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Decision Science Letters
ISSN 1929-5804 · eISSN 1929-5812 · Growing Science · Canada
Decision Science Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 85 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Decision Science Letters is published by Growing Science 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 Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization, together about 27.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Decision Science Letters: A peer-reviewed journal publishing research on multiple criteria decision making (MCDM), optimization methods, decision analysis, industrial engineering applications, operations research, and management science for informed decision-making.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Decision Sciences-Decision Sciences (all)
Editor-in-chief Ahmad MakuiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named India 8, Iran 4, United States 2, Italy 2, Canada 2 (26 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences14.6%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.4%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering6.2%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences4.5%
- Organizational and Employee PerformanceComputer Science4.5%
- Vehicle Routing Optimization MethodsEngineering4%
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 | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2024
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2024
- 0.26Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2024
- 0.58Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 216OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 87LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 756 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 91 | 91 | 82 |
| 2025 | 85 | 85 | 134 |
| 2024 | 78 | 78 | 210 |
| 2023 | 73 | 73 | 422 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | 435 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 489 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright
- Authorship
Originality required; no simultaneous submission or prior publication in any language. Model summary
The submitted work should not have been published previously somewhere else. The authors do not have the permission to submit their work to two or more places, simultaneously. Also, the papers should not have been published in any other languages before.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest disclosure required from all authors. Model summary
All authors are asked to reveal any potential conflict of interest with other people or organizations within few years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Authors retain copyright; CC BY licence applies. Model summary
The authors retain the copyright of the accepted articles so they are able to reuse their work in any way. Also We use CC BY licence
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Growing Science
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1929-5804
- Electronic ISSN
- 1929-5812
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Decision Science Letters
What CAS zone is Decision Science Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Decision Science Letters is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Operations Research & Management Science. 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 Science Letters?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Decision Science Letters?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Decision Science Letters based?
Of the 26 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (8), Iran (4) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Decision Science Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Decision Science Letters is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Decision Science Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Decision Science Letters is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .