Journal rankings · indicator year 2020
Choose a field to open its ranking, or a journal to find its row in its subfield’s list.
Field ranking · 2020
Decision Sciences journal rankings 2020
185 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Decision Sciences has 185 ranked journals in 2020. The median journal has an OJR of 0.90, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2019; Q1 starts at OJR 1.44. The top three are Decision Making Applications in Management and Engineering, International Journal of Project Management, and Journal of Business Ethics.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2020. 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 2017–2019, the window the 2020 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)
Up to Social Sciences185 ranked journals
Filters
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 2019. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2017–2019 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 2011 to 2020. | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.38Q1 | 9.28 3.43 down from 2019 | 46 | 100% | — | |||
2International Journal of Project ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.22Q1 | 8.92 0.21 down from 2019 | 238 | 39% | $3,200 | ||
3Journal of Business EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 4.08Q1 | 4.70 1.53 up from 2019 | 946 | 40% | $3,790 | ||
4Journal of Information Systems and Technology ManagementOAUniversity of São Paulo · Brazil | 3.98Q1 | 2.33 1.10 down from 2019 | 47 | 100% | — | ||
5Business Ethics A European ReviewWiley · United States | 3.71Q1 | 6.11 2.29 up from 2019 | 110 | 27% | $3,800 | ||
6OmegaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.59Q1 | 6.38 0.51 up from 2019 | 419 | 25% | $4,030 | ||
7Project Management JournalSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.94Q1 | 4.90 1.35 up from 2019 | 145 | 49% | $3,900 | ||
8International Journal of ForecastingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.92Q1 | 4.85 1.06 up from 2019 | 320 | 48% | $2,800 | ||
9Journal of InformetricsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.91Q1 | 5.74 0.74 up from 2019 | 277 | 39% | $3,220 | ||
10Journal of Science and Technology Policy ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 2.83Q1 | 4.00 0.33 down from 2019 | 105 | 9% | — | ||
11Journal of Management in EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.72Q1 | 7.24 2.76 up from 2019 | 236 | 20% | — | ||
12Reliability Engineering & System SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.68Q1 | 6.33 0.26 up from 2019 | 1,006 | 30% | $4,830 | ||
13Operations Research PerspectivesOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.50Q1 | 4.53 1.85 up from 2019 | 96 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
14Socio-Economic Planning SciencesElsevier BV · United States | 2.43Q1 | 3.32 0.48 down from 2019 | 203 | 30% | $3,550 | ||
15Interdisciplinary Journal of Information Knowledge and ManagementOAInforming Science Institute · United States | 2.42Q1 | 3.69 1.09 up from 2019 | 58 | 100% | — | ||
16Behavioural Public PolicyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 2.76 1.36 down from 2019 | 108 | 45% | $3,550 | ||
17Journal of Data and Information ScienceOAChinese Academy of Sciences · China | 2.19Q1 | 2.62 1.26 down from 2019 | 65 | 100% | — | ||
18Research Synthesis MethodsWiley · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 6.22 0.09 down from 2019 | 143 | 65% | $3,020 | ||
19Structural SafetyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.15Q1 | 5.63 1.05 up from 2019 | 182 | 27% | $4,430 | ||
20Journal of Systems and Information TechnologyEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 2.66 0.85 up from 2019 | 56 | 12% | — | ||
21Construction Management and EconomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 3.38 0.24 up from 2019 | 175 | 49% | — | ||
22Research Integrity and Peer ReviewOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.01Q1 | 4.71 1.48 up from 2019 | 56 | 100% | $2,490 | ||
23International Journal of TestingTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.00Q1 | 2.00 0.23 down from 2019 | 51 | 0% | — | ||
24Engineering Construction & Architectural ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 3.85 0.26 up from 2019 | 357 | 28% | — | ||
25Journal of the Association for Information Science and TechnologyWiley · United States | 1.95Q1 | 3.04 0.06 down from 2019 | 436 | 37% | $3,310 | ||
26Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 1.92Q1 | 3.08 0.33 up from 2019 | 313 | 32% | — | ||
27Thinking & ReasoningTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 4.45 1.61 up from 2019 | 75 | 30% | — | ||
28SystemsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.73Q1 | 3.65 1.57 up from 2019 | 151 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
29Research EvaluationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 2.88 0.07 up from 2019 | 125 | 67% | $3,470 | ||
30Group Decision and NegotiationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.70Q1 | 3.20 1.42 up from 2019 | 120 | 28% | $2,390 | ||
31Annals of Operations ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.69Q1 | 3.09 0.24 up from 2019 | 1,071 | 33% | $3,090 | ||
32British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.69Q1 | 3.08 0.19 up from 2019 | 100 | 46% | $3,400 | ||
33ScientometricsSpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Hungary | 1.67Q1 | 3.65 0.10 up from 2019 | 1,042 | 44% | $3,190 | ||
34Granular ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.64Q1 | 3.80 2.04 down from 2019 | 166 | 22% | $2,390 | ||
35Journal of the Operational Research SocietyPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 2.68 0.19 up from 2019 | 523 | 27% | — | ||
36International Journal of Managing Projects in BusinessEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.58Q1 | 2.73 0.35 down from 2019 | 201 | 21% | — | ||
37EvaluationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.57Q1 | 3.20 1.42 up from 2019 | 104 | 36% | $3,650 | ||
38Journal of Financial Management of Property and ConstructionEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.56Q1 | 1.89 0.06 up from 2019 | 62 | 22% | — | ||
39Economics Management and Financial MarketsUnited States | 1.54Q1 | 2.89 1.68 up from 2019 | 91 | 0% | — | ||
40Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social SciencesOAUniversity of Arizona Libraries · United States | 1.51Q1 | 0.43 0.51 down from 2019 | 30 | 100% | — | ||
41Journal of MultiDisciplinary EvaluationOASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.49Q1 | 1.00 1.17 down from 2019 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
42Applied Measurement in EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.49Q1 | 2.27 0.58 up from 2019 | 71 | 3% | — | ||
43Journal of Clinical EpidemiologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.47Q1 | 4.69 0.03 down from 2019 | 742 | 62% | $4,210 | ||
44Learned PublishingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.47Q1 | 2.46 0.41 up from 2019 | 171 | 33% | $2,080 | ||
45International Journal of Information Technology & Decision MakingWorld Scientific · Singapore | 1.46Q1 | 2.51 0.17 up from 2019 | 179 | 18% | — | ||
46Journal of Productivity AnalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.46Q1 | 1.93 0.01 up from 2019 | 79 | 5% | $3,190 | ||
47Insurance Mathematics and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.44Q1 | 1.99 0.23 up from 2019 | 294 | 38% | $3,270 | ||
48Probabilistic Engineering MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.41Q2 | 3.93 0.99 up from 2019 | 82 | 37% | $3,370 | ||
49Judgment and Decision MakingOACambridge University Press · United States | 1.41Q2 | 2.77 0.36 down from 2019 | 193 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
50Journal of Educational and Behavioral StatisticsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.40Q2 | 2.61 0.70 up from 2019 | 96 | 33% | $2,500 |
Subfields of Decision Sciences, compared.
- Management Science and Operations Research104
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty41
- Information Systems and Management34
- General Decision Sciences6
Journals
Citations made in 2020. Corpus-wide, 86.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
59 additional Decision Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2017–2019, 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: 2020. Publication window: 2017–2019. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 185
- Window papers (baseline)
- 118,509 +10.9% from indicator year 2017
- Median OJR
- 0.90 +5.3% from indicator year 2017
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2Comparison-group list (2)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2017–2019 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.