Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Management Science and Operations Research journal rankings 2025
107 ranked journals · Subfield in Decision Sciences
Management Science and Operations Research has 107 ranked journals in 2025. The median OJR fell 0.07 on 2024 to 0.73, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.25. The highest-scoring journal with a stable rank is Decision Analytics Journal: its likely rank is within the top 3.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. 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 2022–2024, the window the 2025 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)
107 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | 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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #3 of 107Decision Analytics JournalOAElsevier BV · United States | 4.05Q1 | 12.21 0.55 up from 2024 | 435 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #4 of 107International Journal of Project ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.62Q1 | 7.39 0.59 down from 2024 | 180 | 65% | $3,200 | ||
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #5 of 107OmegaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.27Q1 | 7.48 0.77 down from 2024 | 456 | 33% | $4,030 | ||
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #7 of 107Project Leadership and SocietyOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.09Q1 | 5.64 2.17 down from 2024 | 113 | 100% | $2,270 | ||
Rank 5; likely between #3 and #10 of 107International Journal of ForecastingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.69Q1 | 3.60 1.96 down from 2024 | 285 | 52% | $2,800 | ||
Rank 6; likely between #4 and #7 of 107Socio-Economic Planning SciencesElsevier BV · United States | 2.65Q1 | 5.81 0.31 down from 2024 | 716 | 30% | $3,550 | ||
Rank 7; likely between #7 and #11 of 107Annals of Operations ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.21Q1 | 4.57 0.97 down from 2024 | 1,891 | 40% | $3,090 | ||
Rank 8; likely between #6 and #14 of 107International Journal of Managing Projects in BusinessEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 2.21Q1 | 4.97 0.57 up from 2024 | 128 | 43% | — | ||
Rank 9; likely between #6 and #12 of 107Journal of Management in EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.20Q1 | 5.80 0.63 down from 2024 | 281 | 6% | — | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 10; likely between #7 and #17 of 107Project Management JournalSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.02Q1 | 4.97 0.03 down from 2024 | 145 | 59% | $3,900 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 11; likely between #9 and #16 of 107SystemsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.91Q1 | 5.20 0.54 up from 2024 | 1,441 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
Rank 12; likely between #10 and #16 of 107Engineering Construction & Architectural ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 4.93 0.12 up from 2024 | 825 | 14% | — | ||
Rank 13; likely between #7 and #20 of 107ForecastingOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.89Q1 | 6.11 1.22 up from 2024 | 146 | 100% | $2,172 | ||
Rank 14; likely between #10 and #20 of 107Granular ComputingSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.77Q1 | 4.64 2.81 down from 2024 | 190 | — | $2,390 | ||
Rank 15; likely between #12 and #24 of 107Construction Management and EconomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 3.49 0.44 down from 2024 | 173 | 55% | — | ||
Rank 16; likely between #5 and #46 of 107Educational and Psychological MeasurementSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.63Q1 | 4.86 1.96 up from 2024 | 133 | 68% | $3,650 | ||
Rank 17; likely between #11 and #36 of 107System Dynamics ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 1.53Q1 | 4.60 1.98 up from 2024 | 78 | 67% | $3,270 | ||
Rank 18; likely between #7 and #50 of 107International Journal of Knowledge and Innovation StudiesPublisher not listed | 1.50Q1 | 3.63 4.67 down from 2024 | 30 | 77% | — | ||
Rank 19; likely between #10 and #41 of 107Operations Research PerspectivesOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.44Q1 | 3.08 2.26 down from 2024 | 87 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
Rank 20; likely between #16 and #33 of 107Decision Making Applications in Management and EngineeringOASerbia | 1.39Q1 | 3.35 2.73 down from 2024 | 163 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 21; likely between #14 and #39 of 107Journal of Financial Management of Property and ConstructionEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.38Q1 | 3.76 1.05 up from 2024 | 62 | 18% | — | ||
Rank 22; likely between #13 and #42 of 107EURO Journal on Decision ProcessesOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.38Q1 | 3.95 1.35 up from 2024 | 36 | 100% | $1,400 | ||
Rank 23; likely between #18 and #30 of 107Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 1.37Q1 | 2.81 0.14 up from 2024 | 517 | 14% | — | ||
Rank 24; likely between #18 and #37 of 107Built Environment Project and Asset ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.30Q1 | 3.71 0.45 up from 2024 | 155 | 30% | — | ||
Rank 25; likely between #18 and #35 of 107Operational ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.30Q1 | 3.19 0.10 up from 2024 | 202 | 21% | $3,190 | ||
Rank 26; likely between #15 and #43 of 107Group Decision and NegotiationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.29Q1 | 2.96 0.19 down from 2024 | 130 | 41% | $2,390 | ||
Rank 27; likely between #17 and #44 of 107Journal of Computational and Cognitive EngineeringOAPublisher not listed | 1.25Q1 | 2.79 4.99 down from 2024 | 143 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 28; likely between #11 and #68 of 107Futures & Foresight ScienceWiley · United States | 1.23Q2 | 2.96 1.03 up from 2024 | 70 | 75% | $3,460 | ||
Rank 29; likely between #9 and #62 of 107Journal of Intelligent Management DecisionPublisher not listed | 1.23Q2 | 3.63 5.94 down from 2024 | 53 | 96% | — | ||
Rank 30; likely between #18 and #46 of 107Grey Systems Theory and ApplicationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 4.00 0.39 up from 2024 | 95 | 4% | — | ||
Rank 31; likely between #24 and #41 of 107Journal of the Operational Research SocietyPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.15Q2 | 2.85 0.22 down from 2024 | 421 | 28% | — | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 32; likely between #17 and #57 of 107Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision AnalysisWiley · United Kingdom | 1.15Q2 | 2.13 1.37 down from 2024 | 46 | 72% | $2,900 | ||
Rank 33; likely between #20 and #45 of 107Journal of Productivity AnalysisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.15Q2 | 2.53 0.49 up from 2024 | 119 | 61% | $3,190 | ||
Rank 34; likely between #21 and #48 of 107Systemic Practice and Action ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.12Q2 | 2.34 0.02 up from 2024 | 109 | 56% | $3,290 | ||
Rank 35; likely between #17 and #57 of 107International Journal of TestingTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.10Q2 | 2.14 0.60 up from 2024 | 48 | 30% | — | ||
Rank 36; likely between #20 and #50 of 107Scandinavian Actuarial JournalTaylor & Francis · Sweden | 1.10Q2 | 2.03 0.38 up from 2024 | 115 | 51% | — | ||
Rank 37; likely between #19 and #55 of 107IMA Journal of Management MathematicsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 2.37 0.86 down from 2024 | 73 | 42% | $3,718 | ||
Rank 38; likely between #19 and #61 of 107Reports in Mechanical EngineeringOASerbia | 1.06Q2 | 4.03 1.85 down from 2024 | 42 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 39; likely between #27 and #46 of 107Insurance Mathematics and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.05Q2 | 1.72 0.54 down from 2024 | 239 | 55% | $3,270 | ||
Rank 40; likely between #23 and #55 of 107InformaticaIOS Press · Lithuania | 1.05Q2 | 3.32 0.04 up from 2024 | 115 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 41; likely between #15 and #74 of 107Management System EngineeringOASpringer Science+Business Media | 1.00Q2 | 1.74 0.30 down from 2024 | 33 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 42; likely between #25 and #59 of 107Journal of Operational and Strategic AnalyticsPublisher not listed | 1.00Q2 | 2.15 1.61 down from 2024 | 46 | 88% | — | ||
Rank 43; likely between #27 and #56 of 107Journal of Educational and Behavioral StatisticsSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.97Q2 | 1.95 0.44 down from 2024 | 118 | 36% | $2,500 | ||
Rank 44; likely between #33 and #53 of 107Systems Research and Behavioral ScienceWiley | 0.94Q2 | 2.07 0.73 down from 2024 | 271 | 60% | $3,190 | ||
Rank 45; likely between #30 and #65 of 107Journal of SimulationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.87Q2 | 2.15 0.33 down from 2024 | 126 | 35% | — | ||
Rank 46; likely between #30 and #67 of 107Applied Measurement in EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.86Q2 | 1.65 0.28 down from 2024 | 66 | 29% | — | ||
Rank 47; likely between #35 and #66 of 107British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.85Q2 | 1.97 0.08 down from 2024 | 103 | 81% | $3,400 | ||
Rank 48; likely between #33 and #66 of 107Mathematics of Operations ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 0.84Q2 | 1.35 0.73 down from 2024 | 365 | 14% | — | ||
Rank 49; likely between #35 and #66 of 107INFORMS Journal on OptimizationOAInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 0.84Q2 | 1.83 0.34 down from 2024 | 48 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 50; likely between #19 and #86 of 107Advances in Fuzzy SystemsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 0.82Q2 | 2.11 0.63 up from 2024 | 32 | 100% | $1,000 |
0 Management Science and Operations Research journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
No rising journals in this list.
10 Management Science and Operations Research journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1Journal of Interdisciplinary MathematicsTaylor & Francis · India-68% vs groupOJR 0.59 → 0.18range -77% to -56%
- 2Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy SystemsIOS Press · Netherlands-53% vs groupOJR 0.76 → 0.35range -57% to -50%
- 3International Journal of Information Technology & Decision MakingWorld Scientific · Singapore-56% vs groupOJR 1.76 → 0.76range -69% to -37%
- 4Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and ConstructionAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States-39% vs groupOJR 1.09 → 0.65range -55% to -16%
- 5Canadian Journal of Program EvaluationUniversity of Toronto Press · Canada-46% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.24range -68% to -9.7%
- 6Project Management JournalSAGE Publishing · United States-29% vs groupOJR 2.93 → 2.02range -46% to -7.9%
- 7Journal of Management in EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States-20% vs groupOJR 2.83 → 2.20range -33% to -3.8%
- 8International Journal of Information and Decision SciencesInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom-63% vs groupOJR 0.34 → 0.12range -86% to -3.4%
- 9Journal of the Operational Research SocietyPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom-20% vs groupOJR 1.48 → 1.15range -34% to -2.2%
- 10The Journal of Financial Data ScienceUnited States-45% vs groupOJR 0.69 → 0.37range -69% to -1.1%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -87% to +694% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Decision Sciences, with Management Science and Operations Research highlighted.
- Management Science and Operations Research107
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty43
- Information Systems and Management28
- General Decision Sciences6
Journals
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
26 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 2022–2024, 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: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 107
- Window papers (baseline)
- 66,416 +13.3% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.73 -12.8% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 0
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.