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Management Decision

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0025-1747eISSN1758-6070

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.255

H-Indexi

181

SNIPi

1.37

Total Worksi

5,237

Total Citationsi

191,140

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Management Decision is a scholarly publication focused specifically on the area of management. The journal advances the field of management with novel informative content and powerful implications for business scholars, leaders, and professional managers.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency10 No. A Year, 1995-

StatusActive

Total Publications5,237

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0025-1747 / 1758-6070

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

146

7.3k

2019

167

7.7k

2020

115

2.9k

2021

142

3.9k

2022

232

4.9k

2023

257

4.2k

2024

361

1.6k

2025

279

121

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessManagement

Scopus Categories

Management Science and Operations ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovation and Knowledge ManagementCorporate Finance and GovernanceEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesManagement and Organizational StudiesJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness Strategy and InnovationCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltySustainable Supply Chain Management

Frequently asked questions about Management Decision

Is Management Decision a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Management Decision: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Management Decision?

Management Decision is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.37.

Is Management Decision indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Management Decision is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.