Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management
International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making
ISSN 2040-106X · eISSN 2040-1078 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making: fully open access; 11 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Decision Support System Applications and Optimization and Mathematical Programming, together about 62.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation, soft computing in MCDM Conjoint/performance measurement Decision making under uncertainty Disaggregation analysis, preference learning/elicitation Group decision making, multicriteria games Multi-attribute utility/value theory Multi-criteria decision support systems and knowledge-based systems Multi-objective mathematical programming Outranking relations theory Preference modelling Problem structuring with multiple criteria Risk analysis/modelling, sensitivity/robustness analysis Social choice models Theoretical foundations of MCDM, rough set theory Innovative applied research in relevant fields More on this journal... ObjectivesThe objective of IJMCDM is to act as an international forum for academic researchers who work on MCDM, thus promoting the theory of management science, operations research and decision analysis, as well as their applications in business, management, and engineering. In that regard, IJMCDM aims to: Raise the awareness of the importance of the exploitation of the MCDM modelling framework Focus on excellence in developing MCDM methodologies, models and techniques to deal with decision making problems in management and engineering Provide insights on the latest MCDM developments Offer a networking forum for academic researchers and practitioners ReadershipIJMCDM is aimed at a wide range of researchers working on operations research, management science, decision analysis, and computer science, as well as policy makers and professionals in business, management, and engineering.ContentsIJMCDM publishes high quality original papers that contribute significantly to MCDM. Papers presenting new theoretical concepts, models and techniques, innovative applications, implementations in decision support systems, new comparative results, as well as survey articles and papers exploring the connections with other disciplines are of particular interest. Suggestions for special issues on well-defined relevant topics are welcome.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management
Editor-in-chief John PsarrasPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Multi-Criteria Decision MakingDecision Sciences39.8%
- Decision Support System ApplicationsBusiness, Management and Accounting11.7%
- Optimization and Mathematical ProgrammingEngineering11.2%
- Game Theory and Voting SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsComputer Science3%
- Facility Location and Emergency ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting2.8%
- Urban Planning and ValuationEnvironmental Science2.1%
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences1.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy and Management | Q4 | 390/506 | 23rd |
| Management Science and Operations Research | Q4 | 181/225 | 19th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google ScholarPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 229 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 | 64 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 90 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 94 |
| 2023 | 16 | 6 | 135 |
| 2022 | 15 | 3 | 122 |
| 2021 | 13 | 7 | 119 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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)
Article types accepted4
- case studiesResearch articles, case studies, technical reports and expanded conference papers are invited for submission.Length not stated
- expanded conference papersResearch articles, case studies, technical reports and expanded conference papers are invited for submission.Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles, case studies, technical reports and expanded conference papers are invited for submission.Length not stated
- technical reportsResearch articles, case studies, technical reports and expanded conference papers are invited for submission.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
There are no fees for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be OA. OA articles accepted for publication are available online and freely accessible to all without any restriction except use for commercial purposes; a fee must be paid by the author(s) for an article to be made OA. Open Access papers may be published according to the Inderscience Open Access option.
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
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 2040-106X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2040-1078
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making
Which databases index International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making is indexed in Scopus.
Is International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .