Journal profile · OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE-MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics
ISSN 1471-678X · eISSN 1471-6798 · Oxford University Press · ENGLAND · Quarterly
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.36; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,718; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 45 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reliability and Maintenance Optimization, Supply Chain and Inventory Management and Stochastic processes and financial applications, together about 27.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of this quarterly journal is to publish mathematical research of the highest quality, impact and relevance that can be directly utilised or have demonstrable potential to be employed by managers in profit, not-for-profit, third party and governmental/public organisations to improve their practices. Thus the research must be quantitative and of the highest quality if it is to be published in the journal. Furthermore, the outcome of the research must be ultimately useful for managers. The journal also publishes novel meta-analyses of the literature, reviews of the "state-of-the art" in a manner that provides new insight, and genuine applications of mathematics to real-world problems in the form of case studies. The journal welcomes papers dealing with topics in Operational Research and Management Science, Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Transportation Science, Marketing Science, Analytics, and Financial and Risk Modelling.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE-MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reliability and Maintenance OptimizationEngineering10.7%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting10.3%
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsMathematics4.3%
- Risk and Portfolio OptimizationDecision Sciences4.3%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.36LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 389OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 24%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,058 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 8 | 5 |
| 2025 | 45 | 19 | 57 |
| 2024 | 26 | 7 | 90 |
| 2023 | 36 | 20 | 303 |
| 2022 | 14 | 3 | 204 |
| 2021 | 46 | 13 | 443 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 | GBP 2,819 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1471-678X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1471-6798
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IMA Journal of Management Mathematics
What CAS zone is IMA Journal of Management Mathematics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management / Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications / Operations Research & Management Science / Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IMA Journal of Management Mathematics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.36; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 49.
How long does peer review take at IMA Journal of Management Mathematics?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index IMA Journal of Management Mathematics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is IMA Journal of Management Mathematics open access, and what is the APC?
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,718.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .