JOURNAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
ACADEMIC PUBLICATION
Alphabetical order
Eighth Edition
April 2011
INTRODUCTION
This list provides guidelines for staff on which journals they should consider
submitting their papers to. Journals have been graded according to the following
quality scale:
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= world-leading
= internationally excellent
= internationally recognised
= national
Journal
Abacus
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Learning & Education
Academy of Management Perspectives
Academy of Management Review
Accounting & Business Research
Accounting and Finance
Accounting Forum
Accounting Horizons
Accounting Review
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
Accounting, Organizations and Society
ACM Computing Surveys
Administration and Society
Administrative Science Quarterly
Advances in Accounting
Advances in Consumer Research
Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions
African Development Review
Agricultural Economics
American Economic Review
American Journal of Agricultural Economics
American Political Science Review
Annals of Operations Research
Annals of Public & Cooperative Economics
Annals of Regional Science
Applied Economics
Applied Financial Economic Letters
Applied Financial Economics
Applied Mathematical Finance
Asia Pacific Business Review
Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics
Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
Australian Computer Journal
Behavioral Research in Accounting
Behaviour & Information Technology
Breast Cancer Research & Treatment
British Accounting Review
British Journal of Cancer
British Journal of Industrial Relations
British Journal of Management
Bulletin of Economic Research
Quality
Grading
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Business & Society
Business and Politics
Business Ethics Quarterly
Business Ethics: A European Review
Business History
Business History Review
Business Horizons
Business Process Management Journal
Business Strategy Review
California Management Review
Cambridge Journal of Economics
Canadian Journal of Economics
Career Development International
Clinician in Management
Communications of the ACM
Communications of the AIS
Comparative Economic Studies
Complex Systems
Complexity
Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory
Computer Journal
Computers & Operations Research
Construction Management and Economics
Contemporary Accounting Research
Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance: An International Review
Creativity and Innovation Management
Critical Perspectives on Accounting
Database
Decision Sciences
Decision Support Systems
Ecological Economics
Econometrica
Economic and Industrial Democracy
Economic Development and Cultural Change
Economic Development Quarterly
Economic History Review
Economic Inquiry
Economic Journal
Economic Systems
Economica
Economics of Transition
Educational Management, Administration & Leadership
Electronic Markets
Emergence: Complexity & Organization
Emerging Markets Review
Emerging Markets, Finance & Trade
Employee Relations
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Enterprise & Innovation Management Studies
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change
Entrepreneurship, Theory & Practice
Environment & Planning A
Environment & Planning B
European Accounting Review
European Business Review
European Economic Review
European Financial Management
European Journal of Finance
European Journal of Industrial Relations
European Journal of Information Systems
European Journal of Innovation Management
European Journal of Marketing
European Journal of Operational Research
European Journal of Political Economy
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
European Management Journal
European Review of Agricultural Economics
Evidence and Policy
Expert Systems with Applications
Explorations in Economic History
Finance and Stochastics
Financial Analysts Journal
Financial Management
Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
Financial Review
Fiscal Studies
Futures
Gender in Management: An International Journal
Gender, Work and Organization
Geographical Analysis
Global Business and Economics Review
Global Finance Journal
Group and Organization Management
Harvard Business Review
Historical Studies in Industrial Relations
Human Relations
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management Journal
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Industrial & Labor Relations Review
Industrial and Corporate Change
Industrial Marketing Management
Industrial Relations
Industrial Relations Journal
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Industry and Innovation
Information & Management
Information and Organization
Information Resources Management Journal
Information Society
Information Systems Frontiers
Information Systems Journal
Information Systems Management
Information Systems Research
Information Technology and People
Interfaces
International Business Review
International Economic Journal
International Economic Review
International Finance
International Finance Review
International Journal of Accounting
International Journal of Auditing
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
International Journal of Conflict Management
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Management
International Journal of Finance
International Journal of Finance and Economics
International Journal of Forecasting
International Journal of Game Theory
International Journal of Human Computer Studies
International Journal of Human Resource Management
International Journal of Industrial Organization
International Journal of Information Management
International Journal of Innovation Management
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
International Journal of Logistics Management
International Journal of Logistics: Research & Applications
International Journal of Management Reviews
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
International Journal of Manufacturing Technology & Management
International Journal of Market Research
International Journal of New Product Development and Innovation
Management
International Journal of Operations & Production Management
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics
Management
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International Journal of Production Economics
International Journal of Production Research
International Journal of Project Management
International Journal of Project Organisation and Management
International Journal of Public Administration
International Journal of Public Opinion Research
International Journal of Public Sector Management
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
International Journal of Research in Marketing
International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management
International Journal of Selection and Assessment
International Journal of Technology Management
International Journal of the Economics of Business
International Journal of Training and Development
International Labour Review
International Marketing Review
International Review of Administrative Sciences
International Review of Applied Economics
International Review of Economics and Finance
International Review of Entrepreneurship
International Review of Financial Analysis
International Review of Law and Economics
International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research
International Small Business Journal
International Studies of Management and Organization
International Transactions in Operational Research
Journal of Academy of Marketing Science
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
Journal of Accounting Auditing & Finance
Journal of Accounting Literature
Journal of Accounting Research
Journal of Advertising
Journal of Advertising Research
Journal of African Economies
Journal of Agricultural Economics
Journal of Applied Accounting Research
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance
Journal of Applied Econometrics
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Asian Economies
Journal of Asset Management
Journal of Banking and Finance
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
Journal of Behavioral Finance
Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry
Journal of Brand Management
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Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
Journal of Business and Psychology
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
Journal of Business Logistics
Journal of Business Research
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of Common Market Studies
Journal of Comparative Economics
Journal of Computer Information Systems
Journal of Consumer Marketing
Journal of Consumer Psychology
Journal of Consumer Research
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance
Journal of Corporate Citizenship
Journal of Corporate Finance
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Journal of Database Management
Journal of Derivatives
Journal of Derivatives Accounting
Journal of Developing Areas
Journal of Development Economics
Journal of Development Studies
Journal of Econometrics
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Journal of Economic Geography
Journal of Economic History
Journal of Economic Issues
Journal of Economic Literature
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Journal of Economic Psychology
Journal of Economic Theory
Journal of Economics & Business
Journal of Economics
Journal of Economics and Finance
Journal of Education Policy
Journal of Educational Research
Journal of Emerging Market Finance
Journal of Empirical Finance
Journal of Engineering Design
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
Journal of Environmental Economics & Management
Journal of European Public Policy
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Journal of Evolutionary Economics
Journal of Finance
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of Financial Intermediation
Journal of Financial Markets
Journal of Financial Research
Journal of Forecasting
Journal of Futures Markets
Journal of General Management
Journal of Health, Organization and Management
Journal of Higher Education
Journal of Human Resources
Journal of Industrial Economics
Journal of Information Technology
Journal of Interactive Marketing
Journal of International Business Studies
Journal of International Development
Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money
Journal of International Marketing
Journal of International Money and Finance
Journal of International Trade and Economic
Development
Journal of Investing
Journal of Investment Management
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of Law and Economics
Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
Journal of Macroeconomics
Journal of Management
Journal of Management Accounting Research
Journal of Management and Governance
Journal of Management Development
Journal of Management Education
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Inquiry
Journal of Management Studies
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
Journal of Marketing
Journal of Marketing Management
Journal of Marketing Research
Journal of Mathematical Sociology
Journal of Monetary Economics
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
Journal of Multinational Financial Management
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
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Journal of Operations Management
Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Political Marketing
Journal of Portfolio Management
Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics
Journal of Private Equity
Journal of Product & Brand Management
Journal of Product Innovation Management
Journal of Productivity Analysis
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Journal of Public Affairs
Journal of Public Economics
Journal of Public Policy
Journal of Public Policy and Marketing
Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
Journal of Regional Science
Journal of Regulatory Economics
Journal of Retailing
Journal of Risk and Insurance
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Journal of Service Management
Journal of Service Research
Journal of Services Marketing
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
Journal of Small Business Management
Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Journal of Strategic Marketing
Journal of Supply Chain Management
Journal of the ACM
Journal of the AIS
Journal of the American Statistical Association
Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
Journal of the Operational Research Society
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C Applied Statistics
Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
Journal of Urban Economics
Journal of World Business
Knowledge and Process Management
Kyklos
Labour Economics
Land Economics
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Leadership & Organization Development Journal
Leadership
Leadership Quarterly
Local Government Studies
Long Range Planning
Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies
Management Accounting Research
Management Decision
Management International Review
Management Learning
Management Revue
Management Science
Managerial and Decision Economics
Managerial Finance
Manchester School
Marketing Science
Marketing Theory
Mathematical Finance
Mathematics of Operations Research
McKinsey Quarterly
MIS Quarterly
MISQ Executive
Multinational Finance Journal
Nature
New Technology, Work and Employment
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Omega: International Journal of Management Science
Operations Management Research
Operations Research
Organization
Organization Science
Organization Studies
Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes
Organizational Dynamics
Organizational Research Methods
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Oxford Development Studies
Oxford Economic Papers
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Pacific Basin Finance Journal
Panoeconomicus
Papers in Regional Science
Personnel Psychology
Personnel Review
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture
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Production and Operations Management
Production, Planning & Control
Project Management Journal
Psychology and Marketing
Public Administration
Public Administration and Development
Public Administration Review
Public Choice
Public Finance
Public Finance Review
Public Management Review
Public Money & Management
Public Performance and Management Review
Public Policy and Administration
Quantitative Finance
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
R&D Management
Rand Journal of Economics
Regional Science & Urban Economics
Regional Studies
Research in Finance
Research Policy
Research Technology Management
Resources Conservation and Recycling
Review of Accounting Studies
Review of Development Economics
Review of Economic Studies
Review of Economics and Statistics
Review of Finance
Review of Financial Economics
Review of Financial Studies
Review of Industrial Organization
Review of Quantitative Finance & Accounting
Revue Française de Gestion
Revue Sciences de Gestion
Risk Analysis
Risk, Decision and Policy
Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Safety Science
SAM Advanced Management Journal
Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Scandinavian Journal of Management
Science
Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Service Industries Journal
Sloan Management Review
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Small Business Economics
Southern Economic Journal
Strategic Management Journal
Strategic Organization
Studies in Economics and Finance
Studies in Higher Education
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
System Dynamics Review
Systemic Practice & Action Research
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
Technovation
Theory and Decision
Theory Culture & Society
Thunderbird International Business Review
Total Quality Management & Business Excellence
Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Transnational Corporations
Transportation Journal
Transportation Research – Part E: Logistics
Urban Studies
Utilities Policy
Venture Capital: An International Journal
Voluntas
Vox Sanguinis
Work & Occupations
Work & Stress
Work, Employment & Society
World Bank Economic Review
World Development
World Economy
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THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIST
On the previous pages the FT ranked journals are highlighted in bold. Here is the
complete list of the 45 journals used in the research ranking of business schools
by the FT. The School receives a point for every faculty author publishing in any of
the below journals.
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Perspectives
Academy of Management Review
Accounting Review
Accounting, Organizations and Society
Administrative Science Quarterly
American Economic Review
California Management Review
Contemporary Accounting Research
Econometrica
Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice
Harvard Business Review
Human Resource Management
Information Systems Research
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Journal of Accounting Research
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of Consumer Psychology
Journal of Consumer Research
Journal of Finance
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of International Business Studies
Journal of Management Studies
Journal of Marketing
Journal of Marketing Research
Journal of Operations Management
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of the American Statistical Association
Management Science
Marketing Science
MIS Quarterly
Operations Research
Organization Science
Organization Studies
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Production and Operations Management
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Rand Journal of Economics
Review of Accounting Studies
Review of Financial Studies
Sloan Management Review
Strategic Management Journal
THE BUSINESS WEEK LIST
Business Week uses publications in these 20 journals as one of the factors for
ranking of MBA programs in business schools. It reviews all issues published in
the previous five years and awards 3 points for extended articles; short articles
receive 1 point.
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Accounting Review
Administrative Science Quarterly
American Economic Review
Harvard Business Review
Information Systems Research
Journal of Accounting Research
Journal of Consumer Research
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Finance
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of Marketing
Journal of Marketing Research
Management Science
Marketing Science
Operations Research
Production & Operations Management
Review of Financial Studies
Strategic Management Journal