54 0.26 down from 2003 | 84 | 0% | $3,240 | ||
23Probabilistic Engineering MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.62Q1 | 1.17 0.31 up from 2003 | 105 | 5% | $3,370 | ||
24System Dynamics ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 1.59Q2 | 1.33 0.59 up from 2003 | 75 | 22% | $3,270 | ||
25Evaluation Journal of AustralasiaSAGE Publishing · Australia | 1.59Q2 | 1.16 1.10 up from 2003 | 77 | — | $3,400 | ||
26Educational and Psychological MeasurementSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.57Q2 | 1.16 0.14 down from 2003 | 222 | 7% | $3,650 | ||
27Construction Management and EconomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.47Q2 | 0.95 0.26 up from 2003 | 231 | 16% | — | ||
28International Journal of ForecastingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.47Q2 | 0.79 0.16 down from 2003 | 217 | 12% | $2,800 | ||
29EvaluationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.44Q2 | 0.96 0.12 down from 2003 | 120 | 10% | $3,650 | ||
30Operations Research LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.41Q2 | 0.77 0.09 up from 2003 | 253 | 2% | $2,960 | ||
31ScientometricsSpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Hungary | 1.41Q2 | 1.41 0.02 up from 2003 | 299 | 10% | $3,190 | ||
32Teaching Business EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.36Q2 | 0.83 0.32 up from 2003 | 89 | — | — | ||
33Simulation Practice and TheoryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.34Q2 | 1.13 0.40 up from 2003 | 33 | — | — | ||
34Applied Measurement in EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.34Q2 | 0.86 0.02 down from 2003 | 57 | 0% | — | ||
35British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.30Q2 | 0.96 0.17 down from 2003 | 71 | 0% | $3,400 | ||
36Learned PublishingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.28Q2 | 0.68 0.12 up from 2003 | 147 | 45% | $2,080 | ||
37Research EvaluationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.25Q2 | 0.81 0.20 up from 2003 | 47 | 0% | $3,470 | ||
38Annals of Operations ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.24Q2 | 0.83 0.25 up from 2003 | 361 | 8% | $3,090 | ||
39Quality and Reliability Engineering InternationalWiley · United Kingdom | 1.22Q2 | 0.94 0.09 up from 2003 | 153 | 13% | $4,550 | ||
40Business Ethics A European ReviewWiley · United States | 1.19Q2 | 0.33 0.24 down from 2003 | 130 | 62% | $3,800 | ||
41Thinking & ReasoningTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.16Q2 | 1.41 0.21 up from 2003 | 47 | 0% | — | ||
42Journal of the Operational Research SocietyPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.14Q2 | 0.85 0.27 up from 2003 | 649 | 16% | — | ||
43Journal of Management in EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.10Q2 | 0.63 0.08 up from 2003 | 97 | 10% | — | ||
44Applied Psychological MeasurementSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.08Q2 | 0.86 0.32 down from 2003 | 95 | 6% | $3,650 | ||
45Computing in Science & EngineeringAIP Publishing | 1.05Q2 | 1.06 0.13 down from 2003 | 275 | 6% | $2,995 | ||
46InformaticaIOS Press · Lithuania | 1.02Q2 | 0.78no 2003 value | 41 | 82% | — | — | |
47Journal of Behavioral Decision MakingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.00Q3 | 1.26 0.34 up from 2003 | 100 | 8% | $3,700 | ||
48INFOR Information Systems and Operational ResearchTaylor & Francis · Canada | 1.00Q3 | 0.59 0.13 up from 2003 | 71 | 0% | — | ||
49New Directions for EvaluationWiley · United States | 0.93Q3 | 0.66 0.07 up from 2003 | 90 | 5% | $3,140 | ||
50MetrologiaIOP Publishing | 0.92Q3 | 0.79 0.16 up from 2003 | 557 | 22% | $3,325 |
Subfields of Decision Sciences, compared.
- Management Science and Operations Research60
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty21
- Information Systems and Management8
- General Decision Sciences3
Journals
Citations made in 2004. Corpus-wide, 69.4% 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 2001–2003, 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: 2004. Publication window: 2001–2003. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 92
- Window papers (baseline)
- 39,517 +24.7% from indicator year 2001
- Median OJR
- 1.011 +10.5% from indicator year 2001
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2Comparison-group list (2)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2001–2003 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.