Organization Science

Aims & Scope

Organization Science publishes fundamental research about organizations, including their processes, structures, technologies, identities, capabilities, forms, and performance.

Research from different disciplines, such as organizational behavior and theory, strategic management, psychology, sociology, economics, political science, information systems, technology management, communication, and cognitive science, is represented in the journal.

We welcome research at different levels of analysis, including the organization, the groups or units that constitute organizations, and the networks in which organizations are embedded.

Diverse methods and approaches are also welcome.

Creative insight often occurs at the boundaries between traditional research approaches and topic areas.

The editors are especially interested in manuscripts that break new ground rather than ones that make incremental contributions.

In addition to the original research reports that are the core of the journal, we occasionally publish essays in our “Perspectives” section that direct attention to an important new organizational phenomenon or redirect a line of research.

We also publish essays in our “Crossroads” section that capture a current debate about organizations.

More specifically, Organization Science seeks to publish papers that start or redirect a line of inquiry; draw upon multiple disciplines; employ diverse methods, including qualitative, field, survey, archival, laboratory, and computational methods; focus on different kinds of organizations, including firms, not-for-profit organizations, and voluntary organizations; make a theoretical contribution; provide new empirical findings; achieve genuine integration of theory and data; provide a theoretically driven review and integration of an important research area; and/or discuss findings in terms of improving organizational performance.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	8.026

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	294

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	129

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2394

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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, 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.

• Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning

  Citation: 14456

  Authors: James G.

• A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation

  Citation: 10499

  Authors: Ikujiro

• Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology

  Citation: 8201

  Authors: Bruce, Udo

• Organizational Learning: The Contributing Processes and the Literatures

  Citation: 4914

  Authors: George P.

• Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice: Toward a Unified View of Working, Learning, and Innovation

  Citation: 4783

  Authors: John Seely, Paul

• Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking

  Citation: 4514

  Authors: Karl E., Kathleen M., David

• Deliberate Learning and the Evolution of Dynamic Capabilities

  Citation: 4346

  Authors: Maurizio, Sidney G.

• Prospering in Dynamically-Competitive Environments: Organizational Capability as Knowledge Integration

  Citation: 3447

  Authors: Robert M.

• Prior Knowledge and the Discovery of Entrepreneurial Opportunities

  Citation: 3027

  Authors: Scott

• Does Trust Matter? Exploring the Effects of Interorganizational and Interpersonal Trust on Performance

  Citation: 2639

  Authors: Akbar, Bill, Vincenzo

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