Journal of Management History

Aims & Scope

Journal of Management History (JMH) is an interdisciplinary journal, publishing rigorous, high-quality research using diverse methodologies and theoretical approaches.

We nevertheless hold to the view that carefully formulated empirical, historical evidence is a precondition for disciplinary advancement; and also that utilisation of the scientific method, based around the testing of theses, drawn from our existing knowledge and contributing to that knowledge, is the methodological bedrock of our discipline.

Management history research should also draw on relevant theoretical frameworks and provide conclusions that extend and develop these frameworks.

Papers should expound a clear methodology, including any possible limitations, and show a developed sense of historical context.

As a management history journal, JMH is interested in papers that consider issues dealing with business, management and organizations, broadly defined.

JMH is dedicated to the publication of papers with a clear historical dimension.

Such issues include, but are not restricted to: organizational behaviour labor relations institutional histories and case studies industry histories the role of gender race and ethnicity in shaping patterns of work managerial organization cultural studies with an historic dimensions impact of managerial organization on communities developments and changes in managerial ideas practices and theoretical frameworks the impact of demographic and economic changes on management.

As an international journal, JMH aims to bring together the leading research from across the globe.

It is particularly interested in research from scholars located outside the Anglosphere and work that highlights national peculiarities and similarities.

Nationally-embedded research nevertheless should show clear appreciation of the wider management history literature and be able to contribute to that literature.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	0.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.371

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14551

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	131

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Hambrick and Mason’s “Upper Echelons Theory”: evolution and open avenues

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Gianpaolo, Matteo

• A conceptual history of entrepreneurial thought

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Patrick J., Jianwen, Harold P.

• Origins of lean management in America

  Citation: 79

  Authors: M.L.

• The emergence of job satisfaction in organizational behavior

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Thomas A.

• Herbert Simon’s bounded rationality

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Matteo

• Excellence – 25 years evolution

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Su, Jens J.

• Arthur Stinchcombe's “liability of newness”: contribution and impact of the construct

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Gianpaolo, Roberto, Sara

• Agency theory: background and epistemology

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Josh, Jeff, Eric W., Phillip E.

• From total quality management to corporate sustainability based on a stakeholder management

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Klaus J.

• Fifty years of influence in the workplace

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Steven

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