Journal rankings · indicator year 2017
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Field ranking · 2017
Decision Sciences journal rankings 2017
191 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Decision Sciences has 191 ranked journals in 2017. The median OJR fell 0.10 on 2016 to 0.85, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.54. The top three are Granular Computing, International Journal of Project Management, and Operations Research Perspectives.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2017. 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 2014–2016, the window the 2017 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 2016. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2014–2016, the window the 2017 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2014–2016 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 2008 to 2017. | Compare |
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1Granular ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 13.64Q1 | 20.22 17.03 down from 2016 | 32 | 45% | $2,390 | ||
2International Journal of Project ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.74Q1 | 5.82 0.78 up from 2016 | 359 | 37% | $3,200 | ||
3Operations Research PerspectivesOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.63Q1 | 7.23 4.28 up from 2016 | 32 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
4OmegaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.54Q1 | 5.29 0.71 up from 2016 | 366 | 27% | $4,030 | ||
5Business Ethics A European ReviewWiley · United States | 3.99Q1 | 3.83 0.43 up from 2016 | 96 | 20% | $3,800 | ||
6Journal of Business EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.87Q1 | 2.45 0.17 up from 2016 | 1,325 | 32% | $3,790 | ||
7Reliability Engineering & System SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.36Q1 | 4.91 1.27 up from 2016 | 733 | 27% | $4,830 | ||
8Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 3.15Q1 | 2.87 0.42 up from 2016 | 352 | 23% | — | ||
9Journal of the Association for Information Science and TechnologyWiley · United States | 3.14Q1 | 4.03 0.57 up from 2016 | 662 | 29% | $3,310 | ||
10International Journal of ForecastingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.11Q1 | 3.06 0.68 up from 2016 | 268 | 40% | $2,800 | ||
11Research EvaluationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.10Q1 | 3.47 0.72 up from 2016 | 108 | 59% | $3,470 | ||
12Theoretical EconomicsOAEconometric Society · United States | 3.01Q1 | 2.46 0.16 down from 2016 | 93 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
13Structural SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.00Q1 | 4.00 1.03 up from 2016 | 162 | 29% | $4,430 | ||
14Group Decision and NegotiationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.99Q1 | 2.44 0.35 up from 2016 | 131 | 33% | $2,390 | ||
15Journal of Management in EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.42Q1 | 2.85 0.50 up from 2016 | 227 | 15% | — | ||
16Project Management JournalSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.29Q1 | 2.23 0.33 down from 2016 | 217 | 20% | $3,900 | ||
17Socio-Economic Planning SciencesElsevier BV · United States | 2.28Q1 | 2.33 0.33 up from 2016 | 81 | 18% | $3,550 | ||
18Decision AnalysisInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 2.17Q1 | 1.51 0.26 up from 2016 | 67 | 27% | — | ||
19Administração Ensino e PesquisaOAAssociação Nacional dos Cursos de Graduação em Administração · Brazil | 2.15Q1 | 0.35 1.04 down from 2016 | 72 | 100% | — | ||
20Construction Management and EconomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.13Q1 | 1.78 0.20 down from 2016 | 210 | 48% | — | ||
21PublicationsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.10Q1 | 1.84 0.34 up from 2016 | 57 | 100% | $1,689 | ||
22INFORMS journal on computingInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | 2.08Q1 | 2.18 0.10 up from 2016 | 160 | 20% | — | ||
23International Journal of Mobile CommunicationsInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 2.06Q1 | 1.54 1.15 down from 2016 | 116 | 4% | — | ||
24Journal of Educational and Behavioral StatisticsSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.06Q1 | 2.30 0.74 down from 2016 | 94 | 14% | $2,500 | ||
25Judgment and Decision MakingOACambridge University Press · United States | 2.04Q1 | 3.48 1.24 up from 2016 | 167 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
26Journal of Productivity AnalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.03Q1 | 1.64 0.36 up from 2016 | 102 | 34% | $3,190 | ||
27Engineering Construction & Architectural ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 2.06 0.05 down from 2016 | 118 | 25% | — | ||
28Journal of Science and Technology Policy ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 2.18 0.85 up from 2016 | 48 | 6% | — | ||
29International Journal of Technology and Human InteractionOAIGI Global · United States | 1.92Q1 | 1.78 0.71 up from 2016 | 73 | 11% | — | ||
30Journal of InformetricsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.90Q1 | 3.61 0.07 down from 2016 | 264 | 45% | $3,220 | ||
31Journal of Systems and Information TechnologyEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.78Q1 | 1.85 0.66 up from 2016 | 61 | 17% | — | ||
32ScientometricsSpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Hungary | 1.77Q1 | 2.86 0.18 up from 2016 | 930 | 33% | $3,190 | ||
33International Journal of Managing Projects in BusinessEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 2.06 0.64 up from 2016 | 125 | 27% | — | ||
34EvaluationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 2.25 0.36 up from 2016 | 116 | 33% | $3,650 | ||
35Annals of Operations ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.72Q1 | 1.97 0.36 up from 2016 | 859 | 31% | $3,090 | ||
36Journal of Clinical EpidemiologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.68Q1 | 3.76 0.25 down from 2016 | 732 | 54% | $4,210 | ||
37Learned PublishingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 1.62 0.20 down from 2016 | 145 | 86% | $2,080 | ||
38Journal of the Operational Research SocietyPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.66Q1 | 1.61 0.28 up from 2016 | 387 | 29% | — | ||
39Insurance Mathematics and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.65Q1 | 1.40 0.28 down from 2016 | 404 | 33% | $3,270 | ||
40SystemsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.63Q1 | 1.88 0.46 up from 2016 | 86 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
41Journal of SimulationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.62Q1 | 1.77 0.02 up from 2016 | 101 | 24% | — | ||
42Educational Measurement Issues and PracticeWiley · United Kingdom | 1.61Q1 | 1.42 0.17 up from 2016 | 89 | 31% | $3,240 | ||
43DecisionAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.60Q1 | 2.48 0.50 up from 2016 | 63 | 46% | — | ||
44ACM Transactions on Economics and ComputationAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.59Q1 | 1.52 0.11 up from 2016 | 76 | 39% | — | ||
45Built Environment Project and Asset ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 1.87 0.57 up from 2016 | 99 | 32% | — | ||
46Research Synthesis MethodsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.56Q1 | 3.13 0.07 down from 2016 | 95 | 49% | $3,020 | ||
47Mathematics of Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 1.56Q1 | 1.31 0.55 down from 2016 | 186 | 44% | — | ||
48Computing in Science & EngineeringAIP Publishing | 1.54Q1 | 0.96 0.71 down from 2016 | 312 | 18% | $2,995 | ||
49Probabilistic Engineering MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.54Q2 | 2.31 0.70 up from 2016 | 147 | 19% | $3,370 | ||
50Journal of Educational MeasurementWiley · United Kingdom | 1.53Q2 | 1.34 0.11 down from 2016 | 81 | 19% | $3,040 |
Subfields of Decision Sciences, compared.
- Management Science and Operations Research111
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty40
- Information Systems and Management35
- General Decision Sciences5
Journals
Citations made in 2017. Corpus-wide, 77.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
41 additional Decision Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2014–2016, 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: 2017. Publication window: 2014–2016. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 191
- Window papers (baseline)
- 106,896 +13.4% from indicator year 2014
- Median OJR
- 0.85 -12.6% from indicator year 2014
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2Comparison-group list (2)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2014–2016 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.