October 8, 2014
Management Journal Rankings
Includes Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Management, and Operations Journals
(applied and general business journals are listed separately)
Using the ABS and ABDC rankings as a starting point, faculty in each discipline will decide on journals in the
discipline that should be included in the list of tiers 1, 2, and 3. Those journals will be entered in the appropriate
table below.
Tier 1
journals
Highest quality journal, highest selectivity, international audience, significant impact on advancement of theory or
practice in a discipline
Ranking: ABS rank 4, ABDC rank A, or top tier in in another ranking system
Tier 2
journals
Higher quality journal, selective, national audience, impact on a discipline’s theory and practice
Tier 3
journals
Refereed journal, regional audience
Ranking: ABS rank 1, ABDC rank C, or third tier in another ranking system
Tier 4
journals
All other journals (including non-peer-reviewed journals)
Ranking: ABS rank 3 or 2, ABDC rank B, or second tier in another ranking system
The starting points for these rankings are two widely used journal ranking lists: ABS (Association of Business Schools) and
ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council).
Rankings in the ABS list were standardized as 4* (a world elite journal); 4 (a top journal); 3 (a highly regarded journal); 2 (a
well-regarded journal); and 1 (a recognized journal).
The ABDC list groups the journals into A* (best or leading journal in its field); A (highly regarded journal in the field or
subfield); B (well-regarded journal in the field or subfield); C (recognized journal). The Harzing’s 52nd edition Journal Quality
List (2014) was also taken into account in the compilation process.
Subject areas and abbreviations:
ENTP = Entrepreneurship
ETHICS = Ethics
MGMT = Management
MKTG = Marketing
OR = Operation Research
Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
ENTP
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
1
4
A*
ENTP
Journal of Business Venturing
1
4
A*
ENTP
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
2
3
B
ENTP
Family Business Review
1
2
A
ENTP
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
2
2
B
ENTP
International Small Business Journal
2
3
A
ENTP
Journal of Small Business Management
2
3
A
ENTP
Small Business Economics: an entrepreneurship journal
2
3
A
ENTP
Venture Capital: an international journal of entrepreneurial finance
2
2
B
1
October 8, 2014
Field
BVGSB
Tier
Journal Title
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
ENTP
Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal
3
C
ENTP
Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance
3
C
ENTP
Business Journal for Entrepreneurs (Quarterly)
3
C
ENTP
International Journal of Entrepreneurship
3
C
ENTP
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
3
2
C
ENTP
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
3
1
C
ENTP
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
3
C
ENTP
International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
3
C
ENTP
International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship
3
C
ENTP
Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship
3
C
ENTP
Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
3
C
ENTP
Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship
3
C
ENTP
Journal of Enterprising Culture
3
1
C
ENTP
Journal of Entrepreneurship
3
1
C
ENTP
Journal of Family Business Strategy
3
ENTP
Journal of International Entrepreneurship
3
1
ENTP
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
3
2
ENTP
Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
3
C
ENTP
Journal of Small Business Strategy
3
C
ENTP
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
3
C
ENTP
Small Enterprise Research: The Journal of SEAANZ
3
C
ENTP
Social Enterprise Journal
3
1
C
ENTP
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
3
3
C
ENTP
The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
3
1
C
ENTP
World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable
Development
3
1
C
ETHICS
Business Ethics Quarterly
1
3
A
ETHICS
Corporate Governance: An International Review
1
3
A
ETHICS
Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and
Institutions
1
3
ETHICS
Journal of Business Ethics
1
3
A
ETHICS
Business Ethics: A European Review
2
2
B
ETHICS
Business and Professional Ethics Journal
3
1
C
ETHICS
Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society
3
1
C
ETHICS
Corporate Reputation Review
3
1
C
ETHICS
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
3
1
C
ETHICS
International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics
3
1
C
ETHICS
Journal of Management and Governance
3
1
C
ETHICS
Ethics: an international journal of social, political, and legal philosophy
1
2
C
C
A
October 8, 2014
Field
BVGSB
Tier
Journal Title
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
ETHICS
Global Governance
2
B
ETHICS
Social Responsibility Journal
2
B
ETHICS
Journal of Administration and Governance
3
C
ETHICS
Journal of Business Systems, Governance and Ethics
3
C
ETHICS
Journal of Corporate Citizenship
3
C
MGMT
Academy of Management Journal
1
4*
A*
MGMT
Academy of Management Review
1
4*
A*
MGMT
Administrative Science Quarterly
1
4*
A*
MGMT
Organization Science
1
4*
A*
MGMT
British Journal of Industrial Relations: an international journal of
employment relation
1
4
A*
MGMT
Industrial Relations: a journal of economy and society
1
4
A*
MGMT
Journal of Management
1
4
A*
MGMT
Journal of Management Studies
1
4
A*
MGMT
Journal of Organizational Behavior
1
4
A*
MGMT
Journal of Vocational Behavior
1
4
A*
MGMT
Organization Studies
1
4
A*
MGMT
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
1
4
A*
MGMT
Strategic Management Journal
1
4
A*
MGMT
The Leadership Quarterly
1
4
A*
MGMT
British Journal of Management
1
4
A
MGMT
Business History
1
4
A
MGMT
Human Relations
1
4
A
MGMT
Work, Employment and Society
1
4
A
MGMT
Research in Organizational Behavior
1
3
A
MGMT
Business History Review
1
3
A
MGMT
Enterprise and Society: the international journal of business and history
1
3
A
MGMT
European Journal of Industrial Relations
1
3
A
MGMT
Gender, Work and Organization
1
3
A
MGMT
Group Organization Management: an international journal
1
3
A
MGMT
Group Decision and Negotiation
2
3
B
MGMT
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
2
3
A*
MGMT
International Journal of Human Resource Management
2
3
A
MGMT
International Journal of Management Reviews
2
3
A
MGMT
International Labour Review
2
3
B
MGMT
Journal of Human Resources: education, manpower and welfare economics
2
3
A
MGMT
Journal of Management Inquiry
2
3
A
MGMT
Labor History
2
3
A
3
October 8, 2014
Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
MGMT
Long Range Planning
2
3
A
MGMT
New Technology, Work and Employment
2
3
B
MGMT
Organization: the critical journal of organization, theory and society
2
3
A
MGMT
Organizational Research Methods
2
3
A
MGMT
Work and Occupations: an international sociological journal
2
3
A
MGMT
Advances in Strategic Management
3
3
C
MGMT
Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Resources
2
2
B
MGMT
Asia-Pacific Journal of Management
2
2
B
MGMT
Business Strategy and the Environment
2
2
B
MGMT
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne des
Sciences de l Administration
2
2
B
MGMT
Employee Relations: The International Journal
2
2
B
MGMT
European Business Review
2
2
B
MGMT
European Management Journal
2
2
B
MGMT
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice
2
2
B
MGMT
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
2
2
B
MGMT
Human Resource Development International
2
2
B
MGMT
Human Resource Development Quarterly
2
2
B
MGMT
Human Resource Development Review
2
2
B
MGMT
Human Resource Management Review
2
2
B
MGMT
Industrial Relations
2
2
A
MGMT
Industrial Relations Journal
2
2
A
MGMT
International Journal of Manpower
2
2
B
MGMT
International Studies of Management and Organization
2
2
B
MGMT
Journal of General Management
2
2
B
MGMT
Journal of Industrial Relations
2
2
A
MGMT
Journal of Labor Research
2
2
B
MGMT
Journal of Organizational Behavior Management
2
2
B
MGMT
Journal of Organizational Change Management
2
2
B
MGMT
Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work
2
2
B
MGMT
Negotiation Journal: on the process of dispute settlement
2
2
B
MGMT
Organization and Environment: international journal of ecosocial research
2
2
B
MGMT
Personnel Review
2
2
B
MGMT
Scandinavian Journal of Management
2
2
B
MGMT
Strategic Organization
2
2
A
MGMT
Systemic Practice and Action Research
2
2
B
MGMT
Advances in Developing Human Resources
3
2
C
MGMT
British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
3
2
4
October 8, 2014
Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
C
MGMT
Cultures and Organizations
3
2
MGMT
Human Organization
3
2
MGMT
Strategic Change
3
2
MGMT
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
1
1
MGMT
Action Research
3
1
MGMT
Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations
3
1
MGMT
Business Strategy Review
2
1
B
MGMT
Career Development International
3
1
C
MGMT
Emergence: Complexity and Organization
3
1
B
MGMT
Ephemera: Critical Dialogues on Organization
3
1
MGMT
Equal Opportunities International
3
1
B
MGMT
European Management Review
3
1
C
MGMT
Foresight
3
1
MGMT
Gender in Management: an international journal
3
1
C
MGMT
Historical Studies in Industrial Relations
3
1
C
MGMT
International Journal of Employment Studies
3
1
C
MGMT
International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management
3
1
C
MGMT
International Journal of Management
3
1
C
MGMT
International Journal of Management and Decision Making
3
1
C
MGMT
International Journal of Training and Development
3
1
C
MGMT
Irish Journal of Management
3
1
C
MGMT
Journal of Management History
3
1
B
MGMT
Journal of Workplace Learning: employee counselling today
3
1
C
MGMT
Labour: review of labour economics and industrial relations
3
1
B
MGMT
Leadership
3
1
C
MGMT
Leadership and Organization Development Journal
3
1
B
MGMT
Management Organizational History
3
1
C
MGMT
Management Decision
3
1
MGMT
Organisational and Social Dynamics
3
1
MGMT
Philosophy of Management
3
1
C
MGMT
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management
3
1
C
MGMT
Review of Public Personnel Administration
3
1
C
MGMT
Singapore Management Review
3
1
C
MGMT
Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science
3
1
MGMT
The Journal of Change Management
3
1
C
MGMT
The Learning Organization: the international journal of knowledge and
organizational learning management
3
1
C
MGMT
The Journal of Business (Chicago)
1
5
A*
October 8, 2014
Field
BVGSB
Tier
Journal Title
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
MGMT
Action Research International
1
A
MGMT
American Business Review
1
A
MGMT
Australian Bulletin of Labour
2
B
MGMT
Australian Journal of Career Development
2
B
MGMT
Australian Journal of Management
1
A
MGMT
Conflict Resolution Quarterly
2
B
MGMT
Contemporary Management Research: an international journal
2
B
MGMT
International Journal of Conflict Management
2
B
MGMT
International Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice
1
A
MGMT
Journal of Business Strategy
2
B
MGMT
Journal of Career Assessment
1
A
MGMT
Journal of Career Development
2
B
MGMT
Journal of Employment Counseling
1
A
MGMT
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
2
B
MGMT
Journal of Intellectual Capital
2
B
MGMT
Journal of Management and Organization
2
B
MGMT
Just Labor
2
B
MGMT
Labor Studies Journal
2
B
MGMT
Labor: Studies in the Working Class History of the Americas
2
B
MGMT
Labour History Review
2
B
MGMT
Labour History: a journal of labour and social history
2
B
MGMT
Labour: journal of Canadian labour studies - revue d'etudes ouvrieres
Canadiennes
2
B
MGMT
Management Organization Review
2
B
MGMT
New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations
2
B
MGMT
Research and Practice in Human Resource Management
3
C
MGMT
Research in Organization Development
?
MGMT
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
2
B
MGMT
Action Learning and Action Research Journal
3
C
MGMT
Advancing Women in Leadership
3
C
MGMT
Alliance Journal of Business Research
3
C
MGMT
Asian Academy of Management Journal
3
C
MGMT
Asian Business and Management
3
C
MGMT
Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration
3
C
MGMT
Asia-Pacific Management Review
3
C
MGMT
Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal
3
C
MGMT
Australasian Journal of Business and Social Inquiry
3
C
MGMT
Baltic Journal of Management
3
C
6
October 8, 2014
Field
BVGSB
Tier
Journal Title
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
MGMT
Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations
3
C
MGMT
Business and Society Review
3
C
MGMT
Career Development for Exceptional Individuals
3
C
MGMT
Chinese Management Studies
3
C
MGMT
Competitiveness Review: an international business journal
3
C
MGMT
Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal
3
C
MGMT
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
3
C
MGMT
Employment Relations Record
3
C
MGMT
European Journal of Management
3
C
MGMT
HRfocus: the hands-on tool for human resources professionals
3
C
MGMT
Human Resource Management International Digest
3
C
MGMT
Human Systems Management
3
C
MGMT
Indian Journal of Industrial Relations
3
C
MGMT
International Employment Relations Review
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Applied HRM
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Applied Management and Technology
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Arts Management
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Business and Management
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Business Strategy
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Commerce and Management
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Learning and Change
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Management and Marketing Research
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Management Perspectives
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Management Practice
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Organisational Behaviour
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Strategic Change Management
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Strategic Management
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management
3
C
MGMT
International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion
3
C
7
October 8, 2014
Field
BVGSB
Tier
Journal Title
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
MGMT
International Review of Women and Leadership
3
C
MGMT
Japan Labor Review
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Business and Leadership
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Business and Management
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Collective Negotiations
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Diversity Management
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Human Resources and Adult Learning
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Management Research
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Managerial Issues
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change
3
C
MGMT
Journal of Strategy and Management
3
C
MGMT
Management
3
C
MGMT
Management Case Study Journal
3
C
MGMT
Management Dynamics
3
C
MGMT
Management Quarterly
3
C
MGMT
Management Research News
3
C
MGMT
Management Research Review
3
C
MGMT
Management Review
3
C
MGMT
Manager: the British journal of administrative management
3
C
MGMT
Negotiation and Conflict Management Research
3
C
MGMT
New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management
3
C
MGMT
Organization Development Journal
3
C
MGMT
Organization Management Journal
3
C
MGMT
People Management
3
C
MGMT
Perspectives on Work
3
C
MGMT
Philippine Journal of Industrial Relations
3
C
MGMT
Problems and Perspectives in Management
3
C
MGMT
Public Personnel Management
3
C
MGMT
SAM Advanced Management Journal
3
C
MGMT
SMART Journal of Business Management Studies
3
C
MGMT
South African Journal of Business Management
3
C
MGMT
South Asian Journal of Management
3
C
MGMT
Strategic Direction
3
C
MGMT
Strategy and Leadership
3
C
MGMT
Team Performance Management
3
C
MGMT
The Academy of Management Annals
3
C
MGMT
Training and Management Development Methods
3
C
8
October 8, 2014
Field
BVGSB
Tier
Journal Title
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
MGMT
Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
3
OR
Management Science
1
4*
A*
OR
Operations Research
1
4*
A*
OR
Decision Sciences
1
3
A*
OR
Journal of Operations Management
1
4
A*
OR
Interfaces
2
2
B
OR
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
2
2
B
OR
International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications
2
2
B
OR
International Journal of Operations and Production Management
1
3
A
OR
International Journal of Production Economics
1
3
A
OR
International Journal of Production Research
1
3
A
OR
International Journal of Project Management
2
2
B
OR
International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management
2
2
B
OR
Journal of Business Logistics
2
2
B
OR
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
2
B
OR
Journal of Manufacturing Systems
2
B
OR
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
2
OR
Journal of Quality Technology
1
OR
Journal of Scheduling
1
3
A
OR
Journal of Service Management
2
2
B
OR
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
2
3
B
OR
Production and Inventory Management Journal
2
OR
Production and Operations Management
2
3
B
OR
Production Planning and Control
2
3
B
OR
Project Management Journal
2
2
B
OR
Quality Management Journal
2
OR
Reliability Engineering and System Safety
1
3
A
OR
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
1
3
A
OR
The International Journal of Logistics Management
2
2
B
OR
Transportation Journal
?
OR
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
1
3
A
OR
Transportation Science
1
3
A
OR
4OR: Quarterly Journal of Operations Research
2
B
OR
AACE International Transactions
2
B
OR
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation
2
B
OR
Annals of Operations Research
1
OR
Computational Management Science
2
OR
Computers and Operations Research
1
9
C
2
B
A
B
B
2
A
B
2
A
October 8, 2014
Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
OR
European Journal of Operational Research
1
3
A
OR
International Journal of Forecasting
1
3
A
OR
International Transactions in Operational Research
2
2
B
OR
Journal of Forecasting
1
3
A
OR
Journal of Global Optimization
OR
Journal of Heuristics
OR
Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
2
OR
Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
1
2
A
OR
Journal of the Operational Research Society
1
3
A
OR
Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan
2
OR
Mathematical Programming
1
OR
Mathematics of Operations Research
OR
Naval Research Logistics
2
3
B
OR
Omega
1
3
A
OR
Operations Research Letters
1
2
A
OR
Optimal Control Applications and Methods
2
B
OR
Optimization
2
B
OR
OR Spectrum
2
OR
Queueing Systems: theory and applications
2
OR
System Dynamics Review
1
2
A
OR
Systems Research and Behavioral Science
1
2
A
OR
Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research
3
C
OR
ASOR Bulletin
3
C
OR
Central European Journal of Operations Research
3
C
OR
Computers and Industrial Engineering
3
OR
Foresight: the international journal of applied forecasting
3
OR
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics
3
OR
International Journal of Applied Management Science
3
C
OR
International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies
3
C
OR
International Journal of Business and Management Science
3
C
OR
International Journal of Business Forecasting and Market Intelligence
3
C
OR
International Journal of Operational Research
3
C
OR
International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling
3
C
OR
Journal of Combinatorial Optimization
3
OR
Journal of Modelling in Management
3
C
OR
Operational Research: An International Journal
3
C
OR
Opsearch: journal of the Operational Research Society of India
3
C
OR
OR Insight
3
B
B
3
A
3
10
3
B
B
2
C
2
1
1
C
October 8, 2014
Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
OR
Systemica
3
1
OR
Benchmarking: An International Journal
3
1
OR
European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
3
1
OR
European Quality
3
OR
IIE Transactions
3
1
OR
Integrated Manufacturing Systems
3
2
OR
International Journal of Agile Management Systems
3
1
OR
International Journal of Applied Quality Management
3
OR
International Journal of Business Performance Management
3
OR
International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management
3
OR
International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
3
OR
International Journal of Integrated Supply Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Inventory Research
3
C
OR
International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
3
C
OR
International Journal of Manufacturing System Design
3
C
OR
International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
3
OR
International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking
3
C
OR
International Journal of Procurement Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
3
OR
International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Project Organisation and Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Services and Operations Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics
3
C
OR
International Journal of Services Science
3
C
OR
International Journal of Services Technology and Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Services, Economics and Management
3
C
OR
International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage
3
C
OR
International Journal of Value Chain Management
3
C
OR
Journal for Quality and Participation
3
C
OR
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
3
2
C
OR
Journal of Supply Chain Management: a global review of purchasing and
supply
2
1
B
OR
Knowledge and Process Management (Print): the journal of corporate
transformation
3
1
C
OR
Logistics Information Management
3
1
11
C
C
C
C
1
C
C
2
2
1
C
C
C
October 8, 2014
Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
1
B
OR
Managing Service Quality
3
OR
Operations Management Research
3
OR
Proceedings of Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part B: Journal of
Engineering Manufacture
3
OR
The TQM Journal
3
OR
Total Quality Management and Business Excellence
3
C
1
C
2
References:
http://www.associationofbusinessschools.org/sites/default/files/Combined%20Journal%20Guide.pdf
http://www.abdc.edu.au/pages/abdc-journal-quality-list-2013.html
Journal Quality List (52nd edition) by Anne-Wil Harzing (http://www.harzing.com/jql.htm#download)
12
C