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 received after May 01, 2023. However, we will consider giving authors a discount for very good papers or waiving the entire publication fee.
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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 8th (33%) out of 23 Decision Sciences (miscellaneous),
the 63rd (40%) out of 160 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 (Articles)
| Name | 2022-01-01 — 2023-11-02 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Submissions Received | 356 | 484 (127/year) |
| Submissions Accepted | 7 | 7 (0/year) |
| Submissions Declined | 335 | 427 (94/year) |
| Submissions Declined (Desk Reject) | 275 | 351 (87/year) |
| Submissions Declined (After Review) | 60 | 76 (32/year) |
| Submissions Published | 50 | 59 (23/year) |
| Other Submissions Description for Other Submissions | 0 | 0 |
| Submissions In Progress | 0 | 0 |
| Imported Submissions | 0 | 0 |
| Days to First Editorial Decision Description for Days to First Editorial Decision | 5 | 6 |
| Days to Accept | 187 | 129 |
| Days to Reject | 5 | 5 |
| Acceptance Rate Description for Acceptance Rate | 2% | 1% |
| Rejection Rate Description for Rejection Rate | 98% | 88% |
| Desk Reject Rate | 82% | 73% |
| After Review Reject Rate | 16% | 16% |