Editorial Statement and Abridged Policies

Management Science: The premier journal of innovative research on the science of management

Editorial Statement

Management Science is a scholarly journal that publishes scientific research on the practice of management. We include within our scope all aspects of management related to strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, and organizations as well as all functional areas of business, such as accounting, finance, marketing, and operations. We include studies on organizational, managerial, and individual decision making, from both normative and descriptive perspectives. Our articles are primarily based on the foundational disciplines of economics, mathematics, psychology, sociology, and statistics, but we encourage cross-functional, multidisciplinary research that reflects the diversity of the management science professions. Our interest extends to managerial issues in diverse organizational forms, such as for-profit and nonprofit firms, private and public sector institutions, and formal and informal networks of individuals. We welcome both theoretical and empirical (field or lab) contributions.

The unifying thread of all Management Science articles is an analytical focus on improving our understanding of management. An acceptable manuscript must be relevant to the practice of management, must meet high standards of rigor, and must be of broad interest to the community of management science scholars. Letter from the editor

Department Editorial Statements

Please see our departmental editorial statements for details about each department's goals and publication criteria.

Abridged Statement of Editorial Policies

Articles submitted to Management Science must be readable and well organized and must exhibit good writing style.

The submission of a paper to Management Science for review means that the author certifies that the manuscript is not copyrighted, nor has it been accepted for publication (or published) by any peer-reviewed journal, nor is it being reviewed elsewhere. If the paper (or any version of it) has appeared or will appear in a non-peer-reviewed publication, the details of such publication must be made known to the editor-in-chief at the time of submission so that the suitability of the paper for Management Science can be assessed.

As a rule, Management Science does not invite resubmissions of rejected manuscripts. If a submitted manuscript is based on a paper previously rejected by Management Science, it is the responsibility of the author(s) to reveal this in the submission cover letter and to state clearly why resubmission is justified. Failure to do this is a violation of our ethical guidelines.

As a condition of final acceptance of a paper for publication in Management Science, the author(s) must indicate if their paper is posted on a working paper website other than their own. They are responsible for assuring that, if any part of the paper has been copyrighted for prepublication as a working paper, the copyright can and will be transferred to INFORMS when the paper has been accepted. This includes both print and electronic forms of the paper. Authors may post their working papers on websites after acceptance and prior to publication, as long as the sites are not copyrighted and do not serve as formal depositories. Management Science requires that at least one of the authors of each accepted article sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement.

Complete details can be found in the Submission Guidelines. For further information authors may contact the managing editor, Kathleen Luckey (kathleen.luckey@informs.org).