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Academy of Management Journal

Academy of Management · United States

ISSN0001-4273eISSN1948-0989

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

10.781

H-Indexi

567

SNIPi

3.953

Total Worksi

6,902

Total Citationsi

1,309,974

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Management; Business and International Management; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Management of Technology and Innovation; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, <Feb. 1993->

StatusActive

Total Publications6,902

Publisher OrgAcademy of Management

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academy of Management

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-4273 / 1948-0989

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

8.1k

2019

6.1k

2020

2021

2.2k

2022

2.2k

2023

723

2024

280

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Business and International ManagementQ1

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Management of Technology and InnovationQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessManagement

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementBusiness and International ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorManagement and Organizational StudiesInnovation and Knowledge ManagementCorporate Finance and GovernanceComplex Systems and Decision Making

Frequently asked questions about Academy of Management Journal

Is Academy of Management Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Academy of Management Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Academy of Management Journal?

Academy of Management Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.23.

Is Academy of Management Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Academy of Management Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Academy of Management Journal?