Journal profile · Engineering, Industrial
Research-Technology Management
ISSN 0895-6308 · eISSN 1930-0166 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1988
Research-Technology Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.04; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 312 days to acceptance (22 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 63 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Research-Technology Management is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Innovation and Knowledge Management, Technology Assessment and Management and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 32.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research-Technology Management (RTM) is an award-winning peer-reviewed journal in the fields of innovation, R&D, and technology management. The journal has been publishing practitioner-oriented original research since 1957. RTM seeks articles that connect innovation and strategy theories to the practice of innovation management. We publish articles on the management of innovation, R&D, and technology that illustrate how practitioners can apply management theories and strategic concepts to real-world challenges. The purpose is to give R&D and innovation leaders and practitioners scientifically rigorous tools to promote innovation throughout their organizations. We are interested in a wide range of topics in innovation, R&D, and technology management. Some examples of these topics are: Product development processes and strategy, R&D portfolio management and metrics, design science, and innovation in industrial, manufacturing, life sciences, and deep-tech firms Responsible, regenerative, sustainable, and ethical objectives associated with emerging technologies and innovation modes Innovation education and capability development for innovation and R&D practitioners Collaborative and interorganizational forms of innovation, such as open innovation, innovation ecosystem, and university-industry collaboration Organizing for innovation, management of technical and creative people, and innovation organizational culture Forecasting and technology intelligence Intellectual asset management RTM accepts the following article types: • Original research articles (maximum 6,000 words) employing rigorous, conceptual, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method approaches. These articles must include managerial or practical implications that can be applied in practice. • Managers@Work articles (maximum 4,000 words) that outline an organization’s application of frameworks, models, methodologies, or practices that address a contemporary issue in innovation, R&D, and technology management. These “why and how we did it” narratives provide key learnings that innovation managers and practitioners can apply in practice. These word limits exclude tables, figures, charts, and references. RTM does not publish appendices. Please include a word count for your paper. All submissions undergo double-blind peer review. For more information on author guidelines and submission requirements, please read the Instructions for Authors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Industrial
Editor-in-chief Yat Ming OoiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting14.5%
- Technology Assessment and ManagementEngineering9.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering8.2%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science7.6%
- Big Data and Business IntelligenceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Innovation Policy and R&DEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Research, Science, and AcademiaDecision Sciences4%
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 | Business | 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 | Business | 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)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, Business Index, EBSCOhost, Elsevier BV, Emerald Publishing Limited, Gale, Thomson Reuters
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
- 3.04LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.51Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.93Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 111OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 965OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.1%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 235,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,624 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 19 | 15 |
| 2025 | 63 | 15 | 143 |
| 2024 | 95 | 21 | 305 |
| 2023 | 52 | 16 | 355 |
| 2022 | 75 | 27 | 456 |
| 2021 | 65 | 16 | 533 |
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
312 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 240 days – 350 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 58 days (22 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 370 days
- Sample
- 22 articles with submission and acceptance dates (143 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 112 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 66 daysPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- managers@work articles• Managers@Work articles (maximum 4,000 words) that outline an organization’s application of frameworks, models, methodologies, or practices that address a cont…Length not stated
- original research articleaccepts the following article types: • Original research articles (maximum 6,000 words) employing rigorous, conceptual, qualitative, quantitative,main text ≤ 6,000 words
- original research articles• Original research articles (maximum 6,000 words) employing rigorous, conceptual, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method approaches. These articles must i…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Research-Technology Management is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabil…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
All submissions undergo double-blind peer review.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1988
- ISSN
- 0895-6308
- Electronic ISSN
- 1930-0166
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 69, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Research-Technology Management
What CAS zone is Research-Technology Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Research-Technology Management is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business / 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.
What is the impact factor of Research-Technology Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.04; CiteScore 3, h-index 111.
How long does peer review take at Research-Technology Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 22 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 312 days (interquartile range 240–350 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 5%. 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 JCR quartile is Research-Technology Management in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Management.
Which databases index Research-Technology Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Research-Technology Management is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Research-Technology Management open access, and what is the APC?
Research-Technology Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .