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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
6.4
SJR
6.872
CiteScore
12.9
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Organization Theory
Publications
132
Citations
3 850
h-index
38
Publications
129
Citations
3 834
Top-3 citing journals
Organization Theory
Organization Theory (216 citations)
Organization Studies
Organization Studies (150 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School (13 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (6 publications)
University of Warwick
University of Warwick (5 publications)
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School (11 publications)
Imperial College London
Imperial College London (4 publications)
University of Zurich
University of Zurich (4 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (48 publications)
USA (35 publications)
Canada (19 publications)
United Kingdom (36 publications)
USA (31 publications)
Canada (15 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Organization Theory
216 citations, 5.61%
Journal of Management Studies
167 citations, 4.34%
Organization Studies
150 citations, 3.9%
Academy of Management Review
75 citations, 1.95%
Journal of Business Ethics
67 citations, 1.74%
Human Relations
57 citations, 1.48%
Organization
55 citations, 1.43%
Academy of Management Journal
54 citations, 1.4%
Strategic Organization
48 citations, 1.25%
Journal of Business Research
47 citations, 1.22%
Management Learning
41 citations, 1.06%
Journal of Management Inquiry
36 citations, 0.94%
SSRN Electronic Journal
36 citations, 0.94%
Gender, Work and Organization
35 citations, 0.91%
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
32 citations, 0.83%
Journal of Management
28 citations, 0.73%
Business and Society
28 citations, 0.73%
Academy of Management Annals
25 citations, 0.65%
Leadership
24 citations, 0.62%
Scandinavian Journal of Management
23 citations, 0.6%
Academy of Management Learning and Education
23 citations, 0.6%
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
20 citations, 0.52%
British Journal of Management
20 citations, 0.52%
Information and Organization
19 citations, 0.49%
Journal of Business Venturing Insights
17 citations, 0.44%
Culture and Organization
16 citations, 0.42%
International Journal of Project Management
16 citations, 0.42%
Strategic Management Journal
16 citations, 0.42%
Administrative Science Quarterly
15 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Organizational Sociology
15 citations, 0.39%
Critical Perspectives on Accounting
14 citations, 0.36%
Journal of World Business
14 citations, 0.36%
Business Ethics Quarterly
14 citations, 0.36%
International Journal of Management Reviews
14 citations, 0.36%
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
13 citations, 0.34%
Sustainability
13 citations, 0.34%
Cadernos EBAPE BR
13 citations, 0.34%
Journal of International Business Studies
12 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Business Venturing
12 citations, 0.31%
European Management Journal
12 citations, 0.31%
Public Management Review
12 citations, 0.31%
Small Business Economics
12 citations, 0.31%
Academy of Management Perspectives
12 citations, 0.31%
Long Range Planning
11 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Change Management
11 citations, 0.29%
Information Systems Journal
11 citations, 0.29%
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
11 citations, 0.29%
Business Strategy and the Environment
11 citations, 0.29%
Project Management Journal
11 citations, 0.29%
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
10 citations, 0.26%
Organization and Environment
10 citations, 0.26%
Futures
9 citations, 0.23%
European Management Review
9 citations, 0.23%
Schmalenbachs Zeitschrift fur Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung
9 citations, 0.23%
Organizational Research Methods
9 citations, 0.23%
Organization Science
8 citations, 0.21%
International Small Business Journal
8 citations, 0.21%
Human Communication Research
8 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Organizational Ethnography
8 citations, 0.21%
Organizações & Sociedade
8 citations, 0.21%
Business History
7 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Small Business Management
7 citations, 0.18%
Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
7 citations, 0.18%
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management
7 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
7 citations, 0.18%
Critical Sociology
7 citations, 0.18%
Theory and Society
7 citations, 0.18%
R and D Management
7 citations, 0.18%
Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility
7 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Psychology
6 citations, 0.16%
Management Review Quarterly
6 citations, 0.16%
Accounting, Organizations and Society
6 citations, 0.16%
Studies in Higher Education
6 citations, 0.16%
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
6 citations, 0.16%
Research Technology Management
6 citations, 0.16%
Leadership Quarterly
6 citations, 0.16%
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
6 citations, 0.16%
Socio-Economic Review
6 citations, 0.16%
Human Resource Development Review
6 citations, 0.16%
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
6 citations, 0.16%
Philosophy of Management
6 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Sociology
6 citations, 0.16%
Humanistic Management Journal
6 citations, 0.16%
Outsourcing Management for Supply Chain Operations and Logistics Service
6 citations, 0.16%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
5 citations, 0.13%
Research in Organizational Behavior
5 citations, 0.13%
Marketing Theory
5 citations, 0.13%
Asia Pacific Journal of Management
5 citations, 0.13%
Strategic Change
5 citations, 0.13%
Industrial Marketing Management
5 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Professions and Organization
5 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Management History
5 citations, 0.13%
Business Horizons
5 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Operations and Production Management
5 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Management and Organization
5 citations, 0.13%
Management Communication Quarterly
5 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Supply Chain Management
5 citations, 0.13%
Management Decision
5 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Information Technology
5 citations, 0.13%
Construction Management and Economics
5 citations, 0.13%
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Citing publishers

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SAGE
994 citations, 25.82%
Wiley
522 citations, 13.56%
Elsevier
441 citations, 11.45%
Springer Nature
429 citations, 11.14%
Taylor & Francis
334 citations, 8.68%
Emerald
323 citations, 8.39%
Academy of Management
207 citations, 5.38%
Cambridge University Press
88 citations, 2.29%
Oxford University Press
74 citations, 1.92%
MDPI
56 citations, 1.45%
IGI Global
51 citations, 1.32%
Walter de Gruyter
38 citations, 0.99%
SciELO
34 citations, 0.88%
Frontiers Media S.A.
25 citations, 0.65%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
17 citations, 0.44%
CAIRN
17 citations, 0.44%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
13 citations, 0.34%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
12 citations, 0.31%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
10 citations, 0.26%
World Scientific
7 citations, 0.18%
AOSIS
7 citations, 0.18%
Consortium Erudit
6 citations, 0.16%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
4 citations, 0.1%
State University of Management
4 citations, 0.1%
Scientific Research Publishing
4 citations, 0.1%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
4 citations, 0.1%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
4 citations, 0.1%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
3 citations, 0.08%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
3 citations, 0.08%
University of Chicago Press
3 citations, 0.08%
American Accounting Association
3 citations, 0.08%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
3 citations, 0.08%
JMIR Publications
3 citations, 0.08%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
3 citations, 0.08%
OpenEdition
3 citations, 0.08%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.08%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
2 citations, 0.05%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2 citations, 0.05%
IOP Publishing
2 citations, 0.05%
Association of Professional Managers in South Africa
2 citations, 0.05%
BMJ
2 citations, 0.05%
Ubiquity Press
2 citations, 0.05%
Nomos Verlag
2 citations, 0.05%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.05%
Apex Publishing
2 citations, 0.05%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Brill
1 citation, 0.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Duke University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.03%
Cornell University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Goteborg University
1 citation, 0.03%
American Geophysical Union
1 citation, 0.03%
Lviv Polytechnic National University
1 citation, 0.03%
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administracao de Empresas de Sao Paulo
1 citation, 0.03%
Brazilian Administration Review
1 citation, 0.03%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1 citation, 0.03%
Annual Reviews
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1 citation, 0.03%
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)
1 citation, 0.03%
Knowledge E DMCC
1 citation, 0.03%
Human Kinetics
1 citation, 0.03%
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
1 citation, 0.03%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
1 citation, 0.03%
Tech Science Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH
1 citation, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
1 citation, 0.03%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FCTAS RAS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Journal of Comparative International Management
1 citation, 0.03%
Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences
1 citation, 0.03%
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Publishing organizations

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Copenhagen Business School
13 publications, 9.85%
University of Cambridge
6 publications, 4.55%
University of Warwick
5 publications, 3.79%
University of Oxford
5 publications, 3.79%
Aalto University
4 publications, 3.03%
University of Zurich
4 publications, 3.03%
Imperial College London
4 publications, 3.03%
University of Edinburgh
4 publications, 3.03%
Stanford University
4 publications, 3.03%
Cardiff University
4 publications, 3.03%
Indiana University Bloomington
4 publications, 3.03%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3 publications, 2.27%
Uppsala University
3 publications, 2.27%
University of Liverpool
3 publications, 2.27%
City, University of London
3 publications, 2.27%
University of Sydney
3 publications, 2.27%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 2.27%
McGill University
3 publications, 2.27%
Hamburg University
3 publications, 2.27%
Vienna University of Economics and Business
3 publications, 2.27%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
3 publications, 2.27%
University of Alberta
3 publications, 2.27%
Tongji University
2 publications, 1.52%
Radboud University Nijmegen
2 publications, 1.52%
Stockholm School of Economics
2 publications, 1.52%
University of New South Wales
2 publications, 1.52%
University of St. Gallen
2 publications, 1.52%
University of Technology Sydney
2 publications, 1.52%
University College London
2 publications, 1.52%
University of Lucerne
2 publications, 1.52%
Roskilde University
2 publications, 1.52%
London School of Economics and Political Science
2 publications, 1.52%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 1.52%
George Washington University
2 publications, 1.52%
Harvard University
2 publications, 1.52%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 1.52%
University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 1.52%
University of Bristol
2 publications, 1.52%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
2 publications, 1.52%
University of Innsbruck
2 publications, 1.52%
University of Victoria
2 publications, 1.52%
University of Sussex
2 publications, 1.52%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 1.52%
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Cyprus
1 publication, 0.76%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.76%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.76%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.76%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.76%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.76%
Umeå University
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.76%
Università della Svizzera italiana
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Basel
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Milan
1 publication, 0.76%
Université Catholique de Louvain
1 publication, 0.76%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Jyväskylä
1 publication, 0.76%
Hanken School of Economics
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Lapland
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.76%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.76%
Nottingham Trent University
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Nottingham
1 publication, 0.76%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.76%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.76%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Stavanger
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Florence
1 publication, 0.76%
University of South-Eastern Norway
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Siena
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.76%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.76%
Free International University of Social Studies "Guido Carli"
1 publication, 0.76%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Newcastle Australia
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.76%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.76%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.76%
Washington State University
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Illinois at Chicago
1 publication, 0.76%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.76%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.76%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 0.76%
Northeastern University
1 publication, 0.76%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 0.76%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.76%
Hasselt University
1 publication, 0.76%
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
1 publication, 0.76%
Leibniz University Hannover
1 publication, 0.76%
Austral University
1 publication, 0.76%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 0.76%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.76%
Grand Valley State University
1 publication, 0.76%
Boston College
1 publication, 0.76%
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Copenhagen Business School
11 publications, 8.53%
University of Zurich
4 publications, 3.1%
Imperial College London
4 publications, 3.1%
University of Oxford
4 publications, 3.1%
University of Cambridge
4 publications, 3.1%
Stanford University
4 publications, 3.1%
Aalto University
3 publications, 2.33%
University of Warwick
3 publications, 2.33%
University of Liverpool
3 publications, 2.33%
University of Edinburgh
3 publications, 2.33%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 2.33%
Tongji University
2 publications, 1.55%
Uppsala University
2 publications, 1.55%
Radboud University Nijmegen
2 publications, 1.55%
Stockholm School of Economics
2 publications, 1.55%
University of New South Wales
2 publications, 1.55%
University of St. Gallen
2 publications, 1.55%
University of Technology Sydney
2 publications, 1.55%
City, University of London
2 publications, 1.55%
Roskilde University
2 publications, 1.55%
London School of Economics and Political Science
2 publications, 1.55%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 1.55%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 1.55%
George Washington University
2 publications, 1.55%
Harvard University
2 publications, 1.55%
University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 1.55%
University of Bristol
2 publications, 1.55%
McGill University
2 publications, 1.55%
Hamburg University
2 publications, 1.55%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
2 publications, 1.55%
Cardiff University
2 publications, 1.55%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2 publications, 1.55%
University of Victoria
2 publications, 1.55%
University of Alberta
2 publications, 1.55%
Indiana University Bloomington
2 publications, 1.55%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.78%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.78%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.78%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.78%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.78%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.78%
Umeå University
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Basel
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Milan
1 publication, 0.78%
Université Catholique de Louvain
1 publication, 0.78%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Lucerne
1 publication, 0.78%
Hanken School of Economics
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Lapland
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.78%
Nottingham Trent University
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Nottingham
1 publication, 0.78%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.78%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Stavanger
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Florence
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Siena
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.78%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.78%
Free International University of Social Studies "Guido Carli"
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Newcastle Australia
1 publication, 0.78%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.78%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.78%
Washington State University
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Illinois at Chicago
1 publication, 0.78%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.78%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.78%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.78%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 0.78%
Northeastern University
1 publication, 0.78%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
1 publication, 0.78%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.78%
Hasselt University
1 publication, 0.78%
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
1 publication, 0.78%
Leibniz University Hannover
1 publication, 0.78%
Austral University
1 publication, 0.78%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.78%
Grand Valley State University
1 publication, 0.78%
Boston College
1 publication, 0.78%
Université de Sherbrooke
1 publication, 0.78%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.78%
Queen's University at Kingston
1 publication, 0.78%
Utrecht University
1 publication, 0.78%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Bamberg
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Vienna
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Innsbruck
1 publication, 0.78%
Vienna University of Economics and Business
1 publication, 0.78%
Johannes Kepler University of Linz
1 publication, 0.78%
Waseda University
1 publication, 0.78%
NOVA University Lisbon
1 publication, 0.78%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.78%
York University
1 publication, 0.78%
Western University
1 publication, 0.78%
Wilfrid Laurier University
1 publication, 0.78%
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United Kingdom, 48, 36.36%
United Kingdom
48 publications, 36.36%
USA, 35, 26.52%
USA
35 publications, 26.52%
Canada, 19, 14.39%
Canada
19 publications, 14.39%
Germany, 15, 11.36%
Germany
15 publications, 11.36%
Denmark, 13, 9.85%
Denmark
13 publications, 9.85%
Switzerland, 10, 7.58%
Switzerland
10 publications, 7.58%
Australia, 9, 6.82%
Australia
9 publications, 6.82%
Austria, 8, 6.06%
Austria
8 publications, 6.06%
Sweden, 7, 5.3%
Sweden
7 publications, 5.3%
France, 6, 4.55%
France
6 publications, 4.55%
Netherlands, 5, 3.79%
Netherlands
5 publications, 3.79%
Finland, 5, 3.79%
Finland
5 publications, 3.79%
Norway, 4, 3.03%
Norway
4 publications, 3.03%
Israel, 3, 2.27%
Israel
3 publications, 2.27%
Italy, 3, 2.27%
Italy
3 publications, 2.27%
China, 2, 1.52%
China
2 publications, 1.52%
Portugal, 2, 1.52%
Portugal
2 publications, 1.52%
Belgium, 2, 1.52%
Belgium
2 publications, 1.52%
Argentina, 1, 0.76%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.76%
Brazil, 1, 0.76%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.76%
Spain, 1, 0.76%
Spain
1 publication, 0.76%
Cyprus, 1, 0.76%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.76%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.76%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.76%
Singapore, 1, 0.76%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.76%
Chile, 1, 0.76%
Chile
1 publication, 0.76%
South Africa, 1, 0.76%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.76%
Japan, 1, 0.76%
Japan
1 publication, 0.76%
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United Kingdom, 36, 27.91%
United Kingdom
36 publications, 27.91%
USA, 31, 24.03%
USA
31 publications, 24.03%
Canada, 15, 11.63%
Canada
15 publications, 11.63%
Germany, 12, 9.3%
Germany
12 publications, 9.3%
Denmark, 11, 8.53%
Denmark
11 publications, 8.53%
Switzerland, 9, 6.98%
Switzerland
9 publications, 6.98%
Australia, 7, 5.43%
Australia
7 publications, 5.43%
Sweden, 6, 4.65%
Sweden
6 publications, 4.65%
France, 5, 3.88%
France
5 publications, 3.88%
Austria, 5, 3.88%
Austria
5 publications, 3.88%
Netherlands, 4, 3.1%
Netherlands
4 publications, 3.1%
Finland, 4, 3.1%
Finland
4 publications, 3.1%
Italy, 3, 2.33%
Italy
3 publications, 2.33%
Norway, 3, 2.33%
Norway
3 publications, 2.33%
China, 2, 1.55%
China
2 publications, 1.55%
Portugal, 2, 1.55%
Portugal
2 publications, 1.55%
Belgium, 2, 1.55%
Belgium
2 publications, 1.55%
Argentina, 1, 0.78%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.78%
Brazil, 1, 0.78%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.78%
Israel, 1, 0.78%
Israel
1 publication, 0.78%
Spain, 1, 0.78%
Spain
1 publication, 0.78%
Singapore, 1, 0.78%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.78%
Chile, 1, 0.78%
Chile
1 publication, 0.78%
Japan, 1, 0.78%
Japan
1 publication, 0.78%
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