Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Knowledge and Process Management
ISSN 1092-4604 · eISSN 1099-1441 · Wiley-Blackwell
Knowledge and Process Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 195 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Knowledge and Process Management is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Knowledge Management and Sharing, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis, together about 45.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management and Management Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Knowledge and Process Management aims to provide essential information to executives responsible for driving performance improvement in their business or for introducing new ideas to business through thought leadership. The journal meets executives' needs for practical information on the lessons learned from other organizations in the areas of: knowledge management organizational learning core competences process management In addition to detailed case studies, the journal also publishes research papers containing new thinking from leading business schools as well as practical principles drawn from cross-company surveys.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editor-in-chief Elena-Mădălina VătămănescuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 13, United Kingdom 12, Australia 6, Spain 5, India 4 (62 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Knowledge Management and SharingSocial Sciences18.7%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting18.3%
- Intellectual Capital and Performance AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting8.7%
- Business Process Modeling and AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Organizational and Employee PerformanceComputer Science3.7%
- Organizational Learning and LeadershipBusiness, Management and Accounting3.2%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3%
- Collaboration in agile enterprisesBusiness, Management and Accounting3%
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 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
Web of ScienceINSPECPsycINFOPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 459OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 21Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 79,633Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,131 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 147 | 41 | 64 |
| 2025 | 29 | 16 | 80 |
| 2024 | 28 | 19 | 127 |
| 2023 | 35 | 21 | 195 |
| 2022 | 46 | 20 | 384 |
| 2021 | 45 | 19 | 1,074 |
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
195 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 91 days – 400 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 211 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (175 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 453 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 2,900 / EUR 2,400 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material “in print and other media” from the publisher of the original source, and for supplying Wiley with that permission upo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Knowledge and Process Management is a subscription journal that offers an Open Access option. You'll have the option to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Single-anonymized peer review model. Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Wiley Authors submission portal: https://authors.wiley.com/journal/KPM. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the "My Submissions" button. For technical help with the submission system, please review o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. Knowledge and Process Management will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1092-4604
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-1441
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Knowledge and Process Management
What CAS zone is Knowledge and Process Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Knowledge and Process 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 Knowledge and Process Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 71.
How long does peer review take at Knowledge and Process Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 195 days (interquartile range 91–400 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8% (2025). 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 Knowledge and Process Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 7; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Knowledge and Process Management based?
Of the 62 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (13), United Kingdom (12) and Australia (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Knowledge and Process Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Knowledge and Process Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Knowledge and Process Management open access, and what is the APC?
Knowledge and Process Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .