Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Decision Analysis
ISSN 1545-8490 · eISSN 1545-8504 · Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Decision Analysis: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.14; subscription journal; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Decision Analysis is published by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, Educational Robotics and Engineering and Economic and Environmental Valuation, together about 26.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Science and Operations Research. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences11.9%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science7.6%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.9%
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences5.8%
- Bayesian Modeling and Causal InferenceComputer Science5.7%
- Forecasting Techniques and ApplicationsDecision Sciences5.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.14LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 260OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 649 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1 | 25 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1 | 60 |
| 2023 | 28 | 4 | 125 |
| 2022 | 23 | 3 | 144 |
| 2021 | 27 | 6 | 256 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- ISSN
- 1545-8490
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-8504
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Decision Analysis
What CAS zone is Decision Analysis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Decision Analysis is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Decision Analysis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.14; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 56.
Which databases index Decision Analysis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Decision Analysis is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Decision Analysis open access, and what is the APC?
Decision Analysis is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .