Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management
Journal of Organization Design
ISSN 2245-408X · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
Journal of Organization Design: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,290; median 261 days to acceptance (28 articles, last 24 months); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Organization Design is published by Springer Nature 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, Business Strategy and Innovation and Complex Systems and Decision Making, together about 44% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Organization Design is the intellectual home of organization design thinking. Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines, organization design analyzes how organizations of any kind work, and how they can work better, focusing on the choices about structures, systems, and processes as well as emergent phenomena such as culture and networks that drive various organizational outcomes. The journal advances understanding of topics important to academic researchers and industry professionals alike. We aim to publish original research and commentary on known or novel organization design concepts and phenomena; examine new technologies for the design and management of organizations; derive practical implications from existing studies; and analyze new and unusual forms of organizing. We welcome high-quality submissions that expand on the foundations of organization design and uncover new phenomena. Uniquely, authors can choose from numerous article formats, providing customized vehicles for expression. Articles are peer-reviewed, written, and read not only by design scholars, but also by managers within organizations.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management
Editor-in-chief Prithwiraj ChoudhuryPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 43, Germany 10, United Kingdom 8, Denmark 8, Switzerland 5 (102 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting22.5%
- Business Strategy and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting11.7%
- Complex Systems and Decision MakingDecision Sciences9.8%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Collaboration in agile enterprisesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Open Source Software InnovationsComputer Science4%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences2.8%
- Information Systems Theories and ImplementationSocial Sciences2.8%
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 | Business | Zone 4 |
| 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 | Business | 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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, RePEcPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 121OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 63.16%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 319,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 324 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 6 | 51 |
| 2025 | 27 | 17 | 68 |
| 2024 | 16 | 9 | 75 |
| 2023 | 25 | 16 | 321 |
| 2022 | 24 | 12 | 138 |
| 2021 | 19 | 14 | 300 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
261 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 217 days – 370 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (28 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 300 days
- Sample
- 28 articles with submission and acceptance dates (36 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 33 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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,290 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteAuthorship, Open access
- Authorship
Submission guidelines with instructions for authors available as PDF download Model summary
Submission guidelines Links and downloads Instructions for Authors (Download pdf, 827 kB)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
Open access publishing information including fees, funding and licences Model summary
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Journal of Organization Design, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page.
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 2245-408X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Organization Design
What CAS zone is Journal of Organization Design in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Organization Design is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business / 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Organization Design?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Organization Design?
Based on the dates recorded on 28 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 261 days (interquartile range 217–370 days). 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 Organization Design based?
Of the 102 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), Germany (10) and United Kingdom (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Organization Design?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Organization Design is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Organization Design open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Organization Design is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,290.
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: .