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Strategic Direction

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0258-0543

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.103

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

4,352

Total Citationsi

27,850

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 150 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,352

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0258-0543

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

151

270

2019

154

1.1k

2020

146

2021

140

2022

145

2023

152

2024

154

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.

Strategy and ManagementQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Strategy and Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness Strategy and InnovationDigital Marketing and Social MediaInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies

Frequently asked questions about Strategic Direction

Is Strategic Direction a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Strategic Direction: it is indexed in 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 Strategic Direction?

Strategic Direction is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.103.

Is Strategic Direction indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Strategic Direction is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Strategic Direction?