Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Marketing
AMS Review
ISSN 1869-814X · eISSN 1869-8182 · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
AMS Review: subscription journal; APC about USD 3,290; median 387 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AMS Review is published by Springer Nature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Service and Product Innovation and Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, together about 38.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Marketing. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The AMS Review is positioned to be the premier journal in marketing that focuses exclusively on conceptual and theoretical contributions across all sub-disciplines of marketing. The overarching goal is for AMS Review to become the foundational, go-to resource for conceptual and theoretical insights needed for advancing marketing scholarship as well as conceptualizing and theorizing approaches. It publishes articles that advance the development of concepts, frameworks, and theories in and for marketing. The AMS Review is receptive to different philosophical perspectives and levels of analysis that range from micro to macro. We welcome marketing-focused manuscripts that integrate research and theory from marketing and related disciplines, such as management, sociology, economics, psychology, anthropology, or other social sciences. Examples of suitable manuscripts include those developing concepts, conceptual and organizing frameworks or models, those extending, comparing, or critically evaluating existing frameworks and theories, and those suggesting new or innovative concepts, frameworks, and theories. Comprehensive and integrative reviews of research advances in and for marketing are encouraged, as are paradigm-shifting manuscripts. Manuscripts that focus on purely descriptive literature reviews, proselytize research methods or techniques, or report empirical research findings will not be considered for publication. The AMS Review does not publish manuscripts focusing on practitioner advice or marketing education.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Marketing
Editor-in-chief Sreedhar MadhavaramPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 59, Australia 5, Finland 5, United Kingdom 4, Canada 4 (94 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting17.4%
- Service and Product InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting12.4%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting8.9%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences8.2%
- Management and Marketing EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, RePEcPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 172OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.3OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 296,500Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 346 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 20 | 17 |
| 2025 | 34 | 25 | 168 |
| 2024 | 23 | 12 | 159 |
| 2023 | 20 | 12 | 279 |
| 2022 | 27 | 13 | 263 |
| 2021 | 34 | 16 | 666 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
387 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 542 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (53 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 426 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (66 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,290 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted2
- editorialDouble-blind peer review This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout p…Length not stated
- reviewThe AMS Review is committed to providing authors with: • Timely and constructive reviews. • Specific and extensive directions (when appropriate) for revising a …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data transparency policy: authors should ensure data, materials, software and code support published claims and comply with field standards; journals may have individual data sharing policies. Model summary
The journal encourages authors to provide a statement of Data availability in their article. Data availability statements should include information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found, including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Data availability statements can also indicate whether data are av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in AMS Review, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
Double-blind peer review: authors must anonymize manuscripts and associated materials. Model summary
The AMS Review is committed to providing authors with: • Timely and constructive reviews. • Specific and extensive directions (when appropriate) for revising a manuscript. • A decision to either accept or reject a manuscript as early as possible in the review process. Manuscripts submitted for publication consideration in the AMS Review are judged on the basis of their potential contribution to ex…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 1869-814X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1869-8182
- Society / sponsor
- Academy of Marketing Science
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AMS Review
How long does peer review take at AMS Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 387 days (interquartile range 111–542 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of AMS Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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 AMS Review based?
Of the 94 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (59), Australia (5) and Finland (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AMS Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AMS Review is indexed in Scopus.
Is AMS Review open access, and what is the APC?
AMS Review is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,290.
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: .