Journal profile · Multiple
Academy of Management Journal
ISSN 0001-4273 · eISSN 1948-0989 · Academy of Management
Academy of Management Journal: CAS Zone 1 · Management (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 12.57; subscription journal; 60 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Academy of Management Journal 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 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Management and Organizational Studies and Innovation and Knowledge Management, together about 32.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), Academy of Management Learning and Education (AMLE), Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP), and Academy of Management Review (AMR) are pleased to partner with the Brazilian Academy of Management (ANPAD) to host an in-person Paper Development Workshop. The event will take place at the Universidade de Fortaleza as a pre-event of the 50th ANPAD Annual Meeting.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 81, United Kingdom 12, Canada 9, Singapore 7, Germany 4 (131 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting12.5%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting10.8%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.9%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.5%
- Complex Systems and Decision MakingDecision Sciences5.2%
- Management Theory and PracticeBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences5.1%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
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: yesReview 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
- 12.57LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 14.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 7.69Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 19.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 10.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.99LetPub ·
- h-index
- 577OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,713OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.77OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,932 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 55 | 6 | 37 |
| 2025 | 60 | 10 | 308 |
| 2024 | 48 | 21 | 758 |
| 2023 | 47 | 16 | 2,314 |
| 2022 | 63 | 21 | 2,238 |
| 2021 | 71 | 13 | 4,107 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- ISSN
- 0001-4273
- Electronic ISSN
- 1948-0989
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Academy of Management Journal
What CAS zone is Academy of Management Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Academy of Management Journal 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 Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 12.57; CiteScore 19.8, h-index 577.
What are the manuscript requirements of Academy of Management Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Author–date. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Academy of Management Journal based?
Of the 131 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (81), United Kingdom (12) and Canada (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Academy of Management Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Academy of Management Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Academy of Management Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Academy of Management Journal 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: .