Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Subfield ranking · 2023
Management Science and Operations Research journal rankings 2023
108 ranked journals · Subfield in Decision Sciences
Management Science and Operations Research has 108 ranked journals in 2023. The median journal has an OJR of 0.79, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.05 on 2022; Q1 starts at OJR 1.24. The top three are Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering, Decision Making Applications in Management and Engineering, and Decision Analytics Journal.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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 Decision Sciences (4)
108 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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1Journal of Computational and Cognitive EngineeringOAPublisher not listed | 5.27Q1 | 12.64 4.44 up from 2022 | 73 | 100% | — | ||
| 5.04Q1 | 11.84 5.99 down from 2022 | 71 | 100% | — | |||
3Decision Analytics JournalOAElsevier BV · United States | 3.96Q1 | 10.88 1.34 up from 2022 | 93 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
4International Journal of Project ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.83Q1 | 8.87 0.44 up from 2022 | 203 | 59% | $3,200 | ||
5Project Leadership and SocietyOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.55Q1 | 8.06 1.92 up from 2022 | 66 | 100% | $2,270 | ||
6Socio-Economic Planning SciencesElsevier BV · United States | 3.04Q1 | 7.30 0.09 down from 2022 | 535 | 45% | $3,550 | ||
| 3.02Q1 | 7.36 3.51 up from 2022 | 36 | 100% | — | |||
8OmegaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.93Q1 | 8.15 1.15 up from 2022 | 394 | 39% | $4,030 | ||
9International Journal of ForecastingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.75Q1 | 4.76 0.69 down from 2022 | 354 | 48% | $2,800 | ||
10Project Management JournalSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.64Q1 | 5.90 0.16 down from 2022 | 124 | 39% | $3,900 | ||
11Reports in Mechanical EngineeringOASerbia | 2.59Q1 | 9.55 0.57 down from 2022 | 61 | 100% | — | ||
12Journal of Management in EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.45Q1 | 6.43 1.16 down from 2022 | 368 | 20% | — | ||
13Economics Management and Financial MarketsUnited States | 2.44Q1 | 6.95 3.95 down from 2022 | 64 | 0% | — | ||
14Annals of Operations ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.43Q1 | 5.78 0.07 up from 2022 | 1,522 | 47% | $3,090 | ||
15Granular ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 2.37Q1 | 7.48 0.61 up from 2022 | 144 | 14% | $2,390 | ||
16International Journal of Managing Projects in BusinessEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 4.04 0.09 up from 2022 | 161 | 43% | — | ||
17Operations Research PerspectivesOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.77Q1 | 4.90 1.49 up from 2022 | 98 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
18Engineering Construction & Architectural ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.77Q1 | 4.70 0.18 down from 2022 | 731 | 16% | — | ||
19Construction Management and EconomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.77Q1 | 4.05 0.25 up from 2022 | 171 | 62% | — | ||
20Group Decision and NegotiationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.48Q1 | 3.99 0.50 up from 2022 | 146 | 38% | $2,390 | ||
21Operational ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.46Q1 | 3.20 0.28 up from 2022 | 195 | 41% | $3,190 | ||
22ForecastingOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.43Q1 | 4.24 0.51 up from 2022 | 142 | 100% | $2,172 | ||
23SystemsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.41Q1 | 3.47 0.60 up from 2022 | 426 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
| 1.39Q1 | 2.52 0.86 down from 2022 | 251 | 66% | $3,190 | |||
25InformaticaIOS Press · Lithuania | 1.33Q1 | 4.15 0.51 up from 2022 | 117 | 100% | — | ||
26Journal of the Operational Research SocietyPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.33Q1 | 2.79 0.79 down from 2022 | 491 | 25% | — | ||
27Educational and Psychological MeasurementSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.24Q1 | 2.46 0.84 down from 2022 | 161 | 100% | $3,650 | ||
28International Journal of Information Technology & Decision MakingWorld Scientific · Singapore | 1.20Q2 | 2.53 1.86 down from 2022 | 262 | 11% | — | ||
29Construction Economics and BuildingOAUTS ePRESS · Australia | 1.18Q2 | 3.28 1.05 up from 2022 | 84 | 100% | — | ||
30British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 2.04 0.31 down from 2022 | 84 | 63% | $3,400 | ||
31Built Environment Project and Asset ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.15Q2 | 2.87 0.50 down from 2022 | 152 | 24% | — | ||
32Geopolitics History and International RelationsOAUnited States | 1.12Q2 | 3.45 2.67 down from 2022 | 61 | 100% | — | ||
33Journal of Financial Management of Property and ConstructionEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 2.18 0.63 down from 2022 | 77 | 22% | — | ||
34American Journal of EvaluationSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.11Q2 | 2.05 0.66 down from 2022 | 116 | 44% | $3,650 | ||
35Journal of Productivity AnalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.06Q2 | 2.44 0.63 up from 2022 | 84 | 59% | $3,190 | ||
36Journal of SimulationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.01Q2 | 1.99 1.36 down from 2022 | 119 | 39% | — | ||
37Grey Systems Theory and ApplicationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.99Q2 | 3.55 0.72 up from 2022 | 130 | 7% | — | ||
38Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 0.99Q2 | 2.11 0.19 down from 2022 | 528 | 23% | — | ||
39Educational Measurement Issues and PracticeWiley · United Kingdom | 0.99Q2 | 2.00 0.03 down from 2022 | 182 | 53% | $3,240 | ||
40System Dynamics ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 0.98Q2 | 2.10 2.70 down from 2022 | 61 | 66% | $3,270 | ||
41Systemic Practice and Action ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.97Q2 | 1.74no change | 108 | 64% | $3,290 | ||
42EvaluationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 2.55 0.12 up from 2022 | 94 | 64% | $3,650 | ||
43Insurance Mathematics and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.90Q2 | 1.77 0.07 down from 2022 | 322 | 43% | $3,270 | ||
44IMA Journal of Management MathematicsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.90Q2 | 2.68 0.99 up from 2022 | 90 | 56% | $3,718 | ||
45Decision AnalysisInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 0.90Q2 | 2.32 0.08 up from 2022 | 61 | 11% | — | ||
46International Journal of TestingTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.87Q2 | 1.33 0.51 down from 2022 | 32 | 36% | — | ||
47Journal of Educational and Behavioral StatisticsSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.86Q2 | 2.44 0.01 down from 2022 | 74 | 45% | $2,500 | ||
48American Journal of Medical ResearchUnited States | 0.86Q2 | 2.75 0.15 up from 2022 | 60 | 0% | — | ||
49Fuzzy Information and EngineeringOATaylor & Francis · Germany | 0.85Q2 | 2.16 0.75 up from 2022 | 89 | 100% | $472 | ||
50The Journal of Financial Data ScienceUnited States | 0.84Q2 | 0.87 0.63 down from 2022 | 111 | 14% | — |
Subfields of Decision Sciences, with Management Science and Operations Research highlighted.
- Management Science and Operations Research108
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty42
- Information Systems and Management33
- General Decision Sciences6
Journals
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
35 additional Management Science and Operations Research journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 108
- Window papers (baseline)
- 60,324 +18.0% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.79 -7.3% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 0
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 60 | 60 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 80 | 91 | 102 | 104 | 109 | 108 | 111 | 110 | 105 | 104 | 107 | 110 | 108 | 105 | 107 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 15,060 | 15,808 | 16,708 | 18,151 | 19,749 | 21,233 | 22,727 | 24,861 | 27,663 | 30,445 | 32,471 | 34,782 | 38,007 | 40,888 | 43,678 | 45,775 | 47,093 | 47,016 | 46,629 | 48,061 | 51,107 | 55,003 | 58,629 | 60,324 | 62,136 | 66,416 | |
| Median OJR | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.097 | 1.09 | 1.05 | 1.16 | 1.37 | 1.35 | 1.43 | 1.31 | 1.128 | 1.19 | 1.125 | 1.12 | 1.08 | 1.103 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.95 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.73 |
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.