Publications

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

(Status: August 11, 2026)

Siebert, Jana; Siebert, Johannes U.; Blösl, Florian. “Deciding for a secure tomorrow: Proactive decision-making and retirement financial planning behavior.” European Journal of Operational Research, 331(3), 2026, 878–893. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.10.021 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A)

Tönsfeuerborn, Mendy; von Nitzsch, Rüdiger; Siebert, Johannes U. “Linear Transformation of One-Dimensional Utility Functions: Empirical Study on the Impact on the Final Ranking of Alternatives in Personal Decisions.” Decision Analysis, 23(1), 2026, 46–64. doi: https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2024.0317 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Simon, Jay; Siebert, Johannes U. “ChatGPT vs. Experts: Can GenAI Develop High-Quality Organizational and Policy Objectives?” Decision Analysis, Articles in Advance, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2025.0387 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Borgonovo, Emanuele; Jose, Victor Richmond R.; Knowlton, Morgan; Shachter, Ross; Siebert, Johannes U.; Ulu, Canan. “Fifty Years of Decision Analysis in Operational Research: A Review.” European Journal of Operational Research, 329(2), 2026, 355–377. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.05.023 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A)

Siebert, Jana; Siebert, Johannes U. “Enhancing misinformation correction: New variants and a combination of awareness training and counter-speech to mitigate belief perseverance bias.” PLOS ONE, 19(2), 2024, e0299139. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299139 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Siebert, Jana; Siebert, Johannes U. “Effective mitigation of the belief perseverance bias after the retraction of misinformation: Awareness training and counter-speech.” PLOS ONE, 18(3), 2023, e0282202. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282202 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Siebert, Johannes U.; Becker, Maxi; Oeser, Nadine. “Making a good career choice: A decision-analytical intervention to enhance proactive decision-making and career choice self-efficacy in high school students.” Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 21(1), 2023, 10–25. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/dsji.12280

Bansal, Saurabh; Keisler, Jeffrey M.; Siebert, Johannes U.; Jenni, Karen E. “Applying Decision Analysis to Diverse Domains: An Introduction to the Special Issue.” INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, 53(3), 2023, 173–177. doi: https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2023.1163 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Oliveira, R. S. M. D.; Morais, D. C.; Siebert, J. “Developing and Evaluating New Alternatives for Urban Mobility: A Case Study of a Brazilian City.” Pesquisa Operacional, 43(spe1), 2023, e263440. doi: https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-7438.2023.043spe1.00263440

Methling, Florian; Borden, Steffen A.; Veeraraghavan, Deepak; Sommer, Insa; Siebert, Johannes Ulrich; von Nitzsch, Rüdiger; Seidler, Mark. “Supporting Innovation in Early-Stage Pharmaceutical Development Decisions.” Decision Analysis, 19(4), 2022, 337–353. doi: https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2022.0452 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Siebert, Johannes U.; Kunz, Reinhard E.; Rolf, Philipp. “Effects of decision training on individuals’ decision-making proactivity.” European Journal of Operational Research, 294(1), 2021, 264–282. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.01.010 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A)

Siebert, Johannes U.; Brandenburg, Marcus; Siebert, Jana. “Defining and Aligning Supply Chain Objectives Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.” IEEE Engineering Management Review, 48(4), 2020, 72–85. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2020.3032369 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024, TIE: B)

Siebert, Johannes U.; Kunz, Reinhard E.; Rolf, Philipp. “Effects of Proactive Decision Making on Life Satisfaction.” European Journal of Operational Research, 280(3), 2020, 1171–1187. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.08.011 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A)

Siebert, Johannes U.; von Winterfeldt, Detlof. “Comparative Analysis of Terrorists’ Objectives Hierarchies.” Decision Analysis, 17(2), 2020, 97–114. doi: https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2019.0400 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Siebert, Johannes U.; Kunz, Reinhard E. “Developing and Validating the Multidimensional Proactive Decision-Making Scale.” European Journal of Operational Research, 249(3), 2016, 864–877. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.06.066 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A)

Siebert, Johannes U.; Keeney, Ralph L. “Creating More and Better Alternatives for Decisions Using Objectives.” Operations Research, 63(5), 2015, 1144–1158. doi: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2015.1411 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: A+)

Siebert, Johannes U.; von Winterfeldt, Detlof; John, Richard S. “Identifying and Structuring the Objectives of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Its Followers.” Decision Analysis, 13(1), 2016, 26–50. doi: https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2015.0324 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Siebert, Johannes U. “Can Novices Create Alternatives of the Same Quality as Experts?” Decision Analysis, 13(4), 2016, 278–291. doi: https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2016.0339 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Kunz, Reinhard E.; Siebert, Johannes U.; Mütterlein, Joschka. “Combining Value-Focused Thinking and Balanced Scorecard to Improve Decision-Making in Strategic Management.” Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 23(5–6), 2016, 225–241. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/mcda.1572 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Kunz, Reinhard E.; Siebert, Johannes U.; Mütterlein, Joschka. “Structuring objectives of media companies: a case study based on value-focused thinking and the balanced scorecard.” Journal of Media Business Studies, 13(4), 2016, 257–275. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/16522354.2016.1220114 (VHB Jourqual 3: D)

EDITORSHIPS AND EDITED VOLUMES

Special Issue on Decision Analysis, INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, 53(3), May–June 2023. Guest Editors: Saurabh Bansal; Karen E. Jenni; Jeffrey M. Keisler; Johannes Ulrich Siebert. https://pubsonline.informs.org/toc/ijaa/53/3 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Special Issue on MCDA Practice, Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 26(3–4), 2019. In association with the 24th International Conference on MCDM, Ottawa, Canada, 10–14 July 2017. Eds.: Johannes U. Siebert; Jana Siebert; Theodor Stewart. Editorial: https://doi.org/10.1002/mcda.1681 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Special Issue on MCDA Practice, Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 23(5–6), September–December 2016. Eds.: Johannes U. Siebert; Theodor Stewart. Editorial: https://doi.org/10.1002/mcda.1602 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: B)

Langton, Sebastian; Morton, Alec; Geiger, Martin Josef; Siebert, Johannes U. (Eds.). Decision Analysis and Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Proceedings of the Joint GOR- and DASIG-Conference 2013. Operations Research series, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, 2014. ISBN 978-3-8440-2908-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.2370/9783844029086

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATION

Steinhilper, Rolf; Drews, Tom; Molenda, Paul; Oechsle, Oliver; Siebert, Johannes; Beneken, Gerd; Kucich, Martin. “Entwicklung methodenbasierter produktionslogistischer Wertschöpfungsprozesse.” Bayreuth: Universität Bayreuth, Fraunhofer-Projektgruppe Prozessinnovation am Lehrstuhl für Umweltgerechte Produktionstechnik, 2017. 93 pp. ISBN 978-3-9815218-3-2.

PUBLICATIONS FOR TEACHING

(Status: August 11, 2026)

Siebert, Johannes U. (2023). “How to become your own decision architect and make better career decisions.” Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 52(10), E47–E51. doi: https://doi.org/10.15358/0340-1650-2023-10-E47 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: D)

German original: „Wie Sie Ihr eigener Entscheidungsarchitekt werden und bessere Karriereentscheidungen treffen“, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 52(10), 47–51. doi: https://doi.org/10.15358/0340-1650-2023-10-47

Siebert, Johannes U.; Keeney, Ralph L. (2020). “Decisions: Problems or Opportunities? How you can prevent unpleasant decision situations.” Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 49(6), E4–E9. doi: https://doi.org/10.15358/0340-1650-2020-6-E4 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: D)

German original: „Entscheidungen: Probleme oder Chancen? Wie Sie proaktiv unangenehme Entscheidungssituationen vermeiden können“, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 49(6), 4–9. doi: https://doi.org/10.15358/0340-1650-2020-6-4

Siebert, Johannes U.; von Nitzsch, Rüdiger (2018). “The Job Selection Problem for Career Starters: A Decision-Theoretical Application. Part 1: Structuring the Problem into Objectives, Alternatives and Uncertainties.”

German original: „Das Jobauswahlproblem für Berufseinsteiger: Eine entscheidungstheoretische Anwendung – Teil 1: Problemstrukturierung in Ziele, Alternativen und Unsicherheiten“, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 47(10), 4–11. doi: https://doi.org/10.15358/0340-1650-2018-10-4 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: D)

von Nitzsch, Rüdiger; Siebert, Johannes U. (2018). “The Job Selection Problem for Career Starters: A Decision-Theoretical Application. Part 2: Identifying the Best Alternative Using the ENTSCHEIDUNGSNAVI.”

German original: „Das Jobauswahlproblem für Berufseinsteiger: Eine entscheidungstheoretische Anwendung – Teil 2: Ermittlung der besten Alternative mit dem ENTSCHEIDUNGSNAVI“, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 47(11), 4–11. doi: https://doi.org/10.15358/0340-1650-2018-11-5 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: D)

Siebert, Johannes U.; Kunz, Reinhard E. (2016). „Die Entwicklung einer Balanced Scorecard mit Value-focused Thinking am Beispiel eines Medienunternehmens“. Controlling: Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte Unternehmenssteuerung, 28(3), 209–214. doi: https://doi.org/10.15358/0935-0381-2016-3-209 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: C)

Schlüchtermann, Jörg; Siebert, Johannes U. (2015). „Industrie 4.0 und Controlling: Erste Konturen zeichnen sich ab“. Controlling: Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte Unternehmenssteuerung, 27(8–9), 461–465. doi: https://doi.org/10.15358/0935-0381-2015-8-9-461 (VHB Publication Media Rating 2024: C)