Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Journal of Organizational Change Management
ISSN 0953-4814 · eISSN 1758-7816 · Emerald
Journal of Organizational Change Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.42; subscription journal; 87 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Organizational Change Management is published by Emerald 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 Management and Organizational Studies, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Innovation and Knowledge Management, together about 42.8% 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
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting21.5%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting11.1%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting10.2%
- Complex Systems and Decision MakingDecision Sciences4.7%
- Management Theory and PracticeBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Organizational Learning and LeadershipBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences3.7%
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 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)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview 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
- 4.42LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,257OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.96%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 74LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,052 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 24 | 50 |
| 2025 | 87 | 24 | 328 |
| 2024 | 90 | 12 | 951 |
| 2023 | 83 | 21 | 1,322 |
| 2022 | 56 | 23 | 707 |
| 2021 | 70 | 17 | 2,190 |
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
- 0953-4814
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-7816
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Organizational Change Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Organizational Change Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Organizational Change 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 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Organizational Change Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.42; CiteScore 7.4, h-index 123.
Which databases index Journal of Organizational Change Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Organizational Change Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Organizational Change Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Organizational Change Management 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: .