Journal Positioning
《管理评论》 is sponsored bythe University of Chinese Academy of Sciencesand is a comprehensivemanagementacademicmonthly. It covers strategic management, innovation management, organizational behavior, human resources, marketing, corporate governance, operations and digital transformation, etc., and methodologically accepts surveys, archival data, experiments, multiple cases and mixed methods. Compared with 《管理科学学报》, which leans toward mathematical optimization, this journal places more emphasis ontheoretical constructs + mechanism reasoning + measurement rigor + Chinese-context explanation; archival empirical work must also return to management theory, rather than stopping at economic policy evaluation.
This skill is apositioning / journal selection / reframingtool, and does not replace the journal's latest official submission guidelines. Before formal submission, you must re-check the latest templates released on the official website, the editorial system or by the editorial office.
When to Trigger
- The user explicitly says the target journal is 《管理评论》 or Management Review
- The manuscript's topic is close to this journal, but it is uncertain whether the problem awareness, methodological strength and readership match
- A general Chinese management manuscript needs to be rewritten into a narrative more acceptable to 《管理评论》
- Before submission, it is necessary to list this journal's high-frequency rejection risks and alternative submission directions
Key Facts (verification date 2026-05; subject to the latest 《投稿须知》 on the official website)
- Sponsor: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; a comprehensive management academic monthly.
- Peer Review:fully anonymous peer review—the main text of the submission must be anonymized; the editorial office has enabledan online submission and review system, and no longer accepts paper submissions.
- Abstract: the Chinese abstract is about 200–300 characters(including research purpose, methods and results); the English abstract is about 300–400 words。
- Keywords:3–8。
- References: use thesequential numbering citation system(number citations in order of appearance with superscript numerals in square brackets, and list them at the end in order).
- Figures/Tables/Equations: numbered separately throughout; figure titles and table titles must bebilingual in Chinese and English. The title should be concise and accurate, and abbreviations should not be used.
Topic Preferences
- Strategic management, innovation management and corporate governance
- Organizational behavior, human resources and marketing
- Digital transformation, platform governance and entrepreneurship
Methods and Evidence
- Strategy, organization, HRM, marketing, innovation and corporate governance are all acceptable; methods include surveys, archival data, experiments, multiple cases and mixed methods.
- The core istheoretical constructs, mechanism reasoning, measurement rigor and Chinese-context explanation—survey/experimental studies must explain ethics, samples, scale reliability and validity, and common method bias tests.
- Archival empirical work must also tie back to management theory, not merely conduct economic or policy evaluation.
Structure and Writing
- The introduction should first establishManagement theory gap, then explain why the Chinese context can advance the theory.
- For hypothesis derivation, provide the mechanism for each item; do not write intuitive correlations.
- The discussion section should tie back to theoretical contributions, boundary conditions, and practical implications.
Routing to prevent mis-submission
- This journal is quickly positioned as belonging to the "Management Science and Business Administration" channel; only when the manuscript's core contribution meets the requirement that "organization, strategy, innovation management, management science models, systems engineering, or enterprise management mechanisms must be the core contribution" should 《管理评论》 be taken as the first choice.
- For similar profiles, first compare:
journal-of-zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law(《中南财经政法大学学报》) /macroeconomics(《宏观经济研究》) /management-science-cn(《管理科学》) /management-world(《管理世界》). If the readership of these journals is closer, do not force submission to this journal merely because of similar names, regions, or variables. - Common mis-submission: if it is only the effect of macro policy, compare economics/industry/public administration journals. Before formal recommendations, it is still necessary to go through the official verification checklist.
Official verification checklist
- Before formally giving submission format/process recommendations, first read
../../resources/source-basis.mdand../../resources/official-source-map.md, start verification from official source anchors, and state the verification date in the response. - Search for "《管理评论》 submission guidelines / call for papers", and rely on the official website (guanlipl.cn) and the latest prompts of the online review system; do not follow the format of second-hand submission agency websites.
- Check: anonymization requirements for the main text, abstract word count and number of keywords, sequential-numbered reference format, bilingual Chinese-English table and figure titles, separate listing of funding/author information, data/ethics materials, and copyright agreement.
- Confirm again the review system entry and the latest format (the values above may change with official website updates).
- If this skill conflicts with the latest official requirements, the official requirements shall prevail.
Pre-submission self-check
- Explain in one sentence why this manuscript falls within the core readership scope of 《管理评论》
- The management theory gap, mechanism, and main evidence have already appeared in the first 3 paragraphs of the introduction
- The main text has been anonymized; the Chinese abstract is 200–300 characters, the English abstract is 300–400 words, and there are 3–8 keywords
- References follow the sequential numbering citation system; table and figure titles are bilingual in Chinese and English, and formulas are numbered completely
- Scale reliability and validity / common method bias have been tested; the Chinese context has entered the theory rather than serving only as a sample source
High-frequency rejection minefields
- Significance replacing theoretical contribution
- Missing scale reliability and validity or common method bias tests
- The Chinese context is only a sample source and has not entered the theory
Resubmission judgment
Quantitative models / theorems / algorithms are the core contribution → journal-of-management-sciences-china (《管理科学学报》); if the management theory construction of questionnaires/cases is thicker → nankai-business-review (《南开管理评论》); empirical economics and management work leaning toward policy evaluation → management-world (《管理世界》).
Output format
【匹配度】高 / 中 / 低(一句话理由)
【目标期刊】《管理评论》
【选题标签】<最贴近的 2-3 个主题>
【方法证据】<当前方法是否够本刊标准>
【最大风险】<最可能导致退稿的一点>
【需核验官方要求】<匿名/摘要字数/关键词/参考文献/图表等>
【改投建议】<若不匹配,给出更合适期刊>