Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Decision Sciences
ISSN 0011-7315 · eISSN 1540-5915 · Wiley-Blackwell
Decision Sciences: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 352 days to acceptance (41 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 4% (journal website); 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Decision Sciences is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing and Quality and Supply Management, together about 26.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Management Science and Operations Research. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal focuses on theoretical, empirical and methodological investigations of managerial decisions that drive business productivity and success. Such research can be methodologically focused on quantitative approaches, on qualitative methods, or can take the form of insightful reviews and commentaries on best practices in business research. In the tradition of the Institutes interdisciplinary heritage, Decision Sciences Journal dedicates itself to the interdisciplinary investigation of managerial decision making in the recognition that important managerial decision making takes place in a range of critical business areas, including Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Systems, International Business, Logistics, Management, Marketing, Operations, Production and the Supply Chain. We are particularly interested in Analytics as an emerging synthesis of sophisticated methodology and large data systems used to guide managerial decision making in an increasingly complex business environment. Further refinement of the journal’s scope can be found in the department mission statements here: https://decisionsciencejournal.github.io/editorial_board/.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editor-in-chief Nagesh MurthyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting14%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting6.8%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering5.3%
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences4.9%
- Complex Systems and Decision MakingDecision Sciences4.2%
- Forecasting Techniques and ApplicationsDecision Sciences4.2%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
DBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 3LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 184OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,683OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.34%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 20Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 176,591Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,185 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 38 | 22 | 41 |
| 2024 | 44 | 22 | 140 |
| 2023 | 39 | 22 | 276 |
| 2022 | 40 | 13 | 259 |
| 2021 | 61 | 14 | 810 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
352 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 277 days – 412 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (41 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 392 days
- Sample
- 41 articles with submission and acceptance dates (69 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 311 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 50 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / EUR 2,600 / GBP 2,060 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- comprehensive reviewsThe journal will also publish comprehensive reviews of prior research within a specific domain and continue to publish notes focusing on technical issues.Length not stated
- conceptual manuscriptsThe journal welcomes conceptual manuscripts that advance theoretical development in Operations/Supply Chain Management (SCM) and/or Information Systems/Technolo…Length not stated
- notesThe journal will also publish comprehensive reviews of prior research within a specific domain and continue to publish notes focusing on technical issues.Length not stated
- research notesResearch notes are generally submitted as full-length manuscripts but are published as notes on the recommendation of the review team.Length not stated
- research papersThus, research papers that address contemporary business problems and simultaneously provide novel managerial and/or theoretical insights in the broad areas of …Length not stated
- reviewDecision Sciences considers it to be the highest honor to receive a manuscript for publication consideration from prospective authors. As such, the review proce…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Originality and exclusivity: manuscripts must not be copyrighted, published, accepted, under review, or submitted elsewhere while under review at Decision Sciences. Model summary
Submission of a manuscript certifies that none of the contents are copyrighted, published, or accepted for publication in another journal, under review by another journal, or submitted to another journal while under review by Decision Sciences.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors may publish under the journal's standard copyright agreement or Open Access under a Creative Commons License. Model summary
If a paper is accepted for publication, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where, via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS), they must complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper. Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal's standard copyright agreement, o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
Decision Sciences considers it to be the highest honor to receive a manuscript for publication consideration from prospective authors. As such, the review process is designed to promote expedited reviews, developmental feedback, and a service culture of professionalism and collegiality. Each manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes an initial screening by the Editor and a selected Department …
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0011-7315
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-5915
- Society / sponsor
- Decision Sciences Institute
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Decision Sciences
What CAS zone is Decision Sciences in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Decision Sciences is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Decision Sciences?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 184.
How long does peer review take at Decision Sciences?
Based on the dates recorded on 41 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 352 days (interquartile range 277–412 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Decision Sciences?
According to the journal's author guidelines: First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Decision Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Decision Sciences is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Decision Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Decision Sciences is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,090.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .