Research field intelligence

Decision Sciences Research Strength

Name: Decision Sciences University Research Ranking & Trends – ITS Research Solution
Creator: ITS Research Solution

Explore universities with the strongest current Decision Sciences topic signals in the ITS Research Intelligence database, alongside institution-level research performance and growth.

Research landscape

Decision Sciences currently has 1,435 index-ready universities contributing strong topic signals in the local database. Their aggregated topic-signal volume is 310,881 works. The average overall ITS Research Performance Score across this set is 50.0, while average five-year publication growth is 80.8%.

The ranking below combines the strength of an institution’s field signal with its overall research-performance score and recent growth. It should be read as a research-intelligence indicator, not as a complete subject ranking of teaching, reputation, facilities or student outcomes.

Leading universities in Decision Sciences

Rank	University	Country	Field score	Field signal	Overall works	Growth
#1	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil	87.0	6,495	139,902	-0.1%
#2	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Brazil	84.4	6,079	38,351	12.6%
#3	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Brazil	83.3	4,776	56,025	4.1%
#4	McMaster University	Canada	81.5	2,643	49,086	0.8%
#5	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Brazil	81.5	3,755	49,443	12.2%
#6	Binus University	Indonesia	81.5	2,437	22,670	154.5%
#7	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)	Brazil	81.5	3,862	63,153	4.0%
#8	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)	Brazil	80.5	2,979	63,353	16.5%
#9	Universidade de Brasília	Brazil	80.4	3,914	37,715	7.5%
#10	Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	79.9	3,478	40,965	13.2%
#11	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	79.7	2,953	58,334	7.1%
#12	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Brazil	79.4	3,402	23,955	10.0%
#13	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Malaysia	78.9	2,588	42,267	36.7%
#14	Universidade Federal da Paraíba	Brazil	78.8	3,499	27,553	7.3%
#15	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	78.6	3,015	35,188	11.8%
#16	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	78.1	2,858	29,612	13.6%
#17	G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College	India	78.1	1,229	11,190	225.6%
#18	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	77.6	2,470	27,722	22.6%
#19	University of Ottawa	Canada	77.2	1,594	46,646	-2.2%
#20	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	77.0	2,311	28,736	6.2%
#21	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	76.9	2,290	24,793	15.5%
#22	Symbiosis International University	India	76.8	683	15,783	204.9%
#23	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	75.4	2,197	19,815	9.3%
#24	Fundação Getulio Vargas	Brazil	74.9	2,055	6,714	18.7%
#25	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Norway	74.8	1,008	53,223	30.4%
#26	Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná	Brazil	74.8	2,174	17,849	2.0%
#27	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	74.7	1,295	43,562	7.8%
#28	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	74.6	1,772	25,749	11.1%
#29	Universidade Nove de Julho	Brazil	74.5	1,775	5,601	57.7%
#30	University of Technology Malaysia	Malaysia	74.4	1,267	29,528	3.5%
#31	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	74.1	1,032	33,239	23.5%
#32	University of Business and Technology	Saudi Arabia	73.9	606	7,849	140.9%
#33	Universidade Federal de Viçosa	Brazil	73.7	1,575	22,618	10.3%
#34	RMIT University	Australia	73.5	650	35,248	80.9%
#35	University of York	United Kingdom	73.4	908	28,395	14.7%
#36	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Brazil	73.4	1,493	23,984	17.5%
#37	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Kenya	73.3	2,174	7,604	-8.9%
#38	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	73.3	1,589	20,062	14.3%
#39	Applied Science Private University	Jordan	72.9	382	7,393	254.1%
#40	Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	72.8	1,775	16,562	-5.8%
#41	Istanbul Technical University	Türkiye	72.7	1,074	20,088	19.5%
#42	University of Tehran	Iran	72.4	989	41,818	-5.0%
#43	Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina	Brazil	72.4	1,717	9,909	12.4%
#44	Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo	Brazil	72.4	2,178	10,418	-1.6%
#45	Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	72.2	1,541	13,675	9.6%
#46	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul	Brazil	71.8	1,289	17,183	27.8%
#47	Northern University of Malaysia	Malaysia	71.7	1,076	9,287	36.9%
#48	Universidade Regional de Blumenau	Brazil	71.7	1,680	2,968	30.2%
#49	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Brazil	71.7	1,564	5,843	27.5%
#50	Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos	Brazil	71.4	1,796	7,616	-19.6%
#51	Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch	Iran	71.4	1,216	13,758	-20.0%
#52	Christ University	India	71.3	608	14,671	116.5%
#53	Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná	Brazil	71.2	1,687	9,525	11.2%
#54	National University of Malaysia	Malaysia	71.2	820	37,786	5.3%
#55	Universidade Federal do Amazonas	Brazil	71.1	1,039	15,885	62.9%
#56	Universidade Federal de Sergipe	Brazil	71.1	1,406	14,717	2.7%
#57	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University	Lithuania	71.1	1,104	4,590	20.1%
#58	Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	71.0	988	18,401	61.8%
#59	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	70.9	1,324	11,705	-7.4%
#60	São Paulo State Technological College	Brazil	70.8	1,690	4,310	31.4%
#61	University of the Punjab	Pakistan	70.7	837	22,647	13.0%
#62	Universidade de Caxias do Sul	Brazil	70.6	1,438	3,943	10.1%
#63	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Brazil	70.6	1,120	12,181	16.1%
#64	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná	Brazil	70.5	1,155	8,949	17.0%
#65	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Brazil	70.3	1,038	17,283	9.2%
#66	Tilburg University	The Netherlands	70.3	810	12,940	14.6%
#67	University of Jordan	Jordan	70.1	628	18,591	43.8%
#68	Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora	Brazil	70.1	998	16,883	18.8%
#69	Universidade Federal de Lavras	Brazil	69.9	975	12,858	15.8%
#70	Universidade Federal de Alagoas	Brazil	69.8	1,089	13,287	19.5%
#71	Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais	Brazil	69.8	1,323	8,060	26.9%
#72	University of Salford	United Kingdom	69.6	666	8,220	48.5%
#73	University of Stavanger	Norway	69.4	723	9,357	13.7%
#74	Yuan Ze University	Taiwan	69.3	370	5,567	126.6%
#75	INTI International University	Malaysia	69.2	287	6,710	369.1%
#76	Universidade do Vale do Itajaí	Brazil	69.1	1,241	3,373	21.5%
#77	College of Business Administration	Latvia	69.0	480	2,252	114.7%
#78	Universidad de Oviedo	Spain	69.0	672	16,330	7.3%
#79	Multimedia University	Malaysia	69.0	766	7,771	31.5%
#80	Jadara University	Jordan	69.0	284	2,696	526.2%
#81	Universidade Estadual do Ceará	Brazil	68.6	1,045	10,746	21.0%
#82	Amity University	United Arab Emirates	68.4	282	10,584	199.8%
#83	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande	Brazil	68.4	919	10,056	-1.5%
#84	Zarqa University	Jordan	68.3	250	5,362	468.1%
#85	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Canada	68.3	632	16,742	-2.8%
#86	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco	Brazil	68.3	983	14,567	-1.7%
#87	Universidade Federal do Maranhão	Brazil	68.1	771	14,504	46.7%
#88	University of Hull	United Kingdom	68.0	586	9,331	12.2%
#89	Universidade Federal de Campina Grande	Brazil	68.0	918	13,093	14.1%
#90	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	India	68.0	648	7,700	8.5%
#91	Shandong University of Finance and Economics	China	67.9	685	4,424	20.5%
#92	Sunway University	Malaysia	67.9	389	9,277	70.6%
#93	Brunel University of London	United Kingdom	67.9	489	13,254	19.4%
#94	Al-Ahliyya Amman University	Jordan	67.8	196	4,913	209.5%
#95	Yıldız Technical University	Türkiye	67.7	633	12,684	14.6%
#96	China Academy of Safety Sciences and Technology	China	67.7	293	1,323	199.6%
#97	Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch	Iran	67.6	544	6,809	72.8%
#98	Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University	China	67.5	279	11,672	128.7%
#99	Bond University	Australia	67.5	538	5,236	13.4%
#100	University of North Texas	United States	67.5	525	16,960	10.8%

How to interpret this field page

Field classifications are inferred from the scholarly works associated with institutions in OpenAlex. An institution can therefore appear strongly in several fields at once, and topic classifications may evolve as the scholarly graph is updated. ITS Research Solution does not infer a faculty or department simply from the existence of a topic signal.

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Why every database record does not become an SEO page

ITS Research Solution only indexes pages when the underlying data is rich enough to support useful comparison and interpretation. Registry-only records, short research histories, missing topics and low-completeness profiles stay in the database but remain outside the public sitemap. This prevents repetitive, thin institution and subject pages.

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