Academic/Professional Journals
For budding technical writers - a list of
Information Technology, Information Management, Management, Economics,
and other journals to submit your articles to.
This is not an exhustive list. Please check periodically for updates, corrections, etc.
Main points only; check publication for specific details regarding submission guidelines, contact, etc.
Material compiled from Writer's Market 2000, various web sites, published papers, etc.
| Journal | Field | Publisher | Web Site | Description | Submissions | |
| Academy of Management Journal | http://www.aom.pace.edu/amjnew/ | publish empirical research that tests, extends, or builds management theory and contributes to management practice. All empirical methods -- including, but not limited to, qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, and combination methods -- are welcome. | ||||
| Academy of Management Learning and Education | Management Education | http://journals.aomonline.org/amle/ | AMLE is an interdisciplinary journal publishing theoretical models and reviews, qualitative and quantitative research, critique, exchanges, and retrospectives on any substantive topic that is conceived with, and draws implications for, how managers learn and the educational process and context. | |||
| Academy of Management Review | http://www.aom.pace.edu/amr/ | publish new theoretical insights that advance understanding of management and organizations. Researchers can develop new theory, challenge or clarify existing theory, synthesize recent advances and ideas into fresh theory, or initiate a search for new theory | ||||
| Academy of Management Perspectives | http://journals.aomonline.org/amp/ | provide accessible articles about important issues concerning management and business. AMP articles are aimed at the non-specialist academic reader and rely on evidence as opposed to theory or opinion for their arguments. | ||||
| INFORMATION AND ORGANIZATION (formally Accounting, Management and Information Technologies) | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/621423/description?navopenmenu=-2 | publish original scholarly articles on the relationships between information technologies and social organization based on empirical research and relevant theory. | ||||
| Administrative Science Quarterly | The Johnson School at Cornell University 130 East Seneca St. Suite 400 Ithaca, NY 14850-4353 |
http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/publications/asq/ | Dedicated to advancing the understanding of administration through empirical investigation and theoretical analysis | |||
| American Economic Review | Economics | American Economic Association 2014 Broadway, Suite 305 Nashville, TN 37203 |
http://www.aeaweb.org/aer/ | articles and short papers on economic subjects | ||
| American Journal of Sociology | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJS/ | presents work from all areas of sociology, emphasizing on theory building and innovative methods. AJS strives to speak to the general sociological reader and is open to sociologically informed contributions from anthropologists, statisticians, economists, educators, historians, and political scientists. | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJS/instruct.html | |||
| California Management Review | http://cmr.berkeley.edu/ | serves as a vehicle of communication between those who study management and those who practice it. CMR publishes articles that are both research-based and address issues of current concern to managers | ||||
| Communications of the ACM | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. | http://acm.org/cacm/ | flagship publication of the ACM, brings its readers the latest in technology trends as written by the very creators and innovators of those technologies. | http://acm.org/cacm/guidelines/infoauthors_02.html | ||
| Computing in Science & Engineering | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/cise | ||||
| IEEE Computer | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/index.jsp | publishes peer-reviewed technical content that covers all aspects of computer science, computer engineering, technology, and applications | http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/computer/content/author.html | ||
| Current Anthropology | University of Chicago Press | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CA/ | features papers in a wide variety of areas, including social, cultural, and physical anthropology as well as ethnology and ethnohistory, archaeology and prehistory, folklore, and linguistics | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CA/contribs.html | ||
| The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems | Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems (ACM-SIGMIS) | http://the-database.org/ | http://www.editorialmanager.com/sigmisdb/ | |||
| Decision Sciences | Decision Sciences Institute | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0011-7315 | publishes scholarly research about decision making within the boundaries of an organization, as well as decisions involving inter-firm coordination | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0011-7315&site=1 | ||
| Econometrica | Econometric Society | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0012-9682 | publishes original articles in all branches of economics - theoretical and empirical, abstract and applied, providing wide-ranging coverage across the subject area | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0012-9682&site=1 | (least one co-author must be a member of the Econometric Society) recent Ph. D. graduates strongly encouraged to submit their work to Econometrica. |
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| Economic and Political Weekly | Social Science | Sameeksha Trust; Mumbai, India | http://www.epw.org.in/epw/user/userindex.jsp | publishes analysis of contemporary affairs and academic papers in the social sciences | ||
| Economic Journal | Economics | Royal Economic Society | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0013-0133&site=1 | seeks to promote the general advancement of economic knowledge. It is also one of the founding journals of modern economics and has been at the forefront of research since 1891 | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0013-0133&site=1 | |
| Economic Letters | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505574/description#description | consists of concise communications (letters) that provide a means of rapid and efficient dissemination of new results, models and methods in all fields of economic research | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505574/authorinstructions | |||
| Economic Theory | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622869/description#description | theoretical analysis of economic models, including the study of related mathematical techniques | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622869/authorinstructions | |||
| The Economist | The Economist Newspaper Ltd London, England |
http://www.economistgroup.com/AboutTheGroup/the_economist.html | primary focus is world news, politics and business, but it also runs regular sections on science and technology as well as books and the arts | |||
| Empirical Economics | Business and Economics | Physica Verlag, An Imprint of Springer-Verlag GmbH | http://www.springerlink.com/content/102505/ | publishes papers of high quality dealing with the confrontation of relevant economic theory with observed data through the use of adequate econometric methods. Papers cover topics like estimation of established relationships between economic variables, testing of hypotheses derived from economic theory, policy evaluation, simulation, forecasting, methodology, econometric methods and measurement. | https://zeus.econ.umd.edu/cgi-bin/e-editor/e-submit_v7.cgi?dbase=ee | |
| European Journal of Information Systems | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejis/index.html | provides a distinctive European perspective on the theory and practice of information systems for a global audience. research articles by academics, case studies and reflective articles by practitioners | ||||
| European Management Journal | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/115/description#description | present the latest thinking and research on major management topics. Whilst the emphasis is on practical aspects of management, articles will be published which have a fundamental basis in sound research or experience | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/115/authorinstructions | |||
| Finance and Development | Finance & Development International Monetary Fund 700 Nineteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20431 |
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2007/06/index.htm | ||||
| Games and Economic Behavior | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622836/description#description | facilitates cross-fertilization between theories and applications of game theoretic reasoning | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622836/authorinstructions | |||
| Harvard Business Review | http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/hbr/hbr_current_issue.jhtml | cover a wide range of topics that are relevant to different industries, management functions, and geographic locations. Focus on leadership, organizational change, negotiation, strategy, operations, marketing, finance, and managing people | http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/util_contact_guidelines_hbr.jhtml | |||
| Healthcare IT News | MedTech Publishing Company, LLC 71 Pineland Drive, Suite 203 New Gloucester, ME 04260 |
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/ | ||||
| HR MAGAZINE, On Human Resource Management | Human Resource Management | Society for Human Resource Management 1800 Duke St. Alexandria VA 22314-3497 |
http://www.shrm.org/ | Special focus on business news that affects the workplace (compensation and benefits, recruiting, training and development, management trends, court decisions, legislative actions and government regulations) | 30 % freelance written; query. Feature - 1800-2000 words. 1 month on query, 2 months on acceptance | |
| Human Relation | ||||||
| IEEE Annals of the History of Computing | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/annals | ||||
| IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/cga | ||||
| IEEE Design & Test of Computers | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/dt | ||||
| IEEE Distributed Systems Online | IEEE Computer Society | http://dsonline.computer.org/ | ||||
| IEEE Intelligent Systems | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/intelligent | ||||
| IEEE Micro | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/micro | ||||
| IEEE MultiMedia | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/multimedia | ||||
| IEEE Pervasive Computing | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/pervasive | ||||
| IEEE Security & Privacy | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/security | ||||
| Information Management Journal (formally Records Management Quarterly) | Records and Information Management | Association of Records Managers and Administrators c/o School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee, Knoxville Knoxville TN 37996 |
Professional articles covering theory, case studies, surveys, etc., on records and information management | 10 % freelance written; send ms w/ SASE; ms must include 50 - 75 word abstract;
include brief bio sketch, b/w photo; 2500 word minimum; average 6 months after acceptance, reports in 1 month on ms |
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| INFORM, The Magazine of Information and Image Management | Document and Information Management | Association for Information and Image Management 1100 Wayne Ave. Silver Spring MD 20910 |
http://www.aiim.org/inform | Coverage of business issues surrounding implementation and use of document and information management techniques | 30 % freelance written; query. Feature - 1500 words. Column/Department - 500-1500 words | |
| Information Systems Frontiers | Springer; Netherlands | http://www.springer.com/west/home?SGWID=4-102-70-35673075-detailsPage=journal|description&changeHeader=true&SHORTCUT=www.springer.com/journal/10796/about | Provide a forum for both academicians and industry specialists to explore the multiple frontiers of the IS/IT field | http://www.springer.com/west/home/business/business+information+systems?SGWID=4-170-70-35673075-0&detailsPage=contentItemPage&contentItemId=140346&CIPageCounter=CI_FOR_AUTHORS_AND_EDITORS_PAGE0 | ||
| Information Systems Journal | Information Systems | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1350-1917&site=1 | Articles on research, practice, experience, current issues and debates. does not publish purely technical papers | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=1350-1917&site=1 | ||
| Information Systems Management | Taylor & Francis | http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t768221794 | on-going exchange of academic research, best practices, and insights based on managerial experience | http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t768221794~tab=submit~mode=paper_submission_instructions | ||
| Information Systems Research | The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | http://isr.journal.informs.org/ | international journal of theory, research, and intellectual development, focused on information systems in organizations, institutions, the economy, and society | http://iol-a.informs.org/site/ISR/index.php?c=11&kat=Submission+Guidelines | ||
| InformationWeek | http://www.informationweek.com/ | |||||
| Information Technology & People | http://www.itandpeople.org/homepage.htm | continuous innovation of social and organizational strategies in the design and use of information technology, from the network to the desktop | http://www.itandpeople.org/asp/itpsubmitstage1.asp | |||
| Industrial and Labor Relations Review | Industrial and Labor Relations Review 158 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-3901 |
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrreview/ | interdisciplinary journal publishing original research on all aspects of the employment relationship | Submit four clearly legible manuscript copies. Because of the high cost of postage, we cannot return manuscripts. All manuscripts submitted should be sent to Editor.
Manuscripts should be approximately 25 pages long, counting each double-spaced page of notes, references, and appendices as a half-page. By double-spaced is meant full double-spacing (not "1-1/2 spacing") of lines with normal-size (12-point) type, with one-inch margins on all sides. |
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| International Economic Review | modern quantitative economics | University of Pennsylvania | http://www.econ.upenn.edu/Centers/iereview/ | cutting edge papers in many areas of economics, including econometrics, economic theory, macro, and applied economics | http://www.econ.upenn.edu/Centers/iereview/submissions.htm | |
| IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine | IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society | http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/magazines/emb.htm | current technologies and methods used in biomedical and clinical engineering; societal implications of medical technologies; current news items; book reviews; patent descriptions | http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/magazines/guides.htm | ||
| IEEE Internet Computing | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/internet | targets the technical and scientific Internet user communities as well as designers and developers of Internet-based applications and enabling technologies. Peer-reviewed articles, industry reports, surveys, tutorials, columns, and news. | |||
| IEEE IT Professional | enterprise information systems | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/itpro | bimonthly publication for the developers and managers of enterprise information systems. | http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/itpro/content/ad.html | |
| IEEE Software | IEEE Computer Society | http://www.computer.org/software | delivers reliable, useful, leading-edge software development information to keep engineers and managers abreast of rapid technology change. | http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/software/content/write_for.html | ||
| IEEE Spectrum | IEEE | |||||
| Information & Management | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505553/description?navopenmenu=-2 | serves managers, professionals, database administrators and senior executives of organizations which design, implement and manage Information Systems Applications | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505553/authorinstructions | |||
| Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT) | Information Resources Management Association | http://www.igi-global.com/jcit | documented case studies based on the experiences of others; provide understanding, solutions, and lessons learned by organizations worldwide in the utilization and management of information systems applications, technology, and resources. | |||
| Journal of Development Economics | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505546/description#description | Publishes papers relating to all aspects of economic development - from immediate policy concerns to structural problems of underdevelopment, emphasis is on quantitative or analytical work. | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505546/authorinstructions | |||
| Journal of Econometrics | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505575/description?navopenmenu=-2 | outlet for important new research in both theoretical and applied econometrics | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505575/authorinstructions | |||
| Journal of Economic Growth | Business and Economics | http://www.springerlink.com/content/102931/ | ||||
| Journal of Economic History | Economic History Association | http://eh.net/EHA/Publications/journal.html | ||||
| Journal of Economic Literature | American Economic Association 2014 Broadway, Suite 305 Nashville, TN 37203 |
http://www.aeaweb.org/journal.html | ||||
| Journal of Economic Perspectives | American Economic Association 2014 Broadway, Suite 305 Nashville, TN 37203 |
http://www.aeaweb.org/jep/ | goals: to synthesize/integrate lessons learned from active economic research; to;provide economic analysis of public policy issues; to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas; offer an accessible source for current economic thinking; suggest directions for future research; to provide insights and readings for classroom use; address issues relating to the economics profession. ' | Articles normally solicited by the editors. Proposals for topics and authors should be directed to the journal office. | ||
| Journal of Economic Theory | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622869/description?navopenmenu=-2 | publishes original research on economic theory and emphasizes the theoretical analysis of economic models, including the study of related mathematical techniques | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622869/authorinstructions | |||
| Journal of Information Technology | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/index.html | is of interest to academics, scholars, advanced students and reflective practitioners in management science, information systems and computer science disciplines | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/author_instructions.html | |||
| Journal of International Money and Finance | International Economics and Finance | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30443/description#description | exchange rate behaviour, foreign exchange options, international capital markets, international monetary and fiscal policy | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30443/authorinstructions | ||
| Journal of Labor Research | Department of Economics of George Mason University and The Locke Institute | http://www.thelockeinstitute.org/jolr.html | correspondence and manuscripts should be sent to
James T. Bennett, Editor Journal of Labor Research Department of Economics George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030 |
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| Journal of Marketing | http://www.marketingpower.com/content1053.php | lead in the development, dissemination, and implementation of marketing concepts, practice, and information; probe and promote the use of marketing concepts by businesses, not-for-profits, and other institutions for the betterment of society | ||||
| Journal of Management | Official Journal of the Southern Management Association 2005 - transferred to Sage Publishing prior, published by Elsevier B.V. |
http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201724 | scholarly empirical and theoretical research articles, that have a high impact on the management field as a whole; new ideas or new perspectives on existing research | |||
| Journal of Management Information Systems | http://www.jmis-web.org/ | bridge the gap between theory and practice of management information systems | http://www.jmis-web.org/info-co | |||
| Journal of Management Studies | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-2380 | multidisciplinary journal, publishing articles on organization theory and behaviour, strategic and human resource management - from empirical studies and theoretical developments to practical applications | ||||
| Journal of Political Economy | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JPE/home.html | since 1892 presented significant research and scholarship in economic theory and practice highly selective, widely cited articles of current relevance that will have a long-term impact on economics research | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JPE/instruct.html | |||
| Journal of Poverty | http://www.units.muohio.edu/journalofpoverty/ | |||||
| Journal of Public Economics | public economics | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505578/description#description | original scientific contributions on the problems of public economics, emphasis on the application of modern economic theory and methods of quantitative analysis | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505578/authorinstructions | ||
| Journal of Region Science | ||||||
| Journal of Retailing | Retailing | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620186/description#description | all aspects of retailing, its management, evolution, and current theory. products and services, the supply chains and distribution channels that serve retailers, the relationships between retailers and members of the supply channel, and all forms of direct marketing and emerging electric markets | |||
| Journal of Systems Management | Association for Systems Management | |||||
| Management Information Systems Quarterly | Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota |
http://www.misq.org/ | IT-based services, the management of information technology resources, and the economics and use of information technology with managerial and organizational implications | |||
| MANAGEMENT REVIEW, The American Management Association Magazine | American Management Association 1601 Broadway New York, NY 100119-7430 |
http://www.amanet.org/periodicals/mr | Reports strategic management trends and tips oh how to manage more effectively. Is a magazine, not a theoretical academic journal | Submit in writing or email only; no fax, no cold calls. 5 months after acceptance, 8 - 10 weeks on queries. | ||
| Management Science | ||||||
| Mathematical Social Sciences | http://ees.elsevier.com/mss/ | emphasizes the unity of mathematical modeling in economics, psychology, political sciences, sociology and other social sciences | Submit online, can be 1- 3 years after submission | |||
| MIS Quarterly Executive | http://www.misqe.org/ | encourage practice-based research in the information systems field and to disseminate the results of that research in a manner that makes its relevance and utility readily apparent; targeting senior managers | http://www.misqe.org/submit.htm | |||
| National Tax Journal | National Tax Association | http://ntj.tax.org/ | encourage research in government finance by all interested persons and the dissemination of the resultant knowledge | http://ntj.tax.org/wwtax/ntjrec.nsf/vhtml/NTJAbout?OpenDocument | ||
| Omega, International Journal of Management Sciences | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/375/description#description | reports on developments in management, including the latest research results and applications | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/375/authorinstructions | |||
| Organization Science | http://www.informs.org/site/Organization_Science/ | research fields such as organization theory, strategic management, sociology, economics, political science, history, information science, communication theory, and psychology | http://www.informs.org/site/Organization_Science/index.php?c=13&kat=Submission+Guidelines | |||
| Philosophy and Public Affairs | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0048-3915&site=1 | philosophical examination of substantive legal, social, and political problems, as well as discussions of the more abstract questions to which they give rise | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0048-3915&site=1 | |||
| Public Choice | http://www.springer.com/west/home/economics/journals?SGWID=4-40532-70-35646187-0&SHORTCUT=www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,,4-40532-70-35646187-0,00.html | deals with the intersection between economics and political science | http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/instr_print_11127.060504.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-127136-p35646187 | |||
| Quarterly Journal of Economics | http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/qjec | covers all aspects of the field—from the journal's traditional emphasis on microtheory, to both empirical and theoretical macroeconomics | http://www.mitpressjournals.org/page/sub/qjec | |||
| RAND Journal of Economics | http://www.rje.org/ | support and encourage research in the behavior of regulated industries, the economic analysis of organizations, and more generally, applied microeconomics. Both theoretical and empirical manuscripts in economics and law are encouraged | http://www.rje.org/main/submissions/guidelines.html | |||
| Review of Economics and Statistics | http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/rest | general journal of applied (especially quantitative) economics edited at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government | http://www.mitpressjournals.org/page/sub/rest | |||
| Review of Income and Wealth | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0034-6586 | advance knowledge on the definition, measurement and interpretation of national income, wealth and distribution | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0034-6586&site=1 | |||
| Sloan Management Review | http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/ | bridges the gap between management research and practice, evaluating and reporting on new research to help readers identify and understand significant trends in management | http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/authoring/ | |||
| Social Choice and Welfare | Business and Economics | http://www.springer.com/west/home/economics?SGWID=4-165-70-1055181-0 | original research, survey papers and book reviews on the ethical and positive aspects of welfare economics and collective choice theory | http://www.springer.com/west/home/economics/economic+theory?SGWID=4-40537-70-1055181-0&detailsPage=contentItemPage&contentItemId=455209&CIPageCounter=CI_FOR_AUTHORS_AND_EDITORS_PAGE2 | ||
| Strategic Management Journal | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/2144 | publishes original material concerned with all aspects of strategic management | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/2144/ForAuthors.html | |||
| World Bank Economic Review | http://wber.oxfordjournals.org/ | specializes in quantitative development policy analysis; articles examine policy choices and therefore emphasize policy relevance rather than theory or methodology. | http://www.oxfordjournals.org/wber/for_authors/index.html | |||
| The World Bank’s Research Observer | http://wbro.oxfordjournals.org/ | inform nonspecialist readers about research being undertaken within the Bank and outside the Bank in areas of economics relevant for development policy. Requiring only a minimal background in economic analysis, its surveys and overviews of key issues in development economics research | http://www.oxfordjournals.org/wbro/for_authors/submissions.html |
