Best journals for Strategy and Management
The top Strategy and Management journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. 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).
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- 2Journal of Innovation & Knowledge11.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 3Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity10.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 4Review of Managerial Science9.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
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- 6Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management8.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 10European Journal of Innovation Management7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 11Journal of Knowledge Management7.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 12Journal of International Business Studies7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Palgrave MacmillanScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Organization Science6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute for Operations Research and the Management SciencesScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Journal of Intellectual Capital6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 20IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22Academy of Management Perspectives5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Academy of ManagementScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 25Sustainability4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 27Journal of Engineering and Technology Management4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 28Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 30Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 35Competitiveness Review An International Business Journal incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 38Management International Review3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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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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