Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Journal of Management and Strategy aims to provide academic theory and management practice to researchers and managers in areas related with management and strategy. JMS welcomes empirical, theoretical, conceptual, and applied studies that contribute to strategic management, organization, leadership, operations, and market strategy. It publishes high-quality and original research in the following areas:

  • Corporate and Business Strategy
  • Strategic Leadership and Governance
  • Organization Theory and Design
  • Operations Strategy
  • Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Innovation and Technology Strategy
  • International and Responsible Strategy

Submissions should articulate a clear contribution to management or strategy and explain the managerial or organizational significance of the findings. And all submissions must undergo rigorous peer review to ensure academic integrity and quality.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The journal uses double-anonymized peer-reviewed system for peer-review. The manuscript will be peer-reviewed by at least two independent external reviewers with relevant expertise. The review process may take 4-10 weeks. The editorial board makes the editorial decision after considering the reviewers' reports, the manuscript's scholarly quality, relevance, originality, methodological or analytical validity, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and any other relevant information. Possible decisions include acceptance, minor revision, major revision, rejection with an invitation to submit a substantially revised manuscript as a new submission, or rejection.

 

Publication Frequency

Semiannual, published in May and November

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Indexes

AcademicKeys

ANVUR

CNKI SCHOLAR

Directory of Research Journal Indexing

ECONIS

EconPapers (RePEc)

Electronic Journals Library

ERA

Google Scholar

IBZ Online

IDEAS (RePEc)

IndexCopernicus International

JournalTOCs

Library and Archives Canada(LAC)

Lockss

MIAR

NewJour

Norwegian Centre for Research Data

PKP Open Archives Harvester

Qualis CAPES

RePEc

Scirus

SHERPA/RoMEO

The Standard Periodical Directory

Worldcat

ZBW – German National Library of Economics

 

Google Scholar-Based Metrics

Citations (2026): 6938

This is the number of citations to all publications.
The data was calculated based on Google Scholar Citations

h-index (2026): 45

h-index is the largest number h such that h publications have at least h citations.
The data was calculated based on Google Scholar Citations

i10-index (2026): 147

i10-index is the number of publications with at least 10 citations.
The data was calculated based on Google Scholar Citations

 

Special Issue

To better serve the academic community, we welcome collaboration with academic and research institutions to publish special issues. If you are interested in proposing a special issue for our journal, please submit your inquiry and proposal to jms@sciedupress.com 

Download Special Issue Proposal           MS-Word

Before submitting a proposal, please note the following:

  • The special issue should focus on a specific research topic, conference theme, or closely related area within the journal’s scope.
  • All manuscripts submitted to the special issue will follow the same editorial and peer-review process as regular submissions.
  • Proposed guest editors and reviewers are subject to approval by the journal.
  • Proposals should be submitted to the journal at least five months before the planned publication date.
  • An article processing charge (APC) applies to each accepted article.
  • All published articles will be freely available online as open-access articles.

We are committed to facilitating the dissemination of high-quality research and knowledge through special issues. We look forward to working with you to bring your research to a wider audience. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries or concerns.