LibGuides: Top Business Journals: FT50

Financial Times' Top 50 journals

The list of Financial Times' Top 50 (FT50) journals is based upon survey feedback from business schools participating in the Financial Times MBA, EMBA and online MBA rankings. Financial Times publishes rankings annually, relating to MBA, EMBA and Online MBA programs. These rankings include a research rank, which is calculated according to the number of faculty publications published in FT50 journals.

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FT50 Journals (by Subject)

Journal Title		Subject Area	Publisher
1	Accounting Review	Accounting	American Accounting Association
2	Accounting, Organizations and Society	Accounting	Elsevier
3	Contemporary Accounting Research	Accounting	Wiley / Canadian Academic Accounting Association
4	Journal of Accounting and Economics	Accounting	Elsevier
5	Journal of Accounting Research	Accounting	Wiley / University of Chicago
6	Review of Accounting Studies	Accounting	Springer
7	American Economic Review	Economics	American Economic Association
8	Econometrica	Economics	Wiley / Econometric Society
9	Journal of Political Economy	Economics	University of Chicago Press
10	Quarterly Journal of Economics	Economics	Oxford University Press / Harvard University
11	Research Policy	Economics, Management	Elsevier
12	Review of Economic Studies	Economics	Oxford University Press
13	Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice	Entrepreneurship	Sage
14	Journal of Business Venturing	Entrepreneurship	Elsevier
15	Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal	Entrepreneurship	Wiley / Strategic Management Society
16	Journal of Business Ethics	Ethics	Springer
17	Journal of Finance	Finance	Wiley / American Finance Association
18	Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis	Finance	Cambridge University Press
19	Journal of Financial Economics	Finance	Elsevier
20	Review of Finance	Finance	Oxford University Press / European Finance Association
21	Review of Financial Studies	Finance	Oxford University Press
22	Human Relations	Human Resources	Sage
23	Human Resource Management	Human Resources	Wiley
24	Information Systems Research	Information Systems	INFORMS
25	Journal of Management Information Systems	Information Systems	Taylor & Francis
26	MIS Quarterly	Information Systems	Management Information Systems Research Centre, University of Minnesota
27	Journal of International Business Studies	International Business	Palgrave Macmillan / Academy of International Business
28	Academy of Management Journal	Management	Academy of Management
29	Academy of Management Review	Management	Academy of Management
30	Administrative Science Quarterly	Management	Sage / Cornell University
31	Harvard Business Review	Management	Harvard Business Publishing
32	Journal of Management	Management	Sage
33	Journal of Management Studies	Management	Wiley / Society for the Advancement of Management Studies
34	Management Science	Management	INFORMS
35	MIT Sloan Management Review	Management	MIT Press
36	Strategic Management Journal	Management	Wiley
37	Journal of Consumer Psychology	Marketing	Wiley / Society for Consumer Psychology
38	Journal of Consumer Research	Marketing	Oxford University Press
39	Journal of Marketing	Marketing	American Marketing Association
40	Journal of Marketing Research	Marketing	American Marketing Association
41	Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science	Marketing	Springer
42	Marketing Science	Marketing	INFORMS
43	Journal of Operations Management	Operations	Wiley / Association for Supply Chain Management
44	Manufacturing & Service Operations Management	Operations	INFORMS
45	Operations Research	Operations	INFORMS
46	Production and Operations Management	Operations	Sage / Production and Operations Management Society
47	Journal of Applied Psychology	Organizational Behaviour	American Psychological Association
48	Organization Science	Organizational Behaviour	INFORMS
49	Organization Studies	Organizational Behaviour	Sage
50	Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes	Organizational Behaviour	Elsevier