Journal rankings · indicator year 2012
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Field ranking · 2012
Decision Sciences journal rankings 2012
154 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Decision Sciences has 154 ranked journals in 2012. The median OJR fell 0.08 on 2011 to 1.10, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.74. The top three are Omega, International Journal of Project Management, and Operations Research.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2012. 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 2009–2011, the window the 2012 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 2011. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2009–2011, the window the 2012 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2009–2011 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 2003 to 2012. | Compare |
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1OmegaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.53Q1 | 3.93 0.01 down from 2011 | 211 | 8% | $4,030 | ||
2International Journal of Project ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.27Q1 | 3.66 0.64 up from 2011 | 246 | 20% | $3,200 | ||
3Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 3.91Q1 | 2.86 0.33 down from 2011 | 374 | 17% | — | ||
4Journal of Business EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.89Q1 | 2.72 0.63 up from 2011 | 1,126 | 19% | $3,790 | ||
5Revista Eletrônica de Estratégia & NegóciosOAUniversidade do Sul de Santa Catarina · Brazil | 3.44Q1 | 2.32 0.07 down from 2011 | 65 | 100% | — | ||
6Journal of InformetricsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.25Q1 | 4.66 0.03 up from 2011 | 182 | 23% | $3,220 | ||
7Reliability Engineering & System SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.14Q1 | 2.90 0.21 up from 2011 | 452 | 12% | $4,830 | ||
8Structural SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.09Q1 | 2.62 0.71 up from 2011 | 114 | 7% | $4,430 | ||
9Educational Measurement Issues and PracticeWiley · United Kingdom | 2.93Q1 | 1.52 0.44 down from 2011 | 72 | 5% | $3,240 | ||
10Journal of Productivity AnalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.91Q1 | 1.59 0.15 up from 2011 | 132 | 17% | $3,190 | ||
11Business Ethics A European ReviewWiley · United States | 2.77Q1 | 1.31 0.15 down from 2011 | 90 | 16% | $3,800 | ||
12Journal of SimulationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.66Q1 | 3.13 0.99 up from 2011 | 86 | 13% | — | ||
13International Journal of ForecastingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.57Q1 | 1.79 0.09 down from 2011 | 260 | 19% | $2,800 | ||
14ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer SimulationAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 2.55Q1 | 2.94 0.47 down from 2011 | 68 | 15% | — | ||
15Socio-Economic Planning SciencesElsevier BV · United States | 2.52Q1 | 1.75 0.45 up from 2011 | 66 | 7% | $3,550 | ||
16International Journal of Information Technology & Decision MakingWorld Scientific · Singapore | 2.43Q1 | 2.83 0.19 down from 2011 | 149 | 2% | — | ||
17Research Synthesis MethodsWiley · United Kingdom | 2.40Q1 | 3.61 1.82 up from 2011 | 51 | 16% | $3,020 | ||
18INFORMS journal on computingInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | 2.36Q1 | 1.52 0.57 down from 2011 | 184 | 20% | — | ||
19Journal of Clinical EpidemiologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.32Q1 | 5.10 1.10 up from 2011 | 605 | 33% | $4,210 | ||
20System Dynamics ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 2.31Q1 | 2.90 1.26 up from 2011 | 54 | 21% | $3,270 | ||
21Project Management JournalSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.29Q1 | 1.78 0.18 up from 2011 | 125 | 8% | $3,900 | ||
22American Journal of EvaluationSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.25Q1 | 2.21 0.57 up from 2011 | 130 | 8% | $3,650 | ||
23Theoretical EconomicsOAEconometric Society · United States | 2.22Q1 | 1.97 0.14 up from 2011 | 35 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
24Journal of Management in EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.17Q1 | 1.46 0.08 up from 2011 | 129 | 20% | — | ||
25Research EvaluationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.08Q1 | 2.16 0.74 up from 2011 | 111 | 28% | $3,470 | ||
26Mathematics of Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 2.01Q1 | 1.88 0.69 down from 2011 | 151 | 29% | — | ||
27ScientometricsSpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Hungary | 1.95Q1 | 2.76 0.22 up from 2011 | 671 | 21% | $3,190 | ||
28International Journal of E-Business ResearchOAIGI Global · United States | 1.95Q1 | 0.74 0.26 down from 2011 | 58 | 4% | — | ||
29Construction Management and EconomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.95Q1 | 1.69 0.26 up from 2011 | 311 | 24% | — | ||
30Judgment and Decision MakingOACambridge University Press · United States | 1.93Q1 | 3.48 0.07 up from 2011 | 183 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
31Interdisciplinary Journal of Information Knowledge and ManagementOAInforming Science Institute · United States | 1.90Q1 | 1.33 0.49 up from 2011 | 48 | 88% | — | ||
32Computational Management ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.89Q1 | 0.94 1.00 down from 2011 | 44 | 13% | $3,190 | ||
33Journal of the Operational Research SocietyPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.88Q1 | 1.16 0.19 down from 2011 | 558 | 13% | — | ||
34International Journal of Information Systems in the Service SectorIGI Global · United States | 1.87Q1 | 0.54 1.15 down from 2011 | 61 | 4% | — | ||
35The Journal of Internet Banking and CommerceOAOMICS Publishing Group · Canada | 1.86Q1 | 1.24 0.10 up from 2011 | 84 | 0% | — | ||
36Educational and Psychological MeasurementSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.82Q1 | 1.74 0.11 down from 2011 | 167 | 13% | $3,650 | ||
37Computing in Science & EngineeringAIP Publishing | 1.80Q1 | 2.11 0.68 up from 2011 | 335 | 6% | $2,995 | ||
38Annals of Operations ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.78Q1 | 1.19 0.39 down from 2011 | 519 | 13% | $3,090 | ||
39International Journal of Mobile CommunicationsInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 2.71no change | 106 | 6% | — | ||
40Games and Economic BehaviorElsevier BV · United States | 1.71Q2 | 1.17 0.15 down from 2011 | 370 | 23% | $2,720 | ||
41Engineering Construction & Architectural ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.69Q2 | 1.08 0.20 up from 2011 | 112 | 10% | — | ||
42Learned PublishingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.68Q2 | 1.03 0.07 down from 2011 | 152 | 42% | $2,080 | ||
43Science & Technology LibrariesTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.67Q2 | 1.21 0.37 up from 2011 | 53 | 10% | — | ||
44Journal of Financial Management of Property and ConstructionEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.64Q2 | 0.90 0.24 up from 2011 | 55 | 10% | — | ||
45Journal of Quality TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.64Q2 | 2.15 0.13 down from 2011 | 113 | 7% | — | ||
46Journal of Educational and Behavioral StatisticsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.62Q2 | 1.43 0.27 down from 2011 | 112 | 8% | $2,500 | ||
47Advances in Operations ResearchHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.61Q2 | 0.65 1.04 down from 2011 | 34 | 96% | $1,080 | ||
48International Journal of Managing Projects in BusinessEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.60Q2 | 1.15 0.20 down from 2011 | 160 | 2% | — | ||
49Group Decision and NegotiationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.57Q2 | 1.23 0.03 up from 2011 | 129 | 20% | $2,390 | ||
50Journal of Systems and Information TechnologyEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.54Q2 | 1.07 0.07 up from 2011 | 67 | 4% | — |
Subfields of Decision Sciences, compared.
- Management Science and Operations Research91
- Information Systems and Management31
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty28
- General Decision Sciences4
Journals
Citations made in 2012. Corpus-wide, 75.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
45 additional Decision Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2009–2011, 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: 2012. Publication window: 2009–2011. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 154
- Window papers (baseline)
- 81,051 +26.6% from indicator year 2009
- Median OJR
- 1.10 -12.5% from indicator year 2009
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2Comparison-group list (2)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2009–2011 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.