Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Field ranking · 2015
Business, Management and Accounting journal rankings 2015
679 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Business, Management and Accounting has 679 ranked journals in 2015. The median OJR fell 0.09 on 2014 to 1.33, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 3.00. The top three are Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Business Venturing, and Journal of International Business Studies.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Business, Management and Accounting (9)
Up to Social Sciences679 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
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1Academy of Management AnnalsRoutledge · United States | 19.43Q1 | 14.08 2.95 up from 2014 | 75 | 18% | — | ||
2Journal of Business VenturingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 14.16Q1 | 8.86 2.27 up from 2014 | 132 | 31% | $4,130 | ||
3Journal of International Business StudiesPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 13.55Q1 | 6.47 1.02 down from 2014 | 162 | 15% | $4,790 | ||
4Journal of Accounting and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 12.93Q1 | 5.92 0.72 down from 2014 | 99 | 18% | $4,170 | ||
5Academy of Management JournalAcademy of Management · United States | 12.91Q1 | 6.71 2.79 down from 2014 | 291 | 32% | — | ||
6Journal of Management StudiesWiley · United Kingdom | 11.61Q1 | 5.70 1.26 down from 2014 | 161 | 31% | $4,150 | ||
7Academy of Management ReviewAcademy of Management · United States | 10.86Q1 | 6.49 1.84 down from 2014 | 158 | 25% | — | ||
8International Journal of Management ReviewsWiley · United Kingdom | 10.73Q1 | 6.57 0.09 up from 2014 | 73 | 30% | $4,220 | ||
9Global Strategy JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 10.47Q1 | 2.48 4.26 down from 2014 | 65 | 29% | $3,480 | ||
10Strategic Management JournalWiley · United States | 10.13Q1 | 5.21 0.58 up from 2014 | 410 | 20% | $4,250 | ||
11Journal of ManagementSAGE Publishing · United States | 9.89Q1 | 6.27 0.67 down from 2014 | 272 | 32% | $3,900 | ||
12Journal of MarketingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 9.45Q1 | 7.21 2.51 up from 2014 | 182 | 16% | $5,400 | ||
13Journal of the Academy of Marketing ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 9.41Q1 | 4.94 0.12 down from 2014 | 120 | 30% | $4,790 | ||
14Academy of Management PerspectivesAcademy of Management · United States | 9.34Q1 | 6.20 0.96 up from 2014 | 119 | 20% | — | ||
15Journal of Operations ManagementWiley · United States | 9.26Q1 | 5.80 0.33 down from 2014 | 125 | 24% | $3,520 | ||
16Organizational Research MethodsSAGE Publishing · United States | 8.78Q1 | 6.56 0.23 down from 2014 | 73 | 27% | $3,900 | ||
17Long Range PlanningElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 8.77Q1 | 4.85 0.49 up from 2014 | 107 | 18% | $3,900 | ||
18Journal of Accounting ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 8.77Q1 | 3.72 0.26 down from 2014 | 102 | 24% | $4,420 | ||
19Journal of service managementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 8.50Q1 | 4.59 1.27 down from 2014 | 104 | 21% | — | ||
20Entrepreneurship Theory and PracticeSAGE Publishing · United States | 8.39Q1 | 5.10 0.56 up from 2014 | 202 | 12% | $3,900 | ||
21Journal of Purchasing and Supply ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 8.30Q1 | 4.63 0.37 down from 2014 | 79 | 29% | $3,280 | ||
22Supply Chain Management An International JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 7.84Q1 | 5.04 2.14 down from 2014 | 149 | 31% | — | ||
23Organization StudiesSAGE Publishing · Germany | 7.38Q1 | 5.19 0.18 down from 2014 | 229 | 30% | $3,900 | ||
24Journal of Management Information SystemsTaylor & Francis · United States | 7.28Q1 | 5.73 0.50 up from 2014 | 130 | 12% | — | ||
25The Accounting ReviewAmerican Accounting Association · United States | 7.02Q1 | 2.59 1.09 down from 2014 | 270 | 6% | — | ||
26Organization ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 6.95Q1 | 3.80 0.03 up from 2014 | 252 | 22% | — | ||
27The Journal of Strategic Information SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.91Q1 | 4.73 0.07 up from 2014 | 76 | 18% | $4,160 | ||
28Journal of World BusinessElsevier BV · United States | 6.91Q1 | 4.09 0.43 up from 2014 | 184 | 23% | $4,750 | ||
29TechnovationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.82Q1 | 3.81 0.04 up from 2014 | 197 | 42% | $3,890 | ||
30Strategic Entrepreneurship JournalWiley · United States | 6.80Q1 | 3.86 0.44 up from 2014 | 63 | 16% | $4,100 | ||
31Journal of Supply Chain ManagementWiley · United Kingdom | 6.80Q1 | 5.11 0.33 up from 2014 | 123 | 15% | $3,700 | ||
32Journal of Organizational BehaviorWiley · United Kingdom | 6.61Q1 | 4.90 0.04 down from 2014 | 206 | 23% | $4,250 | ||
33International Marketing ReviewEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 6.56Q1 | 3.77 0.02 down from 2014 | 89 | 29% | — | ||
34Accounting Organizations and SocietyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.54Q1 | 3.36 0.41 down from 2014 | 116 | 23% | $4,040 | ||
35Family Business ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.49Q1 | 4.86 1.35 down from 2014 | 56 | 35% | $3,900 | ||
36Journal of Service ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.49Q1 | 4.45 0.10 down from 2014 | 115 | 26% | $3,900 | ||
37Journal of Small Business ManagementWiley · United States | 6.40Q1 | 3.48 0.34 up from 2014 | 175 | 26% | $2,500 | ||
38International Journal of Electronic CommerceTaylor & Francis · United States | 6.36Q1 | 2.82 0.74 down from 2014 | 67 | 9% | — | ||
39International Small Business Journal Researching EntrepreneurshipSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.34Q1 | 3.06 0.22 down from 2014 | 144 | 44% | $3,900 | ||
40International Journal of Production EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.25Q1 | 4.79 0.42 up from 2014 | 953 | 23% | $4,420 | ||
41Small Business EconomicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 6.19Q1 | 3.40 0.43 up from 2014 | 210 | 29% | $3,090 | ||
42Entrepreneurship and Regional DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 6.18Q1 | 4.50 1.25 up from 2014 | 101 | 27% | — | ||
43Journal of International EntrepreneurshipSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 6.18Q1 | 2.69 0.38 down from 2014 | 49 | 41% | $3,390 | ||
44California Management ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.09Q1 | 3.25 0.50 up from 2014 | 96 | 30% | $3,900 | ||
45Journal of RetailingElsevier BV · United States | 6.07Q1 | 3.83 0.09 down from 2014 | 119 | 25% | $3,030 | ||
46Journal of International MarketingSAGE Publishing · United States | 5.93Q1 | 5.04 0.42 up from 2014 | 71 | 25% | $5,400 | ||
47Strategic OrganizationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.93Q1 | 5.03 1.56 up from 2014 | 72 | 26% | $3,900 | ||
48Human RelationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.81Q1 | 4.19 0.22 up from 2014 | 248 | 31% | $3,900 | ||
49Journal of AdvertisingTaylor & Francis · United States | 5.81Q1 | 4.60 1.58 up from 2014 | 109 | 13% | — | ||
50Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental ManagementWiley · United Kingdom | 5.81Q1 | 3.02 0.06 down from 2014 | 96 | 15% | $4,100 |
Subfields of Business, Management and Accounting, compared.
- Strategy and Management190
- Accounting133
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management131
- Management Information Systems85
- Marketing80
- Management of Technology and Innovation49
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management7
- Business and International Management4
- Industrial relations0
Journals
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
227 additional Business, Management and Accounting journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2012–2014, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 679
- Window papers (baseline)
- 310,557 +19.3% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 1.33 -4.2% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 44Comparison-group list (44)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 301 | 319 | 337 | 362 | 379 | 393 | 410 | 444 | 472 | 504 | 533 | 564 | 603 | 631 | 654 | 679 | 699 | 723 | 732 | 731 | 736 | 728 | 732 | 746 | 736 | 711 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 77,554 | 86,596 | 96,328 | 108,450 | 120,666 | 134,917 | 150,748 | 168,846 | 187,138 | 204,210 | 221,221 | 236,993 | 260,265 | 277,202 | 296,178 | 310,557 | 324,663 | 331,972 | 338,869 | 352,446 | 378,348 | 410,151 | 441,053 | 455,118 | 483,546 | 540,006 | |
| Median OJR | 0.94 | 1.0005 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 1.15 | 1.29 | 1.38 | 1.429 | 1.45 | 1.35 | 1.402 | 1.396 | 1.388 | 1.3697 | 1.42 | 1.33 | 1.426 | 1.374 | 1.3699 | 1.390 | 1.49 | 1.56 | 1.53 | 1.48 | 1.57 | 1.62 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 6.2% | 535 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 1.041 per 1,000 | 391 journals |
| Output growth | Median: 0.0% | 662 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 44.9% | 711 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,400 | 278 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 29.9% | 665 journals |
| Review share | Median: 1.1% | 711 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 1.70 | 705 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 26.8% | 711 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 45.6% | 710 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.