Meet the Editors
BRITISH JOURNAL OF
MANAGEMENT
Mustafa Özbilgin (UEA)
Overview
1. Establishing BJM as home for thoughtful and
engaged scholarship
2. Editorial board – new members
3. Addressing the backlog
4. EAB Meetings in main academic conferences
(BAM, EURAM and AoM)
5. Writing, reviewing and editing workshops
6. Special issues – French-English scholarship
and Performance Management in times of
Global Crises
British Journal of Management
calls for intersectional analysis in • Accounting and Finance
the last two decades (Acker 2006; • Business Ethics
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Andersen and Collins 1992;
Belkhir and Ball 1993; Cole 2009; • Strategic Management
• Marketing
Crenshaw 1991; McCall 2005;
• Operations Management
Risman 2004; Xu and Leffler,
• R&D Management
1992; Weber 2001; West and
• Business Economics
Fenstermaker 1995).
• Public Sector Management
• Research Methods
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General Management
Human Resource Management
Organizational Behaviour
Management Development
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British Journal of Management
Official journal of the British
Academy of Management
(BAM) est. 1990
Impact factor: 1.83
ABS 4*, ABDC ‘A’ ranked
BJM covers theoretical and ISI ranking:
18/77 Business;
empirical articles in all areas
30/89 Management
of management (but does
not publish review papers,
nor papers that are too
narrow)
1 EIC,
10 AEs,
69 MEB from 16 countries
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Over
1500 reviewers
Four Issues per year
One special issue per year
Review System:
Desk Reject (Editor
may send to an AE for
additional input and
decision to reject or
send for review
Author notified via
MC (within 3 - 7
daysof submission)
Revise & Resubmit
(R&R)
Adopted from:
Ireland, 2008, p. 410
(AMJ)
Author submits manuscript via Manuscript Central
Time to
Complete Task
Managing editor (ME) checks in manuscript,
removes identifiers.
1 - 3 days
Editor selects associate editor (AE)
(or guest editor for SRFs).
1 - 3 days
Editor invites 2-3 reviewers.
ME checks for reviewers response in MC.
Reviewers accepts / declines invitation.
Editor selects additional reviewers if necessary.
7 days
2-3 reviews due to MC.
Auto reminders sent (by MC) to late reviewers.
Replacement reviewers selected if necessary.
30 days
Assigned AE or editor writes decision letter in MC:
Reject, R&R, conditional acceptance, or acceptance.
14 days
Author issued final decision letter via MC. Copies to
reviewers (without author´s name) and ME.
About 60 days
from submission
If R&R, author accepts / declines invitation.
ASAP
Author submitts R&R via MC. Cycle begins again
with the same reviewers assigned.
4 – 6 months
2010 Submission Data
2010 Submissions (1 January – 30 April)
Total Submissions
111
Major Revision (MajR)
8
Original article
93
Reject after review
31
Special issues
18
Accept
2
Immediate Reject (IR)
33
Pending
33
Immediate minor revision
(IMR)
2
6
Minor revision (MinR)
2
Average time to
immediate decision (IR,
IMinR)
Average time to
acceptance (A)
6
65
2010 Submission Data
2010 Submissions (by continents)
Total Submissions
111
North America
14
Asia
17
South America
1
Australia
3
Europe
76
Strengths:
Developing:
Emergent:
No submissions:
7
Europe (UK=39)
Asia and North America
Australia and South America
Africa
British Journal of Management
All manuscript submission via electronic system (MC)
Reviewers can subscribe via Manuscript Central
Number of manuscripts submitted ~ 500 p.a.
Accept rate ~ 5%
Main reasons for rejection:
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Weak theoretical contribution
Too broad or too narrow focus
Prescriptive approach
Poor relevance to management
Weak methodological description
Special Issue Call for Papers
Managing Performance in States of Global Crisis
Guest edited by
Vinh Sum Chau, Professor Howard Thomas, Stewart Clegg and
Alicia Leung
Submission deadline: December 6, 2010
Entente Cordiale? English and French language management
scholarship - a cross-cultural reflection
Guest edited by Yochanan Altman, Frank Bournois and Terri
Lituchy
Submission deadline: December 6, 2010
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Thank You!
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For providing high-quality reviews
For participating in life of the journal via
workshops, championing initiatives,
attending panels, and improving quality
of the publication process
For encouraging submissions from
colleagues and students
FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS!