Gender in Management: Scopus Indexing, Metrics & Submission Guide

Key takeaways for prospective authors

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing; journal title: Gender in Management: An International Journal.
• Identifiers: ISSN 1754-2413; eISSN 1754-2421; supplied Scopus Source ID 11700154719.
• Indexing listed by Emerald includes Scopus and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), alongside CABS, ABDC, ERIH and other services.
• Current publisher metrics reviewed for this guide: CiteScore 2025 = 6.8; Journal Impact Factor 2025 = 2.9; five-year Impact Factor 2025 = 3.4.
• Articles are normally 6,000–9,000 words and require a structured abstract; up to 12 keywords are requested.
• The peer-review model is double anonymous, normally involving at least two independent referees after editorial screening.
• The journal is hybrid: standard publication has no submission fee; optional gold OA carries an APC, while green OA self-archiving is available.
• A strong fit requires an explicit contribution to gender in management and/or leadership, not simply a study that happens to include participant gender.

Journal information at a glance

Metric note: journal metrics change by reporting year. This page records values visible on Emerald when researched for publication on 11 August 2026. Reconfirm any metric needed for a PhD, promotion, grant or institutional requirement.

Methodology and sources

This profile was prepared from the journal record supplied with the task and current authoritative publisher information. The principal source is Emerald’s official GM journal page, including its author guidelines, editorial team, indexing list, citation metrics and publication-timeline data. The Scopus Source ID supplied for identity matching is 11700154719. Emerald’s current open-access page was used for the 2026 hybrid-journal APC.

Where the reviewed official sources did not expose a current value — notably SJR, SNIP, quartile and detailed Scopus coverage dates — this guide does not manufacture one. Those fields are marked for live verification. That distinction matters because journal-level metrics, editorial teams, database coverage, OA prices and policy language can change.

What the journal aims to publish

Emerald describes GM as a forum where researchers and practitioners can exchange ideas and extend research agendas around gender in management. Its stated ambition is both theoretical and practical: papers should progress understanding of gender in management and leadership while communicating implications that matter to organisational practice.

The scope is intentionally interdisciplinary. Gender may be examined through organisational behaviour, human resource management, leadership studies, sociology, psychology, entrepreneurship, policy, law, education or related perspectives, provided the manuscript explains why the work matters specifically to gender in management and/or leadership. This makes the journal broad in disciplinary tools but focused in its central research problem.

Topics explicitly represented in the scope

• Management and leadership styles
• Careers and progression
• Equality and diversity
• Work–life balance and flexibility
• Harassment and discrimination
• Gender stereotypes and identity
• Entrepreneurship
• Cross-cultural questions
• Intersectionality
• Employee–employer relations
• Legal and policy issues
• Feminist methodologies

Emerald also links the journal particularly to UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 (gender equality) and Goal 8 (decent work and economic growth), while asking for a specific, actionable connection to practice when authors frame research around the SDGs.

What may be a weak fit?

A manuscript can be methodologically competent and still be unsuitable if gender is peripheral to the argument. For example, a general employee-engagement model that merely reports male/female descriptive statistics is unlikely to demonstrate the kind of gender-focused theoretical contribution the journal requests. Likewise, a local case description with limited conceptual development may struggle unless it shows why the case advances an ongoing debate and produces transferable theoretical or practical insight.

Understanding its Scopus coverage and journal metrics

For researchers facing institutional journal-list requirements, the most consequential visibility fact is that Emerald currently lists GM as indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. The journal page also lists CABS Academic Journal Guide, ABDC Quality Journal List, ERIH and several national evaluation systems.

The current publisher metrics are reasonably strong signals of citation visibility within the journal’s field, but they answer a different question from editorial fit. Emerald reports a 2025 CiteScore of 6.8 and a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 2.9, with a five-year Impact Factor of 3.4. Researchers should avoid translating those numbers directly into statements such as “high chance of acceptance” or “best journal for my paper.” Citation metrics summarise journal-level citation behaviour; they do not predict the outcome of a particular submission.

The journal’s current quartile, SJR and SNIP were not displayed in the official publisher information reviewed for this article. If your institution explicitly asks for Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4 status, open the live Scopus source profile or the relevant authorised evaluation database and record the year and subject category alongside the quartile. A journal can have different quartile positions across categories or years.

Who should consider submitting?

GM may be a realistic target for researchers whose central question concerns gendered dynamics in organisations, management, leadership or careers and whose paper can speak to both scholarship and practice. This includes PhD scholars, faculty researchers, interdisciplinary teams and practitioners with analytically robust evidence or conceptual insight.

A practical fit test

1. Write your paper’s contribution in one sentence beginning: “This study changes what we understand about gender in management/leadership by…”
2. Compare that sentence with the journal’s aims and scope. If the gender-management link feels forced, reconsider the target journal.
3. Read several recent GM papers that are close to your topic or method. Look for the level of theorisation, contextualisation and practical implication expected.
4. Check whether your design can support the claims you want to make about gender, especially for intersectional or cross-cultural research.
5. Make the practical implications specific enough for managers, leaders, policymakers or diversity professionals to act on or learn from.

Article types and manuscript requirements

Emerald’s current submission system classifies the submission as an Original Article and then asks the author to select the most appropriate paper category. The categories shown in the author guidelines include research paper, viewpoint, technical paper, conceptual paper and case study. Journal-specific guidance particularly welcomes original empirical work and conceptual research that can make an explicit theoretical and practical contribution.

Journal-specific emphasis: Emerald’s GM update asks authors to state the submission type and briefly explain, in the covering letter and on the first page, how the work advances ongoing GM debates, what readers will learn, the theoretical/practical contribution and why that contribution is significant.

What happens after you submit a manuscript?

Submission is through the journal’s ScholarOne system reached from Emerald. The publisher explicitly states that manuscripts should be submitted directly by the author, not by email and not through a third-party proxy. Each author’s details are entered through the system, and the corresponding author manages the submission.

The first stage is editorial screening. The office can decline or return a paper that falls outside the aims and scope, does not follow submission policies or is not of sufficient manuscript quality. If the paper is considered potentially suitable, it is normally sent to at least two independent referees for double-anonymous peer review. After the reports are received, the editor may accept, request minor or major revision, or reject.

Emerald currently reports 40 days to first decision, based on submissions between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025. It separately reports 43 days from acceptance to publication, based on the previous 12 months and last updated April 2025. Treat these as historical journal-level indicators rather than promises for your manuscript; reviewer availability, revisions and editorial complexity can change the timeline.

Open access, publication fees and author rights

GM is a hybrid journal. Authors can publish through the standard subscription route or choose gold open access after acceptance. Emerald states that there is no submission fee and that payment is requested only when an author elects the gold OA route.

For 2026, Emerald’s general hybrid-journal APC is £3,222 / US$4,351 / €3,710 plus VAT where applicable. Because OA agreements, vouchers and pricing can change, confirm the amount against Emerald’s current APC page and your institution’s agreement before making a funding decision.

Emerald also offers green open access. Its current policy allows authors to make the accepted manuscript openly available upon official publication without an embargo and without paying an APC. The gold route publishes the version of record under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence. Authors with funder mandates should compare licence and repository requirements before selecting a route.

Research ethics, originality and current AI-use rules

Emerald states that its ethics approach follows COPE guidance and requires authors to take responsibility for accuracy and research integrity. Submissions should be original, should not be under consideration elsewhere and should disclose conflicts of interest. Where human participants are involved, authors need to address ethical approval and informed consent as applicable and include appropriate statements without compromising anonymity.

The publisher also warns authors to obtain third-party copyright permissions before submission and may use Crossref Similarity Check to assess originality. For sensitive organisational research — for example, work naming employees or relying on non-public company information — consent-to-publish requirements may apply.

AI policy deserves special attention in 2026. Emerald’s current journal guidance says generative AI must not be used to create or draft new manuscript material. It distinguishes this from copy-editing an author’s own original existing work to improve structure, clarity, language and grammar, which may be permitted under the publisher’s responsibility and transparency principles. Large language models cannot be credited as authors. Because publisher AI policies are evolving rapidly, authors should read the live Emerald policy again immediately before submission and document any use exactly as required.

How to prepare a stronger, journal-aligned manuscript

As a practical publication-readiness step, build the paper around the journal’s editorial questions rather than adding a generic “gender implication” at the end. GM asks authors to show context, recognise alternative viewpoints, provide a clear theoretical base and state how the piece progresses research and/or practice.

How Contentxprtz can support publication readiness

Professional support is most useful when it helps the author communicate their own research more clearly and comply with journal requirements. For a GM submission, that may include checking whether the argument keeps gender in management or leadership at the centre, improving academic language and structure, reviewing the structured abstract, checking Harvard-style references, formatting tables and figures, or polishing an author-written cover letter and response to reviewers.

Contentxprtz does not control editorial decisions and does not guarantee acceptance or publication. Authors remain responsible for the research, claims, data, ethics, authorship and final submission. Any editorial support should also be used consistently with Emerald’s current AI and authorship policies.

Official sources used for this profile

• Emerald Publishing — Gender in Management: An International Journal (aims and scope, author guidelines, editorial team, indexing, metrics and publication timeline).
• Emerald Publishing — journal-specific updates to author guidelines.
• Emerald Publishing — 2026 open-access routes and hybrid APC.
• Scopus source profile — Source ID 11700154719.

Sources and metrics reviewed 11 August 2026. Journal policies, fees, metrics and indexing may change; reconfirm critical requirements before submission.