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Strategic Management Journal

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN1097-0266

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

10.154

H-Indexi

504

SNIPi

3.839

Total Worksi

4,485

Total Citationsi

1,147,076

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Management; Business and International Management; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyMonthly Plus One Additional Issue In Dec., <2005->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,485

Publisher OrgWiley

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1097-0266

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

138

10k

2019

146

12k

2020

122

6.1k

2021

122

4.3k

2022

104

2.2k

2023

125

2.1k

2024

129

563

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

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessManagement

Scopus Categories

Strategy and ManagementBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovation and Knowledge ManagementCorporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness Strategy and InnovationFirm Innovation and GrowthInternational Business and FDIEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesPrivate Equity and Venture CapitalManagement and Organizational StudiesAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting

Frequently asked questions about Strategic Management Journal

Is Strategic Management Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Strategic 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 Strategic Management Journal?

Strategic 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 6.07.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Strategic Management Journal?