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Journal of Change Management

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1479-1811

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.717

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.64

Total Worksi

666

Total Citationsi

24,847

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications666

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1479-1811

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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

241

2019

361

2020

1.2k

2021

248

2022

249

2023

2024

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.

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Management

Scopus Categories

Strategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Management and Organizational StudiesJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorOrganizational Learning and LeadershipComplex Systems and Decision MakingInnovation and Knowledge ManagementOrganizational Change and LeadershipManagement Theory and PracticeHuman auditory perception and evaluationQuality and Supply ManagementDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Change Management

Is Journal of Change Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Change Management: 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 Journal of Change Management?

Journal of Change Management 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 2.05.

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

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

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