Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Asia Pacific Management Review
ISSN 1029-3132 · eISSN 2589-8213 · National Cheng Kung University
Asia Pacific Management Review: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.5 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 2,000; review about 222 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asia Pacific Management Review is published by National Cheng Kung University and is in Zone 2 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Finance and Governance, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, together about 22.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Peer review under responsibility of College of Management, National Cheng Kung University.Asia Pacific Management Review (APMR), peer-reviewed and published quarterly, pursues to publish original and high quality research articles that contribute to build empirical and theoretical understanding for concerning strategy and management aspects in business and activities. Meanwhile, we also seek to publish opinions addressing issues of current concern to managers in regards to within and between the Asia-Pacific region. The covered domains but not limited to, such as accounting, finance, marketing, decision analysis and operation management, human resource management, information management, international business management, logistic and supply chain management, quantitative and research methods, strategic and business management, and tourism management, are suitable for publication in the APMR.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editor-in-chief Pei-Fang SuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Taiwan, China 18, United States 13, Japan 6, Thailand 4, United Kingdom 2 (59 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.7%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences7.6%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting6.5%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences6.1%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 7.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 13.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 306OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.97%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 761 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 3 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 177 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 666 |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | 1,223 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 1,459 |
| 2021 | 40 | 39 | 1,620 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
222 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Submission to acceptance
- 222 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 2,000 / EUR 1,870 / GBP 1,600 / JPY 248,060 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,000 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
- 30 Years of APMRDeadline
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted2
- noteContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: [example: Original research papers, and note].Length not stated
- original research papersContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: [example: Original research papers, and note].Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Changes to authorship
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete an 'Exclusive License Agreement' (for more information see https://www.elsevier.com/OAauthoragreement). Permitted third party reuse of open access articles is determined by the author's choice of user license (see https://www.elsevier.com/openaccesslicenses).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please note: The journal owner National Cheng Kung University will pay the article processing charge (APC) for the first 30 accepted open access papers each year, starting January 1st. Authors who have papers accepted after this article limit had been met will be requested to pay the APC. For more information, or to check if you are eligible for a waiver, please contact the editorial office at em5…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized review process; typically a minimum of two independent expert reviewers. Model summary
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions are typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers which they have written themse…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- National Cheng Kung University
- ISSN
- 1029-3132
- Electronic ISSN
- 2589-8213
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asia Pacific Management Review
What CAS zone is Asia Pacific Management Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Asia Pacific Management Review is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Asia Pacific Management Review?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 7.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 13.9, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at Asia Pacific Management Review?
The publisher reports about 222 days (submission to acceptance). 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 Asia Pacific Management Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: APA; 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 Asia Pacific Management Review based?
Of the 59 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Taiwan, China (18), United States (13) and Japan (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Asia Pacific Management Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asia Pacific Management Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Asia Pacific Management Review open access, and what is the APC?
Asia Pacific Management Review is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .