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Contributions to Management Science

Springer International Publishing · Switzerland · Est. 1990

ISSN1431-1941

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

4,078

Total Citationsi

17,315

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The series <i>Contributions to Management Science</i> contains research publications in all fields of business and management science. These publications are primarily monographs and multiple...

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 326 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,078

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer International Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1431-1941

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

277

2019

189

2020

393

1.7k

2021

324

2022

339

1.7k

2023

397

549

2024

243

123

2025

290

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 and International ManagementQ4

Management of Technology and InnovationQ4

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ4

MarketingQ4

Strategy and ManagementQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementManagement Science and Operations ResearchBusiness and International ManagementMarketing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesInnovation and Knowledge ManagementFamily Business Performance and SuccessionCorporate Finance and GovernanceInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness Strategy and InnovationIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesInternational Business and FDIComplex Systems and Decision MakingDigital Marketing and Social Media

Frequently asked questions about Contributions to Management Science

Is Contributions to Management Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contributions to Management Science: it is indexed in 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 Contributions to Management Science?

Contributions to Management Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is Contributions to Management Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contributions to Management Science is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contributions to Management Science?