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Journal of Project Management
ISSN 2371-8366 · eISSN 2371-8374 · Growing Science · Canada
Journal of Project Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 77 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Project Management is published by Growing Science 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 Construction Project Management and Performance, Organizational and Employee Performance and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms, together about 35.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Project Management: A peer-reviewed publication dedicated to project management research, focusing on project scheduling, delay analysis, risk management, project controls, agile methodologies, construction project management, and project success factors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Construction Project Management and PerformanceDecision Sciences17.9%
- Organizational and Employee PerformanceComputer Science10.1%
- Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEngineering7.5%
- Big Data and Business IntelligenceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationEngineering5.4%
- BIM and Construction IntegrationEngineering5.2%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Resource-Constrained Project SchedulingDecision Sciences4.1%
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 | Engineering, Industrial | 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 | Engineering, Industrial | 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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 93.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 350 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 79 | 79 | 52 |
| 2025 | 77 | 77 | 188 |
| 2024 | 44 | 44 | 175 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 152 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 105 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 283 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 120–250 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Plagiarism
- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest disclosure required from all authors. Model summary
All authors are asked to reveal any potential conflict of interest with other people or organizations within few years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Digital archiving policy with metadata for archiving. Model summary
In Growing Science, we do our best to provide high quality meta data for digital archiving purposes.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Original work only; simultaneous submission to multiple journals prohibited. Model summary
The submitted work should not have been published previously somewhere else. The authors do not have the permission to submit their work to two or more places, simultaneously.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Authors retain copyright of accepted articles. Model summary
The authors retain the copyright of the accepted articles so they are able to reuse their work in any way.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Similarity index must not exceed 5 percent. Model summary
any paper submitted to our journal does not have to have similarity index of over 5 percent with other published documents
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
- Growing Science
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2371-8366
- Electronic ISSN
- 2371-8374
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Project Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Project Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Project Management is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Industrial / 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Project Management?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Project Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 120–250 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journal of Project Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Project Management is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Project Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Project Management is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .