Journal Quality List (2024)

Presents a collation of 11 journal rankings in the broad area of Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management, and Marketing

Compiled and edited by Prof. Anne-Wil Harzing

The Journal Quality List is a collation of journal rankings from a variety of sources. It is published primarily to assist academics to target papers at journals of an appropriate standard. We would be concerned if the list were used for staff evaluation purposes in a mechanistic way.

The list was originally collated while the editor was associated with the Bradford University School of Management (1997-2001). Since then, the list has been updated and extended periodically to keep it current.

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the Journal Quality List, we recommend that it be checked before used extensively for evaluation purposes. The editor will not be held responsible for omissions or errors. The current version of the JQL contains 11 different rankings of more than 950 journals.

The Journal Quality List comprises academic journals in the following broad areas: Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management, and Marketing.

Where available, the rankings for each journal from the following sources are included:

Note - The editor regrets to inform users of the Journal Quality List that Thomson Scientific Inc. have requested removal of the Journal Impact Factor scores from the JQL. Please destroy any previous versions of the JQL in your possession. Thomson Scientific Inc. remind academics and universities that they do not permit any republication or re-use of their Impact Factor lists.

The Journal Quality List is available for downloading by using the link below. There are three versions of the JQL: by journal title, by subject area, and by ISSN.

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DateChanges5 Sept 2023Minor corrections to the ABDC ranking to reflecta later updated2022 release of this ranking. Thanks to Eugene Rooney for alerting me to this.10 July 2023UpdatedABDC ranking to itsMarch 2023 edition and introduced a new META ranking.1 July 2022Updated Danish Ministry and HCRES rankings to their 2021 editions and FNEGE ranking to its 2022 edition.4 July 2021Removed older rankings (see notes), added separate column for FT2016 ranking, updated Danish Ministry and EJL to their 2020 editions, updated AJG (ABS ranking) to its 2021 edition, and added 2020 Scopus CiteScore.24 June 2020Updated the Danish Ministry ranking to its 2018 edition, the CNRS ranking to its June 2020 edition, and the HCERES ranking to its 2020 edition.15 Feb 2020Updated ABDC ranking to its December 2019 edition22 Jul 2019Updated FNEGE to its June 2019 edition; updated CNRS to its June 2019 edition2 Feb 2019Updated the CNRS to its November 2018 edition.29 Jul 2018Updated the CNRS to its June 2018 edition.3 Apr 2018Updated British Association of Business Schools (ABS) ranking to its March 2018 version.23 Feb 2018Updated the CNRS to its December 2017 edition and the HCERES ranking to its 2018 edition.14 Sep 2017Updated the CNRS and the Danish Ministry ranking to their 2017 editions.24 Apr 2017Updated the FNEGE and AERES (now HCRES) lists to their 2016 and 2017 editions.11 Mar 2017Updated the Australian ABDC ranking to its 2016 edition and the FT ranking to its FT50 2016 ranking.18 Apr 2016Updated ESSEC Business School Paris ranking to Jan 2016 version, updated Erasmus EJL ranking to 5th edition (2016); minor corrections and additions.27 Nov 2015Updated CNRS ranking (CNRS 2014) to version 4.05 (November 2015).23 May 2015Corrections fo the ABS and VHB rankings (thanks to Heinz Tuselmann!).16 Apr 20152015 update of the VHB list.8 Mar 2015Updated British Association of Business Schools (ABS) ranking to its February 2015 version; updated CNRS ranking (CNRS 2014) to version November 2014; updated ESSEC Business School Paris rankings to its January 2015 edition.11 Feb 2014Updated CNRS ranking (CNRS 2013) to version 4.01; updated ESSEC Business School Paris rankings to its December 2013 edition.10 Dec 2013Update of the ABDC ranking to its November 2013 version.5 July 2013Updated FNEGE (Foundation National pour l’Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises) ranking to June 2013 version.8 June 2013Corrected problems with the Cranfield and Aeres rankings.5 Feb 2013Removed SMJ 1999 ranking, updated ESSEC ranking to 2012 version, updated Aeres ranking to 2012 version. Please note: The 48th edition was recalled, because a sorting error resulted in inaccurate entries for the Cranfield and Aeres rankings. 27 Aug 2012Added new ranking from Danish ministry.13 July 2012Added new French ranking by HEC Paris.1 Apr 2012Added new French Ranking by FNEGE (Foundation National pour l’Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises).5 Mar 2012Updated Cranfield ranking to the 2012 ranking (9th edition).1 Jan 2012Updated ESSEC Business School Paris rankings to its 2011 edition.16 Oct 2011Added the updated CNRS ranking (CNRS 2011) to version 3.01.20 Jul 2011Added the new Erasmus Research Institute Ranking (EJL 2012).17 Jun 2011Updated the FT-40 list to the FT-45 list. Added the new UQ/ERA 2011 list.23 Apr 20112011 update of the VHB list.4 Feb 2011Minor corrections to subject area and Cranfield ranking.27 May 2010Updated the Australian Business Deans Council, Association of Business Schools and ESSEC Business School Paris rankings to their 2010 editions. Added the AERES 2008 ranking.6 Feb 2010Minor corrections, updated the Cranfield ranking to the 2010 ranking (7th edition)18 Dec 2009Minor corrections to journal titles, classifications, rankings and the accompanying notes.3 Jul 2009Updated the CNRS ranking to the 2008 ranking (version 2.1) and the Cranfield ranking to the 2009 ranking (6th edition)4 May 2009Updated the Association of Business Schools 2008 ranking to the new 2009 ranking.26 Sep 2008Added the new VHB and Wien rankings; removed two old lists [University of Nottingham (Not95) and Virginia Commonwealth University (US98)].31 May 2008Added the Australian Business Deans Council 2008; Updated the Aston University journal ranking the Association of Business School to the March 2008 versions28 Dec 2007Minor corrections and additions to the CNRS ranking19 Nov 2007Replaced the 2004 CNRS ranking with its 2007 ranking12 Sep 2007Added the European Journal of Information Systems 2007 (Mingers & Harzing) ranking; removed some 80 journals that were no longer published and/or only had one or two very low rankings23 Jul 2007Replaced University of Queensland 2003 ranking with its 2007 ranking5 Mar 2007Added the new Association of Business School 2007 ranking to replace the Harvey-Morris Business Journals ranking1 Feb 2007Updated the Aston University journal ranking to the Oct. 2006 version23 Nov 2006Added the Erasmus ranking; removed two old lists [VSNU list (NL94) and the Bradford appendix to this list (Bfd97)]12 Oct 2006Added the Theoharakis ranking; updated Cranfield University School of Management ranking, added a range of real estate journals6 Aug 2006Updated Financial Times ranking23 Jun 2006Updated Aston University journal ranking6 May 2006Added the Harvey-Morris Business Journals ranking7 Mar 2006Updated Hong Kong Baptist University ranking6 Jan 2006Added CNRS ranking4 Dec 2005Minor corrections and reclassifications12 Nov 2005Added ESSEC Business School Paris ranking23 Jul 2005Updated Cranfield University School of Management ranking28 Mar 2005Removed SSCI impact scores10 Jan 2005Minor corrections and reclassifications13 Nov 2004Added VHB 2003 list; removed Lancaster 199411 Jul 2004Added Cranfield University School of Management June 2004 ranking and Social Science Citation Index 2003 impact scores9 Jun 2004Added journal ranking based on UK RAE 20016 Apr 2004Updated Aston University journal ranking9 Jan 2004Added University of Queensland journal ranking (100+ new journals)26 Oct 2003Minor additions and corrections16 Jul 2003Added Social Science Citation Index 2002 impact scores15 Feb 2003Added Social Science Citation Index 2001 impact scores17 Nov 2002Added ISSNs for all journals2000-2002Various earlier editions

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Anne-Wil Harzing is Professor of International Management at Middlesex University, London and visiting professor of International Management at Tilburg University. She is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, a select group of distinguished AIB members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the scholarly development of the field of international business. In addition to her academic duties, she also maintains the Journal Quality List and is the driving force behind the popular Publish or Perish software program.

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