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Strategic Management Journal

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

ISSN1097-0266

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

10.176

H-Index

504

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

3.839

Total Works

4,485

Total Citations

1,147,076

2yr Mean Citedness

6.07

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on strategic management, focusing on how firms make decisions and adapt in various contexts. Topics include CEO dismissals and corporate reputation, founder experience and startup performance, the role of co-founders, academic spin-off performance, multinational enterprise pricing strategies, the impact of AI on managerial roles, acquisition strategies, organizational learning dynamics, regulatory anticipation, stakeholder relationships in acquisitions, human-AI collaboration, the scale-scope trade-off in digital firms, firm strategies in regulatory enforcement, the influence of founding partner relationships, stakeholder influence on adaptation, strategic framing of innovation, family-managed venture capital investments, and the value of breakthrough inventions.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 119 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,485

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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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?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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