| Journal | Mean Classification | St. Error (Mean) |
| Mathematics of Operations Research* | 1.17 | 0.11 |
| Annals of Probability* | 1.50 | 0.19 |
| Mathematical Programming | 1.55 | 0.21 |
| Annals of Statistics | 1.75 | 0.18 |
| Operations Research* | 2.00 | 0.28 |
| J. of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B | 2.38 | 0.33 |
| Biometrika | 2.64 | 0.34 |
| Management Science | 2.64 | 0.31 |
| J. of the American Statistical Association | 2.85 | 0.32 |
| European J. of Operational Research | 3.21 | 0.33 |
| Decision Sciences | 3.60 | 0.40 |
| Naval Research Logistics | 3.69 | 0.29 |
| Computers & Operations Research | 3.83 | 0.34 |
| J. of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A | 3.85 | 0.60 |
| Transportation Science | 3.90 | 0.53 |
| J. of Operations Management | 3.91 | 0.53 |
| OMEGA―Int. J. of Management Science | 4.09 | 0.28 |
| IIE Transactions | 4.17 | 0.39 |
| J. of the Operational Research Society | 4.17 | 0.47 |
| Int. J. of Production Research | 4.33 | 0.45 |
| Transportation Research Part B: Methodological | 4.33 | 0.65 |
| Production and Operations Management* | 4.70 | 0.50 |
| Interfaces* | 6.43 | 0.23 |