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Journal of Business Management

Open Access
Emerald Publishing ISSN: 3456-7890 eISSN: 3456-7891 EN United Kingdom
Double Blind Quarterly 26% acceptance rate
Peer Review Double Blind
OA Type Gold OA
Acceptance 26%
Time to Decision 7 weeks
Frequency Quarterly
APC 1,200 GBP
CiteScore (2023) 5.1
H-index (2023) 41

About This Journal

The Journal of Business Management (JBM) is a gold open-access publication providing a high-impact platform for research on business strategy, organisational behaviour, human resource management, entrepreneurship, and innovation management. JBM is committed to publishing work that is both theoretically grounded and practically relevant, serving management scholars, business educators, and executives worldwide.

Aims & Scope

JBM publishes empirical and conceptual contributions to management theory and practice:

• Business strategy and competitive advantage: positioning, resource-based view, dynamic capabilities
• Organisational behaviour and HRM: motivation, leadership, teams, and talent management
• Entrepreneurship and innovation: start-up ecosystems, corporate venturing, disruptive innovation
• Marketing and consumer behaviour: brand management, digital marketing, customer experience
• Operations management and supply chain: lean, agile, and sustainable supply chains
• Corporate governance and business ethics: ESG, stakeholder theory, board dynamics
• International business: globalisation, cross-cultural management, multinational strategy
• Family business research

Special issues are commissioned on topics such as digital transformation and sustainability.