Journal rankings · indicator year 2021
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Subfield ranking · 2021
Management Information Systems journal rankings 2021
83 ranked journals · Subfield in Business, Management and Accounting
Management Information Systems has 83 ranked journals in 2021. The median journal has an OJR of 0.75, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2020; Q1 starts at OJR 1.91. The top three are The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, and MIS Quarterly Executive.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2021. 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 2018–2020, the window the 2021 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 of Business, Management and Accounting (9)
83 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 2020. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2018–2020, the window the 2021 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2018–2020 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 2012 to 2021. | Compare |
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1The Journal of Strategic Information SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 11.03Q1 | 21.43 7.40 up from 2020 | 66 | 35% | $4,160 | ||
2International Journal of Accounting Information SystemsElsevier BV · United States | 5.36Q1 | 7.97 0.63 up from 2020 | 53 | 30% | $4,130 | ||
3MIS Quarterly ExecutiveIndiana University Press · United States | 4.61Q1 | 9.77 4.16 up from 2020 | 36 | 30% | — | ||
4Journal of Management AnalyticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.30Q1 | 8.32 2.91 up from 2020 | 78 | 9% | — | ||
5Business & Information Systems EngineeringSpringer Nature · Germany | 3.84Q1 | 6.42 1.06 up from 2020 | 145 | 85% | $4,090 | ||
6Information Systems ManagementTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.62Q1 | 6.33 3.79 up from 2020 | 96 | 38% | — | ||
7Manufacturing & Service Operations ManagementInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 3.38Q1 | 5.85 0.10 up from 2020 | 272 | 17% | — | ||
8Journal of Information Technology Case and Application ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.31Q1 | 6.53 1.24 up from 2020 | 41 | 25% | — | ||
9Critical Perspectives on AccountingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.25Q1 | 5.17 1.18 up from 2020 | 135 | 52% | $4,460 | ||
10International Journal of Lean Six SigmaEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 3.13Q1 | 7.00 2.16 up from 2020 | 135 | 23% | — | ||
11Accounting Auditing & Accountability JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 3.13Q1 | 5.01 0.87 up from 2020 | 319 | 62% | — | ||
12Business Process Management JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 3.03Q1 | 4.91 0.39 up from 2020 | 268 | 14% | — | ||
13Decision SciencesWiley · United States | 2.91Q1 | 5.00 2.22 up from 2020 | 173 | 23% | $3,090 | ||
14The TQM JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 5.90 1.85 up from 2020 | 264 | 24% | — | ||
15Management Accounting ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.60Q1 | 3.45 0.76 up from 2020 | 49 | 46% | $3,690 | ||
16Information Systems and e-Business ManagementSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.57Q1 | 4.02 2.12 up from 2020 | 80 | 49% | $3,090 | ||
17Production and Operations ManagementWiley · United States | 2.42Q1 | 4.19 0.33 up from 2020 | 467 | 18% | $3,900 | ||
18Total Quality Management & Business ExcellenceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 3.84 0.46 up from 2020 | 265 | 21% | — | ||
19Journal of Accounting & Organizational ChangeEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 2.83 0.68 up from 2020 | 101 | 24% | — | ||
20IEEE Engineering Management ReviewInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.91Q1 | 4.47 2.61 up from 2020 | 327 | 50% | $2,645 | ||
21International Journal of Quality & Reliability ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 3.62 0.19 up from 2020 | 332 | 17% | — | ||
22Journal of Management ControlSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.84Q2 | 3.82 0.85 up from 2020 | 53 | 62% | $3,190 | ||
23Qualitative Research in Accounting & ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.62Q2 | 2.13 0.17 up from 2020 | 75 | 39% | — | ||
24Communications of the Association for Information SystemsAssociation for Information Systems · United States | 1.60Q2 | 2.53 0.79 up from 2020 | 206 | 51% | — | ||
25Journal of Business AnalyticsTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.51Q2 | 1.16 1.34 down from 2020 | 36 | 33% | — | ||
26Journal of Decision SystemTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.36Q2 | 2.33 0.11 down from 2020 | 121 | 7% | — | ||
27International Journal of Enterprise Information SystemsOAIGI Global · United States | 1.22Q2 | 1.75 0.38 down from 2020 | 90 | 9% | — | ||
28Pacific Asia journal of the Association for Information SystemsAssociation for Information Systems · United States | 1.16Q2 | 1.84 0.28 up from 2020 | 55 | 68% | — | ||
29Naval Research Logistics (NRL)Wiley · United States | 1.09Q2 | 2.19 0.41 up from 2020 | 162 | 31% | $3,700 | ||
30Business Information ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.09Q2 | 2.04 0.75 up from 2020 | 69 | 38% | $3,400 | ||
31Stochastic SystemsOAInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 1.07Q2 | 1.28 0.61 up from 2020 | 58 | 100% | — | ||
32Paradigm A Management Research JournalSAGE Publishing · India | 1.07Q2 | 1.59 0.55 up from 2020 | 40 | 17% | $3,400 | ||
33Information Resources Management JournalIGI Global · United States | 1.03Q2 | 1.84 0.22 up from 2020 | 48 | 10% | — | ||
34OPSEARCHSpringer Science+Business Media · India | 1.02Q2 | 2.23 0.64 up from 2020 | 156 | 10% | $3,290 | ||
35International Journal of Health Care Quality AssuranceEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.97Q2 | 1.94 0.41 up from 2020 | 226 | 29% | — | ||
36Journal of Systems Science and Systems EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.96Q2 | 1.88 0.26 up from 2020 | 112 | 11% | $3,890 | ||
37International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and InnovationIGI Global · United States | 0.87Q2 | 0.84 0.40 down from 2020 | 31 | 8% | — | ||
38International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic TourismOAInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.84Q2 | 0.52 0.04 down from 2020 | 44 | 100% | — | ||
39Journal of Information Technology Teaching CasesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.81Q2 | 1.35 0.50 up from 2020 | 41 | 14% | $3,400 | ||
40Social and Environmental Accountability JournalRoutledge · United Kingdom | 0.81Q2 | 1.63 0.18 up from 2020 | 69 | 25% | — | ||
41International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive AdvantageInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.77Q2 | 1.30 0.48 up from 2020 | 76 | 0% | — | ||
42RAIRO - Operations ResearchOAEDP Sciences · France | 0.75Q2 | 1.72 0.19 up from 2020 | 379 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
| 0.70Q3 | 1.51 0.62 up from 2020 | 53 | 95% | — | |||
44Queueing SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.69Q3 | 1.18 0.15 down from 2020 | 107 | 64% | $3,090 | ||
45Accounting HistorySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.66Q3 | 1.17 0.21 up from 2020 | 93 | 28% | $3,650 | ||
46Accounting History ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.65Q3 | 1.03 0.20 up from 2020 | 46 | 13% | $3,175 | ||
47International Journal of Business Intelligence ResearchOAIGI Global · United States | 0.62Q3 | 1.05 0.14 up from 2020 | 33 | 100% | — | ||
48Journal of Industrial and Management OptimizationOAAmerican Institute of Mathematical Sciences · United States | 0.61Q3 | 1.26 0.21 down from 2020 | 516 | 100% | — | ||
49International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain ManagementOAIGI Global · United States | 0.60Q3 | 1.85 0.32 up from 2020 | 61 | 57% | — | ||
50Transportation JournalPenn State University Press · United States | 0.55Q3 | 1.41 0.16 up from 2020 | 55 | 0% | $2,940 |
Subfields of Business, Management and Accounting, with Management Information Systems highlighted.
- Strategy and Management210
- Accounting141
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management137
- Management Information Systems83
- Marketing82
- Management of Technology and Innovation63
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management7
- Business and International Management5
- Industrial relations0
Journals
Citations made in 2021. Corpus-wide, 87.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
47 additional Management Information Systems journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2018–2020, 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: 2021. Publication window: 2018–2020. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 83
- Window papers (baseline)
- 46,764 +23.4% from indicator year 2018
- Median OJR
- 0.75 +3.8% from indicator year 2018
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2018–2020 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 |
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| Ranked journals | 34 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 82 | 85 | 83 | 87 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 77 | 76 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 10,407 | 11,161 | 12,022 | 13,228 | 14,582 | 16,284 | 18,177 | 20,248 | 22,053 | 23,610 | 24,969 | 26,424 | 28,643 | 30,445 | 32,564 | 34,174 | 35,719 | 36,323 | 37,898 | 40,140 | 44,090 | 46,764 | 48,862 | 48,436 | 51,699 | 62,635 | |
| Median OJR | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.97 | 0.93 | 1.069 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 1.10 | 1.09 | 0.94 | 1.054 | 1.072 | 1.01 | 1.052 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.727 | 0.720 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.719 | 0.79 | 0.728 |
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.