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Management Communication Quarterly
ISSN 0893-3189 · eISSN 1552-6798 · SAGE
Management Communication Quarterly: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.71; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; acceptance rate 8.5% (journal website); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Management Communication Quarterly is published by SAGE 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, Public Relations and Crisis Communication and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, together about 36.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Management Communication Quarterly (MCQ), peer-reviewed and published quarterly, is an essential resource for scholars of organizational and managerial practice and offers valuable and timely insights for professionals, consultants, and trainers. MCQ publishes conceptually rigorous, empirically-driven, and practice-relevant research from across the organizational … | 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): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 0%); most named United States 167, Canada 9, United Kingdom 6, Hong Kong, China 5, Australia 5 (207 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting18.4%
- Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationSocial Sciences9.6%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Team Dynamics and PerformancePsychology6.6%
- Communication in Education and HealthcarePsychology6.4%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences5.1%
- Knowledge Management and SharingSocial Sciences5%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities3.2%
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 | Communication | 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 | Communication | 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 | Communication | 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
- 2.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 746OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,247 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 15 | 12 |
| 2025 | 26 | 10 | 39 |
| 2024 | 38 | 14 | 174 |
| 2023 | 32 | 11 | 390 |
| 2022 | 42 | 9 | 488 |
| 2021 | 30 | 5 | 537 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8.5%Publisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted8
- book reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Manuscript length should be kept under 40 pages (inclusive…Length not stated
- case studyCase Study submissions are welcome.Length not stated
- hypothesisPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Manuscript length should be kept under 40 pages (inclusive…Length not stated
- multiple book review essaysMultiple Book Review Essays and Single-Book Review Essays are welcome.Length not stated
- perspectivePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Manuscript length should be kept under 40 pages (inclusive…Length not stated
- replication studiesMCQ welcomes replication studies important to the field.Length not stated
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Manuscript length should be kept under 40 pages (inclusive…Length not stated
- single-book review essaysMultiple Book Review Essays and Single-Book Review Essays are welcome.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures supplied in color will appear in color online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. If you have requested color reproduction in the print version, we will advise you of the costs on receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer 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
- 0893-3189
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-6798
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Management Communication Quarterly
What CAS zone is Management Communication Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Management Communication Quarterly is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Communication / 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 Management Communication Quarterly?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.71; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 107.
What are the manuscript requirements of Management Communication Quarterly?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: 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 Management Communication Quarterly based?
Of the 207 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 0%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (167), Canada (9) and United Kingdom (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Management Communication Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Management Communication Quarterly is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Management Communication Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Management Communication Quarterly 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: .