Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Journal of Management Education
ISSN 1052-5629 · eISSN 1552-6658 · SAGE
Journal of Management Education: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 278 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 7.1% (journal website); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Management Education is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Management and Marketing Education, Management and Organizational Studies and Organizational Learning and Leadership, together about 42.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Management Education (JME), peer-reviewed and published bi-monthly, is a leading voice in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in management. JME welcomes contributions from all management educators who seek to reflect on their professional practice and to engage readers in an exploration of what or how to teach in order … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 43, Australia 10, United Kingdom 9, Canada 7, New Zealand 5 (83 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Management and Marketing EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting21.1%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting14.2%
- Organizational Learning and LeadershipBusiness, Management and Accounting7.5%
- Ethics in Business and EducationDecision Sciences6.6%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences5.4%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Management Theory and PracticeBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
- Accounting Education and CareersBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 854OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,803 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 15 | 7 |
| 2025 | 33 | 19 | 54 |
| 2024 | 42 | 25 | 210 |
| 2023 | 45 | 25 | 356 |
| 2022 | 26 | 11 | 239 |
| 2021 | 41 | 14 | 812 |
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
278 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 7.1%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 278 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 38 daysPublisher 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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted5
- instructional change in contextInstructional Change in Context… describe, analyze, and evaluate teaching or curricular change initiatives within specific institutional or cultural contexts th…Length not stated
- instructional innovationsInstructional Innovations… present cutting-edge, experientially-oriented teaching and learning approaches with sufficient detail and evidence of effectiveness f…Length not stated
- rejoindersRejoinders… engage with controversial or provocative essays or articles by offering different perspectives on the theme or focus (Invited; MAX 2000 words not in…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles... qualitative and/or quantitative studies that directly affect teaching strategies and/or learning while emphasizing the pedagogical implicat…Length not stated
- theoretical and conceptual articlesTheoretical and Conceptual Articles… explore contemporary issues in management education with the purpose of building new theories or critiquing existing ones (…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship 3.2 Authorship
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A graduate student usually is listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that subs…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 4.1 Publication ethics
Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 4.3 Open access and author archiving
Journal of Management Education offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 3.1 Peer review policy
Double-anonymized peer review; manuscripts with any identifying information will be returned without review. Model summary
Journal of Management Education utilizes double-anonymize peer review as its process for evaluating manuscripts submitted for potential publication. As such, manuscripts that have ANY identifying information in any aspect of the submission (main document, figures or tables, supplementary information, etc) will be returned to the author without being reviewed.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1052-5629
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-6658
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Management Education
What CAS zone is Journal of Management Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Management Education is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Management Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.9, h-index 86.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Management Education?
The publisher reports about 278 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 7.1%. 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 Journal of Management Education based?
Of the 83 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (43), Australia (10) and United Kingdom (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Management Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Management Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Management Education open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Management Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .