Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Chinese Management Studies
ISSN 1750-614X · eISSN 1750-6158 · Emerald
Chinese Management Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.65; subscription journal; 106 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chinese Management Studies is published by Emerald 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 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Corporate Finance and Governance and Innovation and Knowledge Management, together about 35.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting12.4%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting11.7%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.4%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
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 | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| 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 | Management | Zone 4 |
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
- 2.65LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 445OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 100LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,068 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 2 | 16 |
| 2025 | 106 | 1 | 241 |
| 2024 | 94 | 5 | 604 |
| 2023 | 53 | 0 | 526 |
| 2022 | 77 | 2 | 805 |
| 2021 | 94 | 5 | 1,321 |
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 1750-614X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1750-6158
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chinese Management Studies
What CAS zone is Chinese Management Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Chinese Management Studies is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Chinese Management Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.65; CiteScore 5, h-index 50.
Which databases index Chinese Management Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chinese Management Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Chinese Management Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Chinese Management Studies 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; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .