General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot be previously published, be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic) or be under review in any journal. Please note: acceptance at a conference without archival proceedings such as AoM or "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication but need to be reported while submitting to the journal. By submitting material to Engaged Management ReView (EMR), the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Engaged Management ReView.

Manuscript Categories

The journal publishes three genres of research — research papers, topic papers, and essay papers. The genres communicate in different ways and logics how a specific practitioner-scholar inquiry has improved, or can improve an organizational situation. The articles are expected to be structured following the formatting guidelines and meet the stringent word limit as specified for each genre. A short editorial note on the usefulness to management practice will accompany each published article.

Frequency of Publication

The journal is an electronic outlet. The journal publishes between 2 and 4 articles per issue for each volume, with about 4 issues per volume.

Overview of the Review Process

Mode: Double-blind (names of reviewers and authors are not revealed to each other).

Organization: The journal review procedures are monitored by Managing Editors, consisting of an Editor-In-Chief (EiC), and Associate Editors. Each article will first be reviewed by the Editor-In-Chief (EiC), a Senior Editor for each genre, and assisting Associate Editors. Each article will first be reviewed by the Senior Editor responsible for the article genre. If considered within the scope of the journal, the manuscript is then assigned to two or three reviewers where at least one of them is an academic and at least one is a practitioner scholar with expertise in the research area of the submitted paper.

Acceptance rate: The initial target acceptance rate is expected to be around 30% of submitted papers.

Review cycle-time: Each review process from time of submission to posting online is expected to take no more than 4 months—the initial average cycle time is set up to be less than 70 days. The journal will allow in most cases at most 2 review cycles and seeks to make the acceptance decision on a timely basis.

Submission Process

Articles can be submitted here.