Best journals for Strategy and Management
The top 40 of 286 Strategy and Management journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Strategy and Management is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1Journal of Innovation & Knowledge13.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 3Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity12.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 4Review of Managerial Science10.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
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- 6Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management10.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 8European Journal of Innovation Management8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 9Journal of International Business Studies8.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Palgrave MacmillanScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 14Journal of Knowledge Management8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 15Organization Science7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute for Operations Research and the Management SciencesScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 18Journal of Intellectual Capital7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 19IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22Academy of Management Perspectives6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Academy of ManagementScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 27Sustainability5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Journal of Engineering and Technology Management5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
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- 30Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 31Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 38Competitiveness Review An International Business Journal incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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