Journal profile · Multiple
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration
ISSN 0825-0383 · eISSN 1936-4490 · Wiley-Blackwell
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.97; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 335 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 14% (journal website); 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 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, Accounting and Organizational Management and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, together about 26.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration (CJAS) is a peer-reviewed, international quarterly fostering interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary dialogue. Committed to advancing theory and informing policy, CJAS publishes research articles spanning key and emerging business disciplines. The journal’s scope encompasses substantive contributions through literature reviews, quantitative/qualitative studies, conceptual pieces, policy papers, short phenomenon-driven submissions and related dialogue pieces as well as teaching cases. With a focus on theoretical foresight and practical solutions, CJAS remains dedicated to shaping discourse in 21st-century administrative sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Felix ArndtPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 22%); most named Hong Kong, China 3, Mainland China 2, Taiwan, China 1, United Kingdom 1, Australia 1 (9 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 Accounting9.5%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting9.3%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.4%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- Impact factor
- 0.97LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 509OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 41Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 88,739Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,766 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 27 | 18 |
| 2025 | 49 | 28 | 81 |
| 2024 | 35 | 19 | 89 |
| 2023 | 44 | 22 | 121 |
| 2022 | 50 | 8 | 215 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3 | 380 |
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
335 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 230 days – 458 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 358 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (104 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 308 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 12 daysPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright
- Authorship
Name change policy: Wiley updates and republishes the paper and redelivers metadata to indexing services without a correction notice. Model summary
Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Manuscripts must contain original unpublished work and not be under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
Submission of a manuscript will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere at the same time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright license agreement completed via Wiley Author Licensing Service; authors may choose standard copyright or open access under a Creative Commons License. Model summary
Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or open access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0825-0383
- Electronic ISSN
- 1936-4490
- Society / sponsor
- ASAC
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration
What CAS zone is Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.97; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 79.
How long does peer review take at Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 335 days (interquartile range 230–458 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14% (2025). 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 Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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 Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 22%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (3), Mainland China (2) and Taiwan, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration open access, and what is the APC?
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .