Journal profile · Multiple
R & D MANAGEMENT
ISSN 0033-6807 · eISSN 1467-9310 · Wiley-Blackwell
R & D MANAGEMENT: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.61; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,620; median 490 days to acceptance (76 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 77 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
R & D MANAGEMENT is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 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, Innovation Policy and R&D and Technology Assessment and Management, together about 40.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
R&D Management journal addresses the interests of practising managers and academic researchers in research and development and innovation management.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Alberto Di MininPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Italy 13, United Kingdom 11, Germany 10, South Korea 4, Denmark 4 (66 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 Accounting25.3%
- Innovation Policy and R&DEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.2%
- Technology Assessment and ManagementEngineering7%
- Intellectual Capital and Performance AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- Business Strategy and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Knowledge Management and SharingSocial Sciences4.1%
- Innovation Diffusion and ForecastingDecision Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
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
- 4.61LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 12Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 159OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,342OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 61.05%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 67Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 331,623Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,165 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 13 | 8 |
| 2025 | 77 | 53 | 278 |
| 2024 | 87 | 54 | 730 |
| 2023 | 80 | 61 | 1,026 |
| 2022 | 55 | 31 | 1,325 |
| 2021 | 79 | 47 | 2,605 |
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
490 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 321 days – 687 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (76 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 529 days
- Sample
- 76 articles with submission and acceptance dates (119 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) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 530 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 18 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
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 3,620 / EUR 3,020 / GBP 2,440 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0033-6807
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-9310
- Society / sponsor
- RADMA
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 56, Issue 4 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about R & D MANAGEMENT
What CAS zone is R & D MANAGEMENT in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, R & D MANAGEMENT is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Business / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of R & D MANAGEMENT?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.61; CiteScore 12, h-index 159.
How long does peer review take at R & D MANAGEMENT?
Based on the dates recorded on 76 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 490 days (interquartile range 321–687 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of R & D MANAGEMENT based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (13), United Kingdom (11) and Germany (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index R & D MANAGEMENT?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, R & D MANAGEMENT is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is R & D MANAGEMENT open access, and what is the APC?
R & D MANAGEMENT is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,620.
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: .