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IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.4), ABS / AJG 2, WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 1471-678XVerify ISSN ↗1471-6798Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost to publish: About US$3,718 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (all) | 32 / 414 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) | 37 / 289 | 87th | Q1 |
| Management Information Systems | 50 / 143 | 65th | Q2 |
| Management Science and Operations Research | 79 / 225 | 65th | Q2 |
| Strategy and Management | 195 / 506 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1995–present (also 1991–1993, 1988–1989, 1986), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.4.
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is Q1 in Mathematics (all) (rank 32 of 414), Q1 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) (rank 37 of 289) and Q2 in Management Information Systems (rank 50 of 143), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.616, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 43.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,718 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 1471-678X and its online ISSN is 1471-6798.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Operations Research and Management Science field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 1.4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #80 of 392 Scopus journals in Mathematics (all).
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics published 45 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 46. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (19.7%), United Kingdom (16.8%) and United States (9.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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