Journal profile · Multiple
Industrial Marketing Management
ISSN 0019-8501 · eISSN 1873-2062 · Elsevier
Industrial Marketing Management: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.32; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,990; review about 332 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 148 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Industrial Marketing Management is published by Elsevier 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 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Business Strategy and Innovation, together about 36.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Industrial Marketing Management (IMM) focuses on how organizations work with customers, suppliers, distributors, service providers, and other actors to design, manage, and improve relationships, exchanges, and market processes in industrial and business-to-business (B2B) contexts.IMM sets the agenda for rigorous B2B scholarship by publishing research that meets high standards of theoretical development, empirical rigor, and relevance for practice. The journal welcomes a broad range of contributions, including conceptual, empirical, methodological, and integrative work, that address key decision contexts, processes, and interactions involving customers, partners, technologies, and institutions in industrial markets.IMM serves a global audience of scholars and practitioners. Its articles shape academic discourse, inform managerial judgment, and strengthen the role of B2B research in explaining and influencing behavior and outcomes in contemporary industrial markets.IMM regularly highlights important emerging topics in its special issues. Please see imm_si.pdf.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Robert MorganPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 10 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 122, United Kingdom 78, Finland 39, Australia 30, Sweden 23 (489 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting14.6%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting13.5%
- Business Strategy and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting8%
- Service and Product InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences5.2%
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
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 | Business | 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 | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 7.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 7.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 15.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 15.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.85LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 245OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,797OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 55.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 123LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,399 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 107 | 76 | 49 |
| 2025 | 148 | 92 | 846 |
| 2024 | 181 | 115 | 2,662 |
| 2023 | 197 | 116 | 5,020 |
| 2022 | 257 | 131 | 9,319 |
| 2021 | 188 | 79 | 8,914 |
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
332 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 first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 332 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 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
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 3,990 / EUR 3,730 / GBP 3,190 / JPY 494,880 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 4,520 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers5, by deadline
- The Central Role of B2B Marketing and Sales in Reframing Value Creation for Sustainable TransformationDeadline
- Building a Sustainable World - the Role of Business Relationships and NetworksDeadline
- Regional Industrial Marketing Management: Baltic States SummitDeadline
- Artificial Intelligence and Social Media in B2B Markets: Transforming Relationships, Capabilities, and Value CreationDeadline
- Trust Under Disruption in B2B Relationships: Repair, Reciprocity, and Resilience in a Fragmenting WorldDeadline
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
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 Group authorship
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics in publishing Model summary
Authors must follow ethical guidelines stated in Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
This journal follows a double anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication.
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
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 0019-8501
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-2062
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Industrial Marketing Management
What CAS zone is Industrial Marketing Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Industrial Marketing Management is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Business / 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 Industrial Marketing Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.32; CiteScore 15.7, h-index 245.
How long does peer review take at Industrial Marketing Management?
The publisher reports about 332 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Industrial Marketing Management based?
Of the 489 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 10 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (122), United Kingdom (78) and Finland (39). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Industrial Marketing Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Industrial Marketing Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Industrial Marketing Management open access, and what is the APC?
Industrial Marketing Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,990.
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: .