Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Journal of Management Development
ISSN 0262-1711 · eISSN 1758-7492 · Emerald
Journal of Management Development: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 77 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Management Development is published by Emerald and is in Zone 3 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, Management and Organizational Studies and Organizational Learning and Leadership, together about 32.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource 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 Accounting12.3%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting12%
- Organizational Learning and LeadershipBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Management and Marketing EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences4.5%
- Human Resource and Talent ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Workplace Spirituality and LeadershipSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| 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 3 |
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
- 5.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 116OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,537OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 71LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,514 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | 12 | 50 |
| 2025 | 77 | 12 | 234 |
| 2024 | 46 | 6 | 350 |
| 2023 | 40 | 9 | 704 |
| 2022 | 32 | 5 | 598 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4 | 524 |
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
- 0262-1711
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-7492
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Management Development
What CAS zone is Journal of Management Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Management Development is in Zone 3 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.
Which databases index Journal of Management Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Management Development is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Management Development open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Management Development 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .