Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Organization Science
ISSN 1047-7039 · eISSN 1526-5455 · Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Organization Science: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.46; subscription journal; 88 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Organization Science is published by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and is in Zone 2 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovation and Knowledge Management, Management and Organizational Studies and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 37.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting17.3%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting12%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Business Strategy and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting7.5%
- Complex Systems and Decision MakingDecision Sciences5.1%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
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
- 5.46LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 7.93LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 398OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,132OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 78LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,799 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 80 | 13 | 238 |
| 2025 | 88 | 17 | 286 |
| 2024 | 109 | 30 | 1,658 |
| 2023 | 84 | 16 | 1,637 |
| 2022 | 106 | 25 | 3,671 |
| 2021 | 156 | 50 | 5,744 |
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
- 1047-7039
- Electronic ISSN
- 1526-5455
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Organization Science
What CAS zone is Organization Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Organization Science is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Organization Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.46; CiteScore 12.8, h-index 398.
Which databases index Organization Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Organization Science is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Organization Science open access, and what is the APC?
Organization Science 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: .