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Project Management Journal

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1994

ISSN1938-9507

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.127

H-Indexi

113

SNIPi

2.204

Total Worksi

1,754

Total Citationsi

55,895

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management; Business and International Management; Management of Technology and Innovation; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 56 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,754

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-9507

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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

2.5k

2019

1.9k

2020

1.5k

2021

938

2022

795

2023

548

2024

163

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

Management of Technology and InnovationQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Management

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Construction Project Management and PerformanceInnovation and Knowledge ManagementComplex Systems and Decision MakingBIM and Construction IntegrationSoftware Engineering Techniques and PracticesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationResource-Constrained Project SchedulingDiverse Specialized Academic ResearchTeam Dynamics and Performance

Frequently asked questions about Project Management Journal

Is Project Management Journal a predatory journal?

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

Project 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 3.82.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Project Management Journal?