Journal of Advances in Management Research: Scopus, Metrics, Scope & Submission Guide

Quick Answer: What Is the Journal of Advances in Management Research?

JAMR is a peer-reviewed management journal from Emerald Publishing that covers advances across functional areas of management in service and manufacturing contexts. Its scope includes general management, finance, human resources and organizational issues, marketing and retail, operations and supply chains, information and telecommunications, international business, strategy, technology, innovation and R&D, managerial economics, modelling and business analytics.

The journal is currently listed by Emerald as indexed in Scopus, with Scopus Source ID 21100892687 supplied in the source record. Emerald also lists the Emerging Sources Citation Index, ABI/INFORM, multiple EBSCO Business Source products, ProQuest and ReadCube Discover. Researchers should consider JAMR when their paper offers a clear management contribution that fits the journal’s readership and can meet its 8,000–12,000-word article guidance, structured abstract, Harvard-style references and double-anonymous review requirements.

Key Takeaways for Researchers

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing; the journal is published in association with IIT Delhi.
• Identifiers: ISSN 0972-7981; eISSN 2049-3207; Scopus Source ID 21100892687.
• Indexing: Emerald currently lists Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index, plus ABI/INFORM, EBSCO Business Source products, ProQuest and ReadCube Discover.
• Current metrics: Emerald displays CiteScore 2025 = 6.2, CiteScore Tracker 2026 = 5.7, 2025 Impact Factor = 2.6 and 2025 five-year Impact Factor = 3.3.
• Peer review: double-anonymous, normally with at least two independent referees after editorial screening.
• Author format: articles are generally 8,000–12,000 words; structured abstract up to 250 words; up to 12 keywords; recognized Harvard reference style.
• Open access: optional gold OA after acceptance, plus green self-archiving. There is no submission fee stated for the standard non-gold route.
• Fit comes first: Scopus status and citation metrics should not substitute for evidence that your manuscript advances management research or practice for JAMR’s audience.

Journal Information at a Glance

Metrics and operational statistics are time-stamped because journal performance data changes across reporting years. Always use the latest official database value for institutional decisions.

What This Page Covers

• Journal identity, publisher, ISSN/eISSN and Scopus source record
• Aims, scope and the management subjects most likely to fit
• Scopus and other indexing, CiteScore, Impact Factor and cautious use of quartiles
• Article types and author profiles that may be suitable
• Manuscript length, structured abstract, keywords, references and file requirements
• Submission through ScholarOne and the double-anonymous review process
• Open-access choices, 2026 hybrid APC context and green OA
• Publication ethics, responsible AI use and anonymity
• A manuscript-fit and publication-readiness checklist
• How Contentxprtz can provide ethical preparation support without promising acceptance

Methodology and Sources

This article was prepared from the supplied Scopus source record and Contentxprtz template, then checked against Emerald Publishing’s current JAMR page, Emerald’s author instructions and open-access information. Where a current value was visible on the publisher page, that dated value is reported. Where a metric such as current SJR, SNIP or quartile could not be confirmed from the same current official page, the article avoids presenting an undated value as current.

What Does JAMR Aim to Publish?

JAMR’s stated purpose is to provide an international forum for recent advances across functional areas of management and to connect well-researched management scholarship with practice. The journal explicitly addresses both service and manufacturing sectors and emphasizes progression in management research rather than a narrow industry or methodology.

Its official scope includes:

• general and financial management;
• human resource management and organizational issues;
• marketing, sales and retail management;
• operations and supply chain management;
• information and telecommunication management;
• international business, strategy and technology management;
• innovation and research-and-development management;
• managerial economics;
• management best practices;
• modelling of managerial problems; and
• business analytics.

Editorial interpretation: this is a broad management scope, but broad does not mean that every business paper is automatically suitable. A manuscript should make its management contribution explicit: what decision, theory, organizational problem, managerial mechanism or practice does the study advance, and why should JAMR’s management readership care?

Is This Journal a Good Match for Your Research?

A paper is more likely to be conceptually aligned when its central contribution is managerial rather than merely contextual. For example, research that uses a retail, banking, manufacturing, public-sector or technology setting can fit if the main question advances management knowledge or practice within JAMR’s scope.

As a practical publication-readiness step, compare your abstract and contribution statement with several recent JAMR papers. Look for similarities in the type of management problem, theoretical positioning, evidence and practical implications—not merely keyword overlap.

Understanding Scopus Coverage and Journal Metrics

Emerald currently lists JAMR as abstracted and indexed in Scopus. The source record supplied with this task identifies Scopus Source ID 21100892687. This matters for researchers whose university, doctoral regulations or promotion criteria specifically recognise Scopus-indexed journals, but the live Scopus page should be checked at the point the evidence is needed.

Current publisher-displayed citation metrics

• CiteScore 2025: 6.2.
• CiteScore Tracker 2026: 5.7. The tracker is provisional and updated monthly.
• Journal Impact Factor 2025: 2.6.
• Five-year Impact Factor 2025: 3.3.

Emerald also lists the journal in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. For authors working under formal “Q1/Q2” rules, do not infer a current quartile from the Impact Factor or CiteScore alone. Category quartiles are database- and year-specific. An institutional library journal browser reported JAMR as Q2 in its 2024 Scopus metrics with SJR 0.526 and SNIP 0.957, but those values should not be presented as the current 2025/2026 Scopus metrics without a fresh Scopus check.

What Does the Journal Publish?

Emerald’s JAMR page describes a range of scholarly and practice-oriented outputs. It lists research articles, empirical studies, case studies, research notes, simulation studies, teaching notes and book reviews. During submission, authors are also asked to choose an article classification such as Research Paper, Practitioner Paper, Survey Reports, Literature Review, Invited Viewpoint, Research Note or Book Review.

The classification should match the manuscript’s actual purpose. A literature review should synthesize and critique the field rather than simply provide a long background section. A case study should make clear why the organizational case provides useful insight. A research paper should explain the research problem, theoretical or conceptual basis, methods, results and contribution in a way that supports peer review.

Preparing a Manuscript for JAMR

Emerald’s current author guidelines give unusually concrete preparation requirements, so authors should format the manuscript before uploading rather than treating formatting as a final production step.

Length, files and title

• Articles should be 8,000–12,000 words, including the structured abstract, references, text in tables and figures, and appendices.
• Emerald asks authors to allow 250 words for each figure or table when calculating length.
• Microsoft Word is accepted; PDF may accompany the Word file but a PDF alone is not acceptable. LaTeX can be used with an accompanying PDF.
• The title should be concise.

Structured abstract and keywords

All submissions require a structured abstract with four mandatory headings: Purpose, Design/methodology/approach, Findings and Originality. Research limitations/implications, practical implications and social implications may be added when relevant. The total abstract should not exceed 250 words, including keywords and article classification. Authors can provide up to 12 short keywords.

References

References should use a recognized Harvard style. Emerald’s own Harvard style is explicitly accepted, and the publisher asks authors to check citations for completeness, accuracy and consistency. Where a DOI is available, it should be included.

Anonymity and separate files

Because JAMR uses double-anonymous review, the manuscript should not identify its authors. Acknowledgements and biographies should be uploaded separately. Emerald advises authors to check figures, captions, self-references and unpublished work for clues that could compromise anonymity.

Submission Checklist Before ScholarOne

What Happens After You Submit a Manuscript?

Submission is made by the corresponding author through the journal’s ScholarOne system accessed from the Emerald website. Emerald explicitly states that the journal does not accept manuscripts by email or through third-party agents or proxy submitters.

The editorial office first screens each submission for journal policy, aims and scope, and manuscript/language quality. A paper can be declined or returned at this stage. If it appears suitable, Emerald states that it is normally sent to at least two independent referees for double-anonymous peer review. After the reviews, the editor can accept, request minor or major revision, or decline the manuscript.

For operational context, Emerald currently reports 69 days to first decision based on submissions from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, and 44 days from acceptance to publication based on the prior 12 months, last updated April 2025. These are averages, not deadlines for individual manuscripts.

Open Access, APCs and Publication Charges

JAMR is not presented by Emerald as a fully open-access journal; instead, authors can choose gold open access after acceptance. Emerald also supports green open access/self-archiving. Under the current policy, gold OA articles use a CC BY 4.0 licence, while the author accepted manuscript can be made openly available through the green route without an embargo once the final article is officially published.

Emerald states that authors are not charged simply to submit or publish through the standard non-gold route. For hybrid journals, Emerald’s 2026 standard gold open-access APC is £3,222 / US$4,351 / €3,710, plus VAT where applicable. Because publisher agreements, institutional discounts, waivers and journal-specific arrangements can affect the amount, authors should verify the live Emerald open-access and APC information before choosing a route.

Publication Ethics and Responsible AI Use

Emerald states that it follows COPE guidance and requires submissions to be original, not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere, and transparent about authorship, conflicts of interest, funding, permissions and research ethics. Human-participant research may require ethical approval and informed consent statements with sufficient detail for editorial assessment.

Emerald’s current AI policy is particularly important for authors using generative tools. The publisher states that AI systems cannot be credited as authors. It permits generative AI for copy-editing an author’s own existing work to improve structure, clarity, language and grammar under its stated principles, but says that using generative AI to create or draft new submission content is not permitted. Authors should review the live publisher policy because AI rules are evolving quickly.

These ethics requirements reinforce a practical rule: editing or publication support should improve communication and compliance without fabricating data, references, authorship, reviewer identities or research contributions.

Common Reasons a Manuscript May Be Unsuitable

Some reasons are explicit in Emerald’s screening process; others are practical inferences from the journal’s stated scope and author instructions. A manuscript may struggle if it:

• does not fit JAMR’s management aims and scope;
• has no clear management contribution beyond describing a business setting;
• is substantially outside the 8,000–12,000-word guidance without a justified article type;
• uses an abstract or references that do not follow the journal’s instructions;
• reveals author identity during double-anonymous review;
• has weak language or presentation quality that prevents proper editorial assessment;
• does not provide required ethics, consent, funding, conflict or permission information;
• has been published previously in a conflicting form or is under simultaneous consideration elsewhere; or
• makes claims that are not supported by its data, method or cited literature.

A Practical Journal-Fit Test

Before spending time on final formatting, test the manuscript against five questions:

1. Problem: Is the research question genuinely about management, organizations, managerial decision-making or management practice?
2. Contribution: Can you state in two or three sentences what the paper adds to existing management knowledge or practice?
3. Audience: Would JAMR readers recognize why the findings matter across or within service/manufacturing contexts?
4. Evidence: Does the design support the claims, with transparent methods and appropriate limitations?
5. Format: Can the manuscript meet JAMR’s article type, length, abstract, reference, anonymity and ethics requirements without distorting the research?

If several answers are “not yet,” the manuscript may need repositioning or a different journal. Journal selection is stronger when it is based on scope and reader fit before prestige indicators.

How to Strengthen a JAMR-Aligned Manuscript

Although the following points are general publication-readiness guidance rather than additional JAMR rules, they are useful for researchers preparing for this journal:

• Open the introduction with a specific management problem and show why existing literature does not resolve it.
• Make the theoretical or conceptual contribution explicit rather than leaving reviewers to infer it.
• Explain why the chosen context, sample, industry or geography matters to the management question.
• Align hypotheses or research questions with the analysis and avoid reporting results that are not tied back to the study’s purpose.
• Separate statistical significance from managerial significance when interpreting findings.
• Use the discussion to connect results to prior research, explain mechanisms and clarify boundary conditions.
• Write practical implications that arise from the evidence rather than generic recommendations.
• Check tables, figures, citations and appendices for consistency before submission.

Authoritative Links to Recheck Before Submission

• Official Journal of Advances in Management Research page — Emerald Publishing
• Scopus Source ID 21100892687
• Emerald open-access routes and 2026 APC information
• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Final Researcher Checklist

• Confirm JAMR is still active and indexed in the databases required by your institution.
• Verify the latest CiteScore, Impact Factor and any required quartile directly in the applicable database.
• Read the current Emerald aims and scope and several recent JAMR papers.
• Confirm the correct article classification and 8,000–12,000-word guidance.
• Prepare the structured abstract and up to 12 keywords.
• Use a recognized Harvard reference style and check every citation.
• Remove author-identifying information from the review manuscript.
• Include ethics, consent, funding, conflict and permissions information where relevant.
• Choose gold OA only after checking current APCs, waivers and institutional agreements.
• Submit directly through the official ScholarOne route linked by Emerald.

For most researchers, the most important decision is not whether JAMR has a particular metric; it is whether the manuscript makes a credible, well-evidenced management contribution that the journal’s readers and reviewers are likely to recognize as relevant.