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Management Science

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States

ISSN0025-1909eISSN1526-5501

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

6.428

H-Indexi

476

SNIPi

2.878

Total Worksi

14,009

Total Citationsi

1,301,542

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Management Science is a scholarly journal focusing on scientific research concerning the theory and practice of management. It publishes theoretical, computational, and empirical research across various management subdisciplines, including accounting and business. The journal also covers areas such as computer science and incentive.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications14,009

Publisher OrgInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

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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?

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0025-1909 / 1526-5501

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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

314

20k

2019

430

24k

2020

450

18k

2021

442

15k

2022

462

13k

2023

481

5.6k

2024

528

1.9k

2025

292

413

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.

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ManagementOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Strategy and ManagementManagement Science and Operations Research

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementConsumer Market Behavior and PricingAuction Theory and ApplicationsFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesCorporate Finance and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Management Science

Is Management Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Management Science: 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 Science?

Management Science 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 4.79.

Is Management Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Management Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.