Historical Facts

First Issue

The first issue of Management Science was published in October 1954: Table of Contents of Volume 1, Issue 1

Nobel Prize Winners

Twenty-one winners of the Nobel Prize have published in Management Science.

Departments and Editors

Departments were introduced in 1969.

Nine editors-in-chief have served the journal.

Distribution of papers varies by department: Distribution 1 yr

Influential Articles

As of 2004, 475 papers published in Management Science had been cited 50 or more times.

The Management Science Editorial Board chose the 50 most influential papers published in the first 50 years of the journal. The ten most influential were chosen by the INFORMS membership.