Advances in Decision Sciences is a double-blind, peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of decision sciences. If the paper is accepted, we will charge a USD 300 publication fee (excluding the cost/fee for transferring funds) for each submission. However, we will consider giving authors a discount or waiving the entire publication fee for very good papers.
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Advances in Decision Sciences was founded in 1997 by Professor Mahyar A. Amouzegar who served as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal between 1997 and 2009.
Advances in Decision Sciences is ranked
the 4th (16%) out of 25 Decision Sciences (miscellaneous),
the 31th (18.5%) out of 168 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
according to https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19900193531
the 36th (top 24%) out of 150 Computational Mathematics journals,
the 166th top 19.8%) out of 836 Applied Mathematics journals,
the 313rd (top 13.9%) out of 2,248 Mathematics journals,
the 530th out of 3,140 (top 16.9%) Formal Sciences journals,
the 1759th (top 8.7%) out of 20,139 Social Sciences journals, and
the 2863rd (top 23.6%) out of 12,155 Physical Sciences journals.
according to https://exaly.com/journal/33289/advances-in-decision-sciences
Thus, Advances in Decision Sciences is ranked a Q1 journal in Computational Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Formal Sciences, Social Sciences, and Physical Sciences.
Paper Submission Statistics (updated on 2 May, 2025)
| Name | 2022-01-01 — 2025-05-02 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Submissions Received | 970 | 1070 (276/year) |
| Submissions Accepted | 99 | 108 (29/year) |
| Submissions Declined | 754 | 844 (201/year) |
| Submissions Declined (Desk Reject) | 643 | 717 (189/year) |
| Submissions Declined (After Review) | 111 | 127 (35/year) |
| Submissions Published | 74 | 84 (23/year) |
| Other Submissions Description for Other Submissions | 22 | 43 |
| Submissions In Progress | 22 | 43 |
| Imported Submissions | 0 | 0 |
| Days to First Editorial Decision Description for Days to First Editorial Decision | 3 | 3 |
| Days to Accept | 231 | 187 |
| Days to Reject | 3 | 4 |
| Acceptance Rate Description for Acceptance Rate | 11% | 10% |
| Rejection Rate Description for Rejection Rate | 89% | 79% |
| Desk Reject Rate | 77% | 67% |
| After Review Reject Rate | 12% | 12% |