Speed/ Processing Time of Different Journals in Speed Rating

Management/Inter Business/ Marketing as on March 2017

(will be updated time to time)
Avge/ Do Desk Expected
Actual Avge
Maximum you rejecti Overall
Time Given elapsed time
Journal time for reject on Speed Rating
to Reviewers for first
Desk after (2016) for 2017
decision
Rejection R2 %
A. M. L. E. 2 weeks 30 days 40 days Medium
Asia Pacific Bus High Fast
3 days 30 days 33 days No
Review
Australasian Unlikel Fast
5 days 30 days 35 days
Marketing Journal y
British J of 11 days/1 Slow
30 days 77 days Yes
Management month 53
Fast
Business Horizons 2-3 days Editor-decision No Very
High
Canadian J. of Adm. 8 days/ + 5 New EIC has Fast
28 days
Science days speed.
Critical Perspectives Very Slow
1 month 2 months
in International Bus High
24 Medium,
Global Strategy 30 days + 30 43 days for first,
3 to 7 days No Reviewing co-
Journal days 61 final
editor is slow.
I. J. of retail & Dbn Slow
1 month 2 months Long Time
Management
40 and 104 days Most Sr
Inter. J. of Emerging for first/final EIC Editors are fast
2 to 5 days 1 month
Markets decision. fast

International 40 days/6 Low Medium

3/5 days 2 to 4 months. No
Business Review weeks
International Trade J 2 to 10 days 1 month 2 months No 30 Medium
International 1 month Slow
Marketing Review (experience)
Journal of African N/A Fast
4 days 30 days 50 days Yes
Business
J of AMS 3/5 days 25 days No response High Fast
Journal of Brand Long Time (2 N/A Slow
1 month 3 months
Mgmt times experience)
Journal of Business Very Medium
18 days No response No
Venturing High
J of International 7 days/12 High in Medium
1 month 68 days
business studies days 2017
6 weeks, but High Slow
J. Inter Long Time
3 weeks editor takes
Entrepreneurship (experience)
time
 Medium as
J. of Business 1 week to 3 to 4 months (2
1 month some AEs are
Research 45 days time experience)
slow
5 days in Slow
2017
J. of Consumer Depends on Co-
1 to 2 1 month
Behavior editor.
months in
2016.
J of Consumer Slow
Marketing 2 weeks 2 months New EIC is slow

J. of Global New EIC has Typical 15 Fast

24 to 48 hrs 25 days
marketing speed ly Not
Journal of Global 15 Fast
1-3 days 3 weeks 1 month No
Mobility
30 days, but 60 Fast
J. of International Unlikel
1-2 Days 1 month reviewers take
Management y
time
J. of International Occasi 34 Fast
3 days 30 days 40 days
Marketing onally
J. of Management 7 days 30 days 41 days Yes Fast
30 days Slow
J of Marketing 60 days No
(experience)
J of Marketing 36 Fast
5 days 30 days 45 days No
channels
J of Marketing Mgmt 1 month Slow
J. of Promotion Fast
1 month 3 months Yes
management 1 week 50
J. of Retiling & Fast
2 days 20 days 40 NO
Consumer Services 40
6 weeks Slow (3 times
J. of Small Bus Mgmt 2 weeks 8 weeks Rarely
R&R- 4 weeks experience)
1 to 2 High Slow
J. of Strategic
months in 6 weeks
Marketing
2016
Journal of World Fast
48 hrs Avge 30 days 54-57 days Yes
Business 45
Long Range Planning 3 to 5 days 45 days 50 days Medium
Marketing Couple of Slow
3 months
Communication Days
Marketing Letters 1 month Slow
More Slow
Marketing Science 1 to 2 weeks than
50%
Psychology & 1 week/3 Slow
3 months
Marketing weeks
3 months Slow
Quanti. Marketing &
(experience No response
Economics
based) No response
 Small Business Medium
2 Weeks 1 month 50 days
Economics
Thunderbird I. B. R. 3 days 3 months No response Slow

Purpose: To help authors to decide which journals to submit their work based on the speed of
the journal as well as the statistics that they would like to know. This is mainly because in
subjects such as Science/ Technology/Finance, journals are much faster and efficient (For ex,
Their desk rejection rate is < 10%),and take final decision in maximum 3 months. There was a
felt need to do this exercise as some journals in Mgmt/marketing have taken 10 to 12 months to
get one review report and 3 months for desk rejection.
Method Followed: An email was sent to the editors/editorial offices of more than 50 journals in
the Management, International Business and marketing subjects. Most of the editors participated
with the statistics. Some of them did not respond. Response rate was 65%.
Note:      This list is prepared/edited by Dr Justin Paul, Professor- University of Puerto Rico
Graduate school of Business, USA (formerly, faculty member, University of Washington) with
inputs from different editors. The editor of this list has used experience- based information as a
reviewer, author and SI editor of different journals. He has experience of submitting articles to
most of these journals. His page is facebook.com/drjustinpaul and web is drjustinpaul.com
and email is profjust@gmail.com.  
This  list  will  be  updated  every  month,  with  more  journals,  providing  data.  

Profile  of  the  editor  of  this  list:  Professor  Justin  Paul  

Dr Justin Paul is a full professor with the graduate school of business University of Puerto Rico,
San juan, PR, USA. He is known as an author/co-author of text books titled – International
Business (6th edition) and Export-Import Management (2nd edition), International Marketing
(2nd edition), Business Environment by McGraw-Hill, Pearson & Oxford University Press
respectively out of which two books have turned out to be best sellers. Over 100,000 copies of
his books have been sold over last 8 years.

He is also an author of four Ivey-Harvard case studies, which are used in classrooms worldwide
(1. Louis Vuitton in Japan 2. Ferro Industries: Exporting Challenge 3. L’oserie: Turnaround
Challenges 4. Malaysia’s Genting: Gambling on the West). He has served as a faculty member
with the University of Washington and as an Associate Professor with the Nagoya University of
Commerce & Business- Japan. He has served as an editor of three journals- Small Business
Economics, the International Trade Journal and Journal of East West Business for special issues
and as an Associate Editor of Journal of Global Marketing. He is also on the editorial board/ERB
of Journal of Academy of marketing science, journal of small business management etc. He
served as Department Chairperson at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), at age 30 and has
been a visiting professor to teach courses at, Aarhus University- Denmark (twice), Deakin
University-Australia, Grenoble Eco le de Management-France, Universite De Versailles -France,
Vienna University of Economics & Business, ISM University-Lithuania, SP Jain-Dubai and
Warsaw School of Economics-Poland. He has published over 50 research papers in reputed
journals. Justin was a reviewer for 40 articles for 25 plus journals in the year 2016. Prior to
joining academia, he has served as a bank manager for 2.5 years in Export-Import Financing
department.

Other  Tips:  

1. Elsevier/Wiley/Springer/Sage  journals  are  faster,  after  acceptance,  to  publish  the  articles  
online,  in  comparison  to  other  companies.    Those  four  get  Fast  rating  in  Speed  (from  the  date  
of  acceptance  to  the  date  of  publication).  

2. We  would  like  to  have  your  feedback  on  this.  Email  to  profjust@gmail.com  

3. Speed  Rating  in  Column  7  is  based  on  the  weighted  avge  score  of  data  in  column  2,  3,  4  and  6.  

4. Authors  need  to  understand  that  editors  are  busy  as  they  get  many  papers  and  editors  need  
to  understand  that  authors  check  the  online  status  daily  after  the  submission.