Journal of Organizational Ethnography

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Organizational Ethnography (JOE) has been launched to provide an opportunity for scholars, from all social and management science disciplines, to publish over two issues: -high-quality articles from original ethnographic research that contribute to the current and future development of qualitative intellectual knowledge and understanding of the nature of public and private sector work, organization and management -review articles examining the history and development of the contribution of ethnography to qualitative research in social, organization and management studies -articles examining the intellectual, pedagogical and practical use-value of ethnography in organization and management research, management education and management practice, or which extend, critique or challenge past and current theoretical and empirical knowledge claims within one or more of these areas of interest -articles on ethnographically informed research relating to the concepts of organization and organizing in any other wider social and cultural contexts.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	0.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.556

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	23

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10463

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	107

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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 Business, Management and Accounting and Social Sciences, 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.

• Organisational autoethnography

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Clair, Sally

• Making organisational ethnography

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Tony J.

• Charting new territory for organizational ethnography

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Michael, Gary, Paula, Paul

• Organizational ethnography between toolbox and world‐making

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Dvora

• (Re)Locating boundaries: a systematic review of online ethnography

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Deniz, Patrick

• Becoming digital – passages to service in the digitized bureaucracy

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Anja Svejgaard

• Beyond a single organization: challenges and opportunities in doing field level ethnography

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Tammar

• From the ethnographic turn to new forms of organizational ethnography

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Linda, Mark, Geneviève

• Ethnography in evolution: adapting to the animal “other” in organizations

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Lindsay, Nik

• Ethnographic Research 2.0

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Dhiraj

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