European Journal of Management Studies: Scopus, Scope & Submission Guide

Key Takeaways

• Publisher and owner: Emerald Publishing publishes EJMS on behalf of ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Universidade de Lisboa.
• Scopus: Emerald lists Scopus among the journal's indexing services; the supplied source record is Scopus Source ID 21101333307.
• Current citation metric: Emerald displays CiteScore 2025 = 4.5 and CiteScore Tracker 2026 = 3.9.
• Open access: Diamond/sponsored open access, CC BY 4.0, with no APC currently charged to authors.
• Peer review: Double-anonymous, with editorial screening followed by at least two external reviewers for suitable submissions.
• Manuscript length: 5,000–9,000 words, including the structured abstract, references, tables, figures and appendices.
• 2025 operational metrics: 34 days to first decision, 39 days from acceptance to publication, and 8.6% acceptance rate, as reported by Emerald.

Journal Information at a Glance

Database metrics and rankings are reporting-period dependent. If a university, funder or doctoral programme requires a specific quartile or index, confirm the exact year, database and subject category in the live source immediately before submission.

What This Page Covers

• Aims and scope
• Scopus and indexing
• Metrics and timing
• Article types
• Manuscript rules
• Peer review
• Open access and fees
• Journal-fit checks
• Ethics and AI policy

Methodology and Sources

This profile prioritises the official Emerald journal page, the journal's ISEG site, the DOAJ record, the ISSN record, and the supplied Scopus source identifier. Journal-specific facts are stated only where supported by these sources. Where a current quartile, SJR, SNIP or Journal Impact Factor could not be verified from the official sources reviewed, the guide says so rather than substituting an unverified ranking site.

European Journal of Management Studies Aims and Scope

EJMS focuses on original research that develops understanding of the management of organisations. The official scope welcomes both quantitative and qualitative research and deliberately avoids restricting authors to a single paradigm or methodological tradition. That makes the journal broad within management, but not generic: the manuscript still needs a defensible management or organisational contribution.

The journal explicitly describes itself as rigorous in argumentation and methodology while remaining pluralist and interdisciplinary. Its scope spans strategy, marketing, human resources, organisational behaviour, operations and logistics, economic sociology, finance, accounting, management control, taxation, information systems for management, entrepreneurship and international management. The journal also encourages ideas, methods, analyses and arguments that contribute to understanding and application of management and organisations in Europe and internationally.

For researchers evaluating fit, this suggests that disciplinary variety is welcome when the manuscript's central problem is genuinely connected to management or organisations. A technically strong study whose main contribution belongs elsewhere—for example, a purely engineering optimisation paper with no management question—may be a weak fit even if it contains organisational data.

Subject Areas Covered by EJMS

The officially named areas form a wide management-studies portfolio. Based on that scope, representative research themes may include the following, although this is practical guidance rather than an exhaustive official topic list:

• Business and corporate strategy
• Marketing and consumer management
• Human resource management
• Organisational behaviour
• Operations and logistics
• Supply-chain management
• Economic sociology
• Corporate finance
• Financial and management accounting
• Management control
• Taxation and organisational decisions
• Management information systems
• Entrepreneurship
• International management
• Digital transformation of organisations
• Sustainability and management practice
• Leadership and employee outcomes
• Innovation and organisational performance

Recent EJMS content also shows practical breadth, including work on AI and smart services, recruitment, public-sector management, consumer behaviour and accounting-related management questions. Authors should inspect the latest issues rather than assume that every topic within the broad discipline is equally represented.

Is the European Journal of Management Studies Indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Emerald lists Scopus among EJMS's current abstracting and indexing services and published a journal news item announcing Scopus indexing on 30 June 2025. The task's source record identifies EJMS with Scopus Source ID 21101333307. Because source profiles can be updated, authors using Scopus status for a formal requirement should open the live Scopus source profile before submission.

Emerald also lists the journal in services including the Australian Business Deans Council Journal Quality List, Crossref, DOAJ, EBSCO Discovery Service, EconBiz, ERIH Plus, Google Scholar, IDEAS, RePEc, ROAD, SCImago Journal Rank, ProQuest Summon and WorldCat. DOAJ independently records EJMS as an open-access journal with the same print and online ISSNs.

Current EJMS Metrics, Acceptance Rate and Publication Timeline

Emerald currently reports the following time-bounded journal indicators. These are useful for context but should not be interpreted as guarantees for an individual paper.

A first-decision figure can include different editorial outcomes, and a journal-level acceptance rate does not measure the likelihood that a particular manuscript will be accepted. Fit, contribution, methods, reporting quality and reviewer evaluation remain manuscript-specific.

What about quartile, SJR, SNIP and Impact Factor?

The Emerald page reviewed for this article displays CiteScore but does not state a current SJR, SNIP or quartile, and an official current JCR Journal Impact Factor was not verified from the authoritative sources reviewed. Rather than repeat an undated third-party figure, this guide recommends checking the live Scopus/SCImago or Clarivate record applicable to the year and subject category required by your institution.

Publisher, Ownership and Editorial Leadership

EJMS is published by Emerald Publishing on behalf of ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Universidade de Lisboa. The journal transparency statement says ISEG owns the title and funds the diamond open-access arrangement, while the editorial team governs the journal in collaboration with Emerald.

The current Emerald editorial-team section lists Tiago Cardão-Pito as Editor-in-Chief and Roderick Reid as Managing Editor, supported by associate editors and an international editorial board. The journal's aims-and-scope text also directs broader editorial matters to Tiago Cardão-Pito and Gurpreet Dhillon. Authors should use the live editorial-team page for the most current role designations.

The publication lineage began in 1993 as Estudos de Gestão, was later known as the Portuguese Journal of Management, and was relaunched as the European Journal of Management Studies in 2015.

What Types of Articles Does EJMS Publish?

The journal's aims and scope identifies research papers, reviews and/or discussions of the literature, research case studies and book reviews. In the current Emerald submission guidance, authors are also asked to select the best-fitting classification from options that include research paper, viewpoint, technical paper, conceptual paper and case study.

These labels serve different purposes: the aims-and-scope list describes the journal's published content, while the submission classifications help route manuscripts through Emerald's editorial system. Authors should select the current ScholarOne option that truthfully describes their paper rather than trying to relabel a manuscript to appear more suitable.

Who Should Consider Publishing in EJMS?

EJMS may be a reasonable target for PhD researchers, faculty, early-career scholars, interdisciplinary management researchers and professionals when their manuscript makes a clear contribution to management or organisations and fits the journal's methodological and thematic range.

A manuscript does not need to be European in geographic setting. The scope explicitly discusses management and organisations in Europe and internationally. However, authors should articulate why the empirical setting contributes to broader management knowledge rather than relying only on local description.

European Journal of Management Studies Submission Guidelines

Authors submit EJMS manuscripts through ScholarOne Manuscripts. Emerald explicitly states that submission should be made directly by the author through the journal's ScholarOne site, not by email or by a third-party proxy. First-time users create an account; ORCID can be added during submission.

As a practical publication-readiness step, download or review the author guidelines again on the day you prepare the final files. Even small changes in word limits, declarations, file requirements or submission fields can create avoidable technical delays.

Peer-Review Process and What Authors Can Expect

EJMS uses double-anonymous peer review. The journal states that all articles undergo an initial assessment by the editor. Manuscripts judged suitable for peer review are then evaluated by a minimum of two external reviewers, with final editorial responsibility remaining with the journal editor.

1. Prepare the manuscript and verify journal fit.
2. Submit directly through ScholarOne and complete required metadata/declarations.
3. Editorial and technical assessment checks suitability for the journal.
4. Suitable manuscripts proceed to at least two external reviewers under double-anonymous review.
5. The editor considers reports and issues a decision or revision request.
6. Authors revise and respond point by point where revisions are invited.
7. After acceptance, the manuscript enters production and proofing.
8. The article is published open access under CC BY 4.0.

Emerald currently reports 34 days to first decision for 2025 submissions and 39 days from acceptance to publication. These journal-level averages should be treated as planning indicators, not promised deadlines.

Publication Ethics and Emerald's Generative-AI Policy

Emerald's author guidance emphasises originality, single-journal submission, accurate authorship, conflict-of-interest disclosure, copyright permissions and research integrity. The publisher follows COPE guidance and may use Crossref Similarity Check as part of originality screening.

Emerald's current generative-AI policy is particularly important for authors. It does not permit generative AI or LLMs to copywrite new submission content, such as creating parts of a manuscript. The publisher does permit defined forms of copy-editing of author-created material, subject to its policy, human responsibility and transparency requirements. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and confidential manuscripts under peer review should not be uploaded to generative-AI systems for evaluation.

Because the policy is detailed and use-case specific, authors should read Emerald's current research and publishing ethics guidance before using AI-assisted tools in manuscript preparation.

Open Access, Copyright and Publication Fees

EJMS is a diamond open-access journal. Emerald states that ISEG funds the publishing costs, so authors currently pay no article processing charge. Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence, allowing reuse with appropriate attribution while authors retain copyright under the journal's stated arrangement.

This is materially different from a hybrid journal in which authors choose between subscription publication and a paid open-access option. For EJMS, open access is the journal model itself. Authors should still verify the current fee and licence information before submission because sponsorship arrangements can change.

Practical Journal-Fit Examples

Pre-Submission Checklist for EJMS Authors

How Contentxprtz Can Support Authors Preparing for EJMS

Contentxprtz can support ethical publication readiness by helping authors compare a manuscript with EJMS's scope and instructions, improve academic language, strengthen structure and readability, check reference consistency, format submission files, refine a cover letter and edit a point-by-point reviewer response. The research ideas, data, analysis, interpretations and authorship remain the author's responsibility.

For EJMS specifically, a useful readiness review can check whether the contribution is framed for an interdisciplinary management audience, whether the structured abstract contains the required components, whether the manuscript is within the stated word range, whether the blinded file is genuinely anonymous and whether references and declarations are consistent.