Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Foundations of Management
ISSN 2080-7279 · eISSN 2300-5661 · Sciendo · Poland
Foundations of Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 453; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Foundations of Management is published by Sciendo 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 Management and Organizational Practices, Environmental Sustainability in Business and Management Systems and Quality Improvement, together about 21.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The primary version of the journal is the online one.Interdisciplinary perception and interpretation of economic phenomena that accompany the managers and enterprises in their daily work, in order to make them more efficient, safe and economic for suppliers and receivers of the products and services in the global world of technological innovation, domination of knowledge, changes of the value of money and constant market game between demand and supply, future and past.Rejection Rate< 30%Polish Government Financial SupportFoundations of Management benefits from the support of the Polish State Treasury under the Development of Scientific Journals (RCN) program. Project: RCN/SP/0311/2021/1, implemented during 2023-2024. Total project value: PLN 70,000. Co-funding from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education: PLN 70,000.The project aims at supporting FoM in the implementation of its development strategy. Project objectives:enhancing the quality of published scientific articlesstrengthening the international visibility and citation impact of the JEM journal;developing tools and processes to ensure the journal is published in line with the highest international standards.Main activities:improving the organization of the editorial office;promotion of scientific articles and the journal;use of an advanced information system to support workflow management.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editor-in-chief Jarosław DOMAŃSKIPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Management and Organizational PracticesBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Management Systems and Quality ImprovementBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Quality and Management SystemsBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Big Data and Business IntelligenceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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)
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 13Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 345 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 14 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 51 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 49 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 67 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 87 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | PLN 1,968 | — | — | |
| LetPub | PLN 1,968 | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
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
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2080-7279
- Electronic ISSN
- 2300-5661
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Foundations of Management
What CAS zone is Foundations of Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Foundations of Management is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Foundations of Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 24.
How long does peer review take at Foundations of Management?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Foundations of Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Foundations of Management is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Foundations of Management open access, and what is the APC?
Foundations of Management is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 453.
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: .