Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Field ranking · 2018
Business, Management and Accounting journal rankings 2018
732 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Business, Management and Accounting has 732 ranked journals in 2018. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.37 against 1.00, unchanged on 2017. A journal needs OJR 2.79 to reach Q1. The top three are Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Marketing, and Journal of International Business Studies.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. 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 2015–2017, the window the 2018 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 Sciences732 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 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 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 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1Academy of Management AnnalsRoutledge · United States | 16.12Q1 | 16.66 5.37 up from 2017 | 102 | 25% | — | ||
2Journal of MarketingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 11.52Q1 | 10.87 0.27 up from 2017 | 139 | 26% | $5,400 | ||
3Journal of International Business StudiesPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 9.88Q1 | 8.75 1.58 up from 2017 | 178 | 48% | $4,790 | ||
4Entrepreneurship Theory and PracticeSAGE Publishing · United States | 9.71Q1 | 7.78 1.60 up from 2017 | 134 | 40% | $3,900 | ||
5Academy of Management JournalAcademy of Management · United States | 9.59Q1 | 8.54 1.27 up from 2017 | 276 | 32% | — | ||
6Journal of RetailingElsevier BV · United States | 9.57Q1 | 4.83 2.87 down from 2017 | 131 | 19% | $3,030 | ||
7Journal of the Academy of Marketing ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 9.47Q1 | 6.67 3.16 down from 2017 | 147 | 34% | $4,790 | ||
8Journal of Accounting ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 9.43Q1 | 6.20 0.35 up from 2017 | 98 | 35% | $4,420 | ||
9Academy of Management ReviewAcademy of Management · United States | 8.99Q1 | 5.75 1.99 down from 2017 | 134 | 19% | — | ||
10Journal of Accounting and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 8.72Q1 | 4.60 0.27 up from 2017 | 126 | 14% | $4,170 | ||
11Journal of Business VenturingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 8.62Q1 | 9.57 1.61 up from 2017 | 100 | 48% | $4,130 | ||
12Journal of ManagementSAGE Publishing · United States | 8.55Q1 | 7.88 1.67 up from 2017 | 232 | 39% | $3,900 | ||
13Journal of Operations ManagementWiley · United States | 8.40Q1 | 7.56 2.66 up from 2017 | 110 | 27% | $3,520 | ||
14California Management ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 8.28Q1 | 7.61 1.06 up from 2017 | 91 | 40% | $3,900 | ||
15Journal of Management StudiesWiley · United Kingdom | 8.17Q1 | 6.67 0.63 up from 2017 | 157 | 52% | $4,150 | ||
16Journal of World BusinessElsevier BV · United States | 8.15Q1 | 6.17 1.38 up from 2017 | 199 | 55% | $4,750 | ||
17Strategic Management JournalWiley · United States | 8.10Q1 | 5.74 0.54 up from 2017 | 347 | 35% | $4,250 | ||
18Organization & EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 7.98Q1 | 3.98 2.82 down from 2017 | 86 | 35% | $3,900 | ||
19International Small Business Journal Researching EntrepreneurshipSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 7.85Q1 | 4.43 0.89 down from 2017 | 112 | 33% | $3,900 | ||
20The Accounting ReviewAmerican Accounting Association · United States | 7.38Q1 | 4.50 0.11 up from 2017 | 222 | 9% | — | ||
21Meditari Accountancy ResearchEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 7.34Q1 | 5.81 1.63 up from 2017 | 75 | 6% | — | ||
22International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited | 7.08Q1 | 8.40 1.88 up from 2017 | 129 | 31% | — | ||
23TechnovationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.00Q1 | 4.61 0.25 up from 2017 | 144 | 34% | $3,890 | ||
24Journal of Intellectual CapitalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 6.87Q1 | 5.62 0.49 down from 2017 | 127 | 11% | — | ||
25Supply Chain Management An International JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 6.83Q1 | 6.22 0.82 up from 2017 | 132 | 36% | — | ||
26Journal of Service ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.79Q1 | 5.30 1.29 down from 2017 | 96 | 47% | $3,900 | ||
27Family Business ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.68Q1 | 7.16 1.77 up from 2017 | 47 | 26% | $3,900 | ||
28Strategic Entrepreneurship JournalWiley · United States | 6.59Q1 | 3.99 0.72 down from 2017 | 89 | 56% | $4,100 | ||
29Business Strategy and the EnvironmentWiley · United Kingdom | 6.57Q1 | 6.66 1.76 up from 2017 | 133 | 37% | $4,480 | ||
30BRQ Business Research QuarterlyOASAGE Publishing · Spain | 6.43Q1 | 4.68no change | 49 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
31International Marketing ReviewEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 6.41Q1 | 6.06 1.77 up from 2017 | 114 | 40% | — | ||
32International Journal of Operations & Production ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 6.21Q1 | 5.83 1.01 up from 2017 | 235 | 59% | — | ||
33Long Range PlanningElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.06Q1 | 4.81 1.18 up from 2017 | 174 | 48% | $3,900 | ||
34Journal of service managementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 5.96Q1 | 5.08 0.61 down from 2017 | 117 | 56% | — | ||
35International Journal of Production EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.95Q1 | 6.80 1.67 up from 2017 | 932 | 31% | $4,420 | ||
36Journal of Supply Chain ManagementWiley · United Kingdom | 5.93Q1 | 5.22 0.98 up from 2017 | 83 | 36% | $3,700 | ||
37International Business ReviewElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.89Q1 | 4.92 1.70 up from 2017 | 283 | 39% | $4,550 | ||
38International Journal of Hospitality ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.85Q1 | 6.09 1.53 up from 2017 | 391 | 25% | $4,270 | ||
39Accounting HorizonsAmerican Accounting Association · United States | 5.84Q1 | 2.65 0.59 down from 2017 | 113 | 6% | — | ||
40Journal of Business ResearchElsevier BV · United States | 5.83Q1 | 5.65 1.43 up from 2017 | 1,545 | 32% | $4,440 | ||
41The Journal of Strategic Information SystemsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.77Q1 | 4.27 0.30 up from 2017 | 92 | 27% | $4,160 | ||
42International Journal of Management ReviewsWiley · United Kingdom | 5.69Q1 | 6.56 0.10 down from 2017 | 99 | 42% | $4,220 | ||
43Management Accounting ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.68Q1 | 4.78 0.39 up from 2017 | 72 | 21% | $3,690 | ||
44Journal of Management Information SystemsTaylor & Francis · United States | 5.61Q1 | 4.93 0.72 up from 2017 | 135 | 35% | — | ||
45International Journal of Electronic CommerceTaylor & Francis · United States | 5.61Q1 | 3.52 0.67 up from 2017 | 54 | 33% | — | ||
46Small Business EconomicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 5.59Q1 | 4.60 0.22 up from 2017 | 329 | 47% | $3,090 | ||
47Journal of International ManagementElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.55Q1 | 4.94 2.01 up from 2017 | 89 | 25% | $4,020 | ||
48Journal of Organizational BehaviorWiley · United Kingdom | 5.47Q1 | 4.88 0.22 down from 2017 | 230 | 33% | $4,250 | ||
49Journal of Consumer ResearchOxford University Press · United States | 5.46Q1 | 5.91 1.53 up from 2017 | 235 | 18% | $4,224 | ||
50Human Resource Management JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 5.40Q1 | 4.90 0.95 up from 2017 | 104 | 54% | $4,250 |
Subfields of Business, Management and Accounting, compared.
- Strategy and Management206
- Accounting143
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management142
- Marketing86
- Management Information Systems84
- Management of Technology and Innovation59
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management7
- Business and International Management5
- Industrial relations0
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
204 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 2015–2017, 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: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 732
- Window papers (baseline)
- 338,869 +9.1% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 1.3699 +3.0% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 44Comparison-group list (44)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 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.