Journal profile · Multiple
Academy of Management Annals
ISSN 1941-6520 · eISSN 1941-6067 · Academy of Management
Academy of Management Annals: CAS Zone 1 · Management (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 17.55; subscription journal; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Academy of Management Annals is published by Academy of Management and is in Zone 1 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Management and Organizational Studies, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Innovation and Knowledge Management, together about 41% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of Annals is to publish up-to-date, in-depth and integrative reviews of research advances in management. Often called “reviews with an attitude,” Annals papers summarize and/or challenge established assumptions and concepts, pinpoint problems and factual errors, inspire discussions, and illuminate possible avenues for further study. Reviews published in Annals move above and beyond descriptions of the field – they motivate conceptual integration and set agendas for future research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting18%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting11.8%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.2%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences4.6%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
- Team Dynamics and PerformancePsychology4%
- Business Strategy and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 17.55LetPub ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 18Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 27.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 14.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 7.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 195OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 482OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 17.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 524 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 2025 | 26 | 12 | 427 |
| 2024 | 24 | 10 | 742 |
| 2023 | 13 | 5 | 644 |
| 2022 | 27 | 10 | 1,969 |
| 2021 | 20 | 7 | 1,842 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- ISSN
- 1941-6520
- Electronic ISSN
- 1941-6067
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 1 (January 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Academy of Management Annals
What CAS zone is Academy of Management Annals in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Academy of Management Annals is in Zone 1 of Management, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Business / Management; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Academy of Management Annals?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 17.55; CiteScore 27.7, h-index 195.
Which databases index Academy of Management Annals?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Academy of Management Annals is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Academy of Management Annals open access, and what is the APC?
Academy of Management Annals is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .