Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Journal of General Management
ISSN 0306-3070 · eISSN 1759-6106 · SAGE
Journal of General Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of General Management is published by SAGE 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 Innovation and Knowledge Management, Management and Organizational Studies and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 26.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting10.2%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting8.7%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.7%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Business Strategy and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences4.2%
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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 470OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,854 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 38 | 12 | 38 |
| 2024 | 42 | 13 | 152 |
| 2023 | 48 | 11 | 249 |
| 2022 | 74 | 17 | 508 |
| 2021 | 33 | 7 | 437 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0306-3070
- Electronic ISSN
- 1759-6106
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of General Management
What CAS zone is Journal of General Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of General 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.
Which databases index Journal of General Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of General Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of General Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of General Management is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .