---
title: "Open access management journals, 2023–2025"
description: "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."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/management
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/management.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "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. (as of 2026-10-31)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-10-31T19:11:11+09:00
window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# 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.

By category: [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/finance.md) · [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/accounting.md) · [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/economics.md) · [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/management.md) · [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/marketing.md) · [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/information-systems.md) · [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/tourism-and-hospitality.md) · [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/operations-research.md) · [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/statistics.md) · [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/ai.md)

## 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%).

*Tracked management journals by open-access share of their 2023–2025 papers (OpenAlex)*

| # | Journal | Papers 2023–2025 | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | [European Research on Management and Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-research-on-management-and-business-economics.md) | 86 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 518 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | [IIMB Management Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/iimb-management-review.md) | 129 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 612 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | [Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurship.md) | 327 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | [Journal of Management Science and Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-management-science-and-engineering.md) | 86 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 691 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | [Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/schmalenbach-journal-of-business-research.md) | 80 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | [Asia Pacific Management Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-management-review.md) | 128 | 99% | 0% | 0% | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| 10 | [Journal of Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-economics.md) | 115 | 87% | 0% | 0% | 84% | 2% | 1% | 13% |
| 11 | [Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.md) | 316 | 84% | 0% | 0% | 78% | 0% | 6% | 16% |
| 12 | [Journal of International Business Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-policy.md) | 84 | 83% | 0% | 0% | 49% | 23% | 12% | 17% |
| 13 | [Management International Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/management-international-review.md) | 101 | 77% | 0% | 0% | 64% | 9% | 4% | 23% |
| 14 | [Review of Managerial Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-managerial-science.md) | 347 | 77% | 0% | 0% | 66% | 7% | 3% | 23% |
| 15 | [Scandinavian Journal of Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scandinavian-journal-of-management.md) | 122 | 66% | 0% | 0% | 53% | 2% | 11% | 34% |
| 16 | [Journal of International Business Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-business-studies.md) | 248 | 65% | 0% | 0% | 37% | 18% | 10% | 35% |
| 17 | [Journal of Business and Psychology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-and-psychology.md) | 223 | 63% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 5% | 18% | 37% |
| 18 | [Long Range Planning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/long-range-planning.md) | 147 | 61% | 0% | 0% | 52% | 1% | 7% | 39% |
| 19 | [Journal of International Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-management.md) | 197 | 59% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 2% | 8% | 41% |
| 20 | [Journal of Business Venturing Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing-insights.md) | 207 | 59% | 0% | 0% | 43% | 3% | 12% | 41% |
| 21 | [Management Review Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/management-review-quarterly.md) | 266 | 59% | 0% | 0% | 52% | 5% | 2% | 41% |
| 22 | [International Journal of Project Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-project-management.md) | 205 | 59% | 0% | 0% | 55% | 1% | 2% | 41% |
| 23 | [International Business Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-business-review.md) | 265 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 43% | 2% | 14% | 42% |
| 24 | [Journal of Family Business Strategy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-family-business-strategy.md) | 65 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 48% | 3% | 8% | 42% |
| 25 | [The Journal of Technology Transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-technology-transfer.md) | 320 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 48% | 1% | 8% | 42% |
| 26 | [Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-purchasing-and-supply-management.md) | 140 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 45% | 0% | 13% | 42% |
| 27 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 915 | 56% | 0% | 0% | 44% | 4% | 8% | 44% |
| 28 | [European Management Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-management-journal.md) | 290 | 56% | 0% | 0% | 47% | 2% | 7% | 44% |
| 29 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 561 | 56% | 0% | 0% | 45% | 3% | 8% | 44% |
| 30 | [Journal of Business Venturing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing.md) | 164 | 54% | 0% | 0% | 43% | 1% | 10% | 46% |
| 31 | [International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-entrepreneurship-and-management-journal.md) | 297 | 54% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 5% | 8% | 46% |
| 32 | [Journal of Vocational Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-vocational-behavior.md) | 193 | 52% | 0% | 0% | 37% | 5% | 10% | 48% |
| 33 | [The Leadership Quarterly](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-leadership-quarterly.md) | 113 | 51% | 0% | 0% | 37% | 0% | 14% | 49% |
| 34 | [Journal of World Business](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-world-business.md) | 130 | 48% | 0% | 0% | 39% | 2% | 7% | 52% |
| 35 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 1,917 | 46% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 2% | 9% | 54% |
| 36 | [Human Resource Management Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/human-resource-management-review.md) | 96 | 46% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 3% | 9% | 54% |
| 37 | [Organizational Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/organizational-dynamics.md) | 160 | 44% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 1% | 11% | 56% |
| 38 | [The International Journal of Management Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-international-journal-of-management-education.md) | 510 | 44% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 0% | 11% | 56% |
| 39 | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 249 | 43% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 0% | 7% | 57% |
| 40 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 1,902 | 43% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 2% | 8% | 57% |
| 41 | [Service Business](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/service-business.md) | 80 | 42% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 10% | 1% | 57% |
| 42 | [Asian Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asian-business-management.md) | 93 | 38% | 0% | 0% | 16% | 12% | 10% | 62% |
| 43 | [Journal of Engineering and Technology Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-engineering-and-technology-management.md) | 131 | 36% | 0% | 0% | 26% | 3% | 7% | 64% |
| 44 | [Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/organizational-behavior-and-human-decision-processes.md) | 105 | 35% | 0% | 0% | 24% | 3% | 9% | 65% |
| 45 | [Asia Pacific Journal of Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-journal-of-management.md) | 222 | 28% | 0% | 0% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 72% |
| 46 | [Journal of global entrepreneurship research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-global-entrepreneurship-research.md) | 132 | 11% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 89% |

## By year

*All tracked management journals: papers per year by open-access status*

| 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

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-rankings-open-access-management,
  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}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).