Open access in management journals
The 46 tracked management journals ranked by the share of their 2023–2025 papers that are open access, with each status's share. Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known. Also as Markdown.
By category: Finance · Accounting · Economics · Health Economics and Policy · Management · Marketing · Information Systems · Tourism and Hospitality · Higher Education and Research · Operations Research · Statistics · AI
Key findings#
- Of the 14,285 papers the 46 tracked management journals published in 2023–2025, 61% are open access (diamond 5%, gold 13%, hybrid 34%, bronze 3% and green 7%).
- The open-access share went from 38% in 2017 to 63% in 2025.
- The most open journal is European Research on Management and Business Economics (100%), followed by Future Business Journal (100%) and IIMB Management Review (100%); the least open is Journal of global entrepreneurship research (11%).
By year#
| Year | Papers | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3,394 | 38% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 18% | 62% |
| 2018 | 3,480 | 42% | 1% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 21% | 58% |
| 2019 | 3,601 | 45% | 1% | 6% | 11% | 6% | 21% | 55% |
| 2020 | 3,928 | 52% | 2% | 8% | 14% | 7% | 21% | 48% |
| 2021 | 4,904 | 54% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 7% | 17% | 46% |
| 2022 | 4,790 | 58% | 2% | 10% | 27% | 7% | 12% | 42% |
| 2023 | 4,636 | 59% | 3% | 11% | 31% | 5% | 9% | 41% |
| 2024 | 4,756 | 61% | 4% | 13% | 36% | 2% | 6% | 39% |
| 2025 | 4,893 | 63% | 7% | 15% | 36% | 1% | 5% | 37% |
| 2026 (so far) | 4,545 | 62% | 8% | 13% | 35% | 2% | 4% | 38% |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Open access in management journals. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/management
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author = {{Scholar4AI}},
title = {Open access in management journals},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/management}},
urldate = {2026-10-31},
note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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