Journal of Management Development

More specifically,the Journal of Management Development seeks to publish papers that asks and helps to answer important and interesting questions in management development, develops or tests theory, extends prior studies, explores interesting phenomena, reviews and synthesizes existing research. All empirical methods including - but not limited to - qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, meta-analytic and mixed-methods are welcome. Editorial criteria Manuscripts should make strong empirical and theoretical contributions should highlight the relevance of those contributions to management development. Manuscripts should be of a conceptual/theoretical nature that includes practical application, based on practical experience/research, report a case study situation or any combination thereof. The prime requirement for acceptance of an article will be that it: is directly relevant to management development; makes a significant original contribution to the field; contains elements which have general application; and is within the scope of the journal coverage. The Journal of Management Development draws together the thinking and research relating to the role played by managers in contemporary organizations. It is widely acknowledged that investment in management development helps to reduce costs, increase sales and improve productivity. The development of management influences such fields as business strategy, organizational theory, corporate governance and entrepreneurship, which add value to society and change societal life in ways which have significant and sustainable outcomes.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	1999	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2000	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2001	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2003	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2021	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2023	Q1
History	1999	Q1
History	2000	Q1
History	2001	Q1
History	2002	Q1
History	2003	Q1
History	2004	Q1
History	2005	Q1
History	2006	Q1
History	2007	Q1
History	2008	Q1
History	2009	Q1
History	2010	Q1
History	2011	Q1
History	2012	Q1
History	2013	Q1
History	2014	Q1
History	2015	Q1
History	2016	Q1
History	2017	Q1
History	2018	Q1
History	2019	Q1
History	2020	Q1
History	2021	Q1
History	2022	Q1
History	2023	Q1
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	1999	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2000	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2001	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2002	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2003	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2004	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2005	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2006	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2007	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2008	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2009	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2010	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2011	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2012	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2013	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2014	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2015	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2016	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2017	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2018	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2019	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2020	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2021	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2022	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.273
2000	0.258
2001	0.363
2002	0.463
2003	0.295
2004	0.401
2005	0.376
2006	0.291
2007	0.378
2008	0.357
2009	0.448
2010	0.385
2011	0.547
2012	0.338
2013	0.368
2014	0.517
2015	0.408
2016	0.333
2017	0.352
2018	0.423
2019	0.516
2020	0.632
2021	0.647
2022	0.778
2023	0.794

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	52
2000	43
2001	60
2002	46
2003	44
2004	59
2005	65
2006	67
2007	67
2008	68
2009	66
2010	71
2011	88
2012	79
2013	70
2014	67
2015	80
2016	80
2017	91
2018	56
2019	55
2020	63
2021	29
2022	29
2023	39

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.252
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.320
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.423
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.505
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.716
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.772
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.880
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.991
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.047
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.155
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.262
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.194
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.360
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.215
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.164
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.409
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.158
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.355
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.532
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.726
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.270
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.294
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.136
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	4.054
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	5.011
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.252
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.275
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.422
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.535
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.664
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.767
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.852
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.780
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.963
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.010
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.168
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.317
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.933
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.080
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.186
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.167
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.134
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.436
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.809
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.225
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.094
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.655
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.769
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	4.835
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.267
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.297
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.442
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.476
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.557
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.811
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.641
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.556
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.795
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.813
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.970
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.888
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.985
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.824
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.141
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.905
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.054
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.525
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.725
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.027
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.568
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.356
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	3.804
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	3.000

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	14
Self Cites	2000	7
Self Cites	2001	8
Self Cites	2002	12
Self Cites	2003	18
Self Cites	2004	23
Self Cites	2005	13
Self Cites	2006	12
Self Cites	2007	17
Self Cites	2008	11
Self Cites	2009	32
Self Cites	2010	10
Self Cites	2011	24
Self Cites	2012	30
Self Cites	2013	32
Self Cites	2014	30
Self Cites	2015	35
Self Cites	2016	34
Self Cites	2017	37
Self Cites	2018	23
Self Cites	2019	25
Self Cites	2020	60
Self Cites	2021	24
Self Cites	2022	36
Self Cites	2023	19
Total Cites	1999	38
Total Cites	2000	42
Total Cites	2001	65
Total Cites	2002	83
Total Cites	2003	99
Total Cites	2004	115
Total Cites	2005	127
Total Cites	2006	131
Total Cites	2007	184
Total Cites	2008	201
Total Cites	2009	236
Total Cites	2010	231
Total Cites	2011	270
Total Cites	2012	210
Total Cites	2013	257
Total Cites	2014	281
Total Cites	2015	252
Total Cites	2016	246
Total Cites	2017	326
Total Cites	2018	454
Total Cites	2019	505
Total Cites	2020	625
Total Cites	2021	462
Total Cites	2022	554
Total Cites	2023	585

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.159
External Cites per document	2000	0.229
External Cites per document	2001	0.370
External Cites per document	2002	0.458
External Cites per document	2003	0.544
External Cites per document	2004	0.613
External Cites per document	2005	0.765
External Cites per document	2006	0.708
External Cites per document	2007	0.874
External Cites per document	2008	0.955
External Cites per document	2009	1.010
External Cites per document	2010	1.100
External Cites per document	2011	1.200
External Cites per document	2012	0.800
External Cites per document	2013	0.945
External Cites per document	2014	1.059
External Cites per document	2015	1.005
External Cites per document	2016	0.977
External Cites per document	2017	1.273
External Cites per document	2018	1.717
External Cites per document	2019	2.115
External Cites per document	2020	2.797
External Cites per document	2021	2.517
External Cites per document	2022	3.524
External Cites per document	2023	4.678
Cites per document	1999	0.252
Cites per document	2000	0.275
Cites per document	2001	0.422
Cites per document	2002	0.535
Cites per document	2003	0.664
Cites per document	2004	0.767
Cites per document	2005	0.852
Cites per document	2006	0.780
Cites per document	2007	0.963
Cites per document	2008	1.010
Cites per document	2009	1.168
Cites per document	2010	1.149
Cites per document	2011	1.317
Cites per document	2012	0.933
Cites per document	2013	1.080
Cites per document	2014	1.186
Cites per document	2015	1.167
Cites per document	2016	1.134
Cites per document	2017	1.436
Cites per document	2018	1.809
Cites per document	2019	2.225
Cites per document	2020	3.094
Cites per document	2021	2.655
Cites per document	2022	3.769
Cites per document	2023	4.835

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	23.08
2000	6.98
2001	11.67
2002	15.22
2003	9.09
2004	10.17
2005	6.15
2006	10.45
2007	7.46
2008	17.65
2009	12.12
2010	9.86
2011	20.45
2012	20.25
2013	22.86
2014	19.40
2015	13.75
2016	18.75
2017	25.27
2018	23.21
2019	27.27
2020	33.33
2021	24.14
2022	34.48
2023	30.77

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	1
Non-citable documents	2002	2
Non-citable documents	2003	2
Non-citable documents	2004	1
Non-citable documents	2005	1
Non-citable documents	2006	1
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	2
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	2
Non-citable documents	2013	2
Non-citable documents	2014	2
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	0
Non-citable documents	2017	0
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	2
Non-citable documents	2022	2
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	1999	151
Citable documents	2000	153
Citable documents	2001	153
Citable documents	2002	153
Citable documents	2003	147
Citable documents	2004	149
Citable documents	2005	148
Citable documents	2006	167
Citable documents	2007	190
Citable documents	2008	199
Citable documents	2009	200
Citable documents	2010	199
Citable documents	2011	203
Citable documents	2012	223
Citable documents	2013	236
Citable documents	2014	235
Citable documents	2015	216
Citable documents	2016	217
Citable documents	2017	227
Citable documents	2018	250
Citable documents	2019	226
Citable documents	2020	200
Citable documents	2021	172
Citable documents	2022	145
Citable documents	2023	120

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	124
Uncited documents	2000	119
Uncited documents	2001	118
Uncited documents	2002	100
Uncited documents	2003	89
Uncited documents	2004	81
Uncited documents	2005	81
Uncited documents	2006	99
Uncited documents	2007	106
Uncited documents	2008	105
Uncited documents	2009	98
Uncited documents	2010	105
Uncited documents	2011	91
Uncited documents	2012	121
Uncited documents	2013	117
Uncited documents	2014	107
Uncited documents	2015	95
Uncited documents	2016	93
Uncited documents	2017	77
Uncited documents	2018	84
Uncited documents	2019	68
Uncited documents	2020	39
Uncited documents	2021	45
Uncited documents	2022	23
Uncited documents	2023	17
Cited documents	1999	27
Cited documents	2000	34
Cited documents	2001	36
Cited documents	2002	55
Cited documents	2003	60
Cited documents	2004	69
Cited documents	2005	68
Cited documents	2006	69
Cited documents	2007	85
Cited documents	2008	94
Cited documents	2009	104
Cited documents	2010	96
Cited documents	2011	114
Cited documents	2012	104
Cited documents	2013	121
Cited documents	2014	130
Cited documents	2015	121
Cited documents	2016	124
Cited documents	2017	150
Cited documents	2018	167
Cited documents	2019	159
Cited documents	2020	163
Cited documents	2021	129
Cited documents	2022	124
Cited documents	2023	104