Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/FT Top 40

The Financial Times has produced a "top 40" journals list - the original hasn't been found, so the below may be inaccurate.

2016
This list was updated in May of 2016; now the journal list used in the research rankings of Financial Times includes 50 journals. It was taken from the Financial Times

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1. Academy of Management Journal

2. Academy of Management Review

3. Accounting, Organizations and Society

4. Administrative Science Quarterly

5. American Economic Review

6. Contemporary Accounting Research

7. Econometrica

8. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

9. Harvard Business Review

10. Human Relations*

11. Human Resource Management

12. Information Systems Research

13. Journal of Accounting and Economics

14. Journal of Accounting Research

15. Journal of Applied Psychology

16. Journal of Business Ethics

17. Journal of Business Venturing

18. Journal of Consumer Psychology

19. Journal of Consumer Research

20. Journal of Finance

21. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

22. Journal of Financial Economics

23. Journal of International Business Studies

24. Journal of Management*

25. Journal of Management Information Systems*

26. Journal of Management Studies

27. Journal of Marketing

28. Journal of Marketing Research

29. Journal of Operations Management

30. Journal of Political Economy

31. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science*

32. Management Science

33. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management*

34. Marketing Science

35. MIS Quarterly

36. Operations Research

37. Organization Science

38. Organization Studies

39. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

40. Production and Operations Management

41. Quarterly Journal of Economics

42. Research Policy*

43. Review of Accounting Studies

44. Review of Economic Studies*

45. Review of Finance*

46. Review of Financial Studies

47. Sloan Management Review

48. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal*

49. Strategic Management Journal

50. The Accounting Review

2010
This list was updated since 2007; now 45 journals (as of December, 2010). It was taken from the Financial Times website.

Added:
 * 1) Contemporary Accounting Research
 * 2) Journal of Consumer Psychology
 * 3) Journal of Management Studies
 * 4) Organization Studies
 * 5) Production and Operations Management

From FT site:

45 Journals used in FT Research Rank Published: February 17 2009 17:25 | Last updated: June 24 2010 14:29

The list below details the 45 journals used by the Financial Times in compiling the Business School research rank, included in both the Global MBA and EMBA rankings.


 * 1) Academy of Management Journal (Academy of Management, Ada, Ohio)
 * 2) Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP)
 * 3) Academy of Management Review (Academy of Management)
 * 4) Accounting, Organisations and Society (Elsevier)
 * 5) Accounting Review (American Accounting Association)
 * 6) Administrative Science Quarterly (Cornell University)
 * 7) American Economic Review (American Economic Association, Nashville)
 * 8) California Management Review (UC Berkeley)
 * 9) Contemporary Accounting Research (Wiley)
 * 10) Econometrica (Econometric Society, University of Chicago)
 * 11) Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (Baylor University, Waco, Texas)
 * 12) Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business School Publishing)
 * 13) Human Resource Management (John Wiley and Sons)
 * 14) Information Systems Research (Informs)
 * 15) Journal of Accounting and Economics (Elsevier)
 * 16) Journal of Accounting Research (University of Chicago)
 * 17) Journal of Applied Psychology (American Psychological Association)
 * 18) Journal of Business Ethics (Kluwer Academic)
 * 19) Journal of Business Venturing (Elsevier)
 * 20) Journal of Consumer Psychology (Elsevier)
 * 21) Journal of Consumer Research (University of Chicago)
 * 22) Journal of Finance (Blackwell)
 * 23) Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
 * 24) Journal of Financial Economics (Elsevier)
 * 25) Journal of International Business Studies (Academy of International Business)
 * 26) Journal of Management Studies (Wiley)
 * 27) Journal of Marketing (American Marketing Association)
 * 28) Journal of Marketing Research (American Marketing Association)
 * 29) Journal of Operations Management (Elsevier)
 * 30) Journal of Political Economy (University of Chicago)
 * 31) Journal of the American Statistical Association (American Statistical Association)
 * 32) Management Science (Informs)
 * 33) Marketing Science (Informs)
 * 34) MIS Quarterly (Management Information Systems Research Centre, University of Minnesota)
 * 35) Operations Research (Informs)
 * 36) Organization Science (Informs)
 * 37) Organization Studies (SAGE)
 * 38) Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (Academic Press)
 * 39) Production and Operations Management (POMS)
 * 40) Quarterly Journal of Economics (MIT)
 * 41) Rand Journal of Economics (The Rand Corporation)
 * 42) Review of Accounting Studies (Springer)
 * 43) Review of Financial Studies (Oxford University Press)
 * 44) Sloan Management Review (MIT)
 * 45) Strategic Management Journal (John Wiley and Sons)

2007

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 * 1) Journal of Accounting and Economics (Elsevier)
 * 2) The Accounting Review (American Accounting Association)
 * 3) Journal of Accounting Research (University of Chicago)
 * 4) The American Economic Review (American Economic Association, Nashville)
 * 5) Journal of Political Economy (University of Chicago)
 * 6) Econometrica (Econometric Society, University of Chicago)
 * 7) Journal of Business Venturing (Elsevier)
 * 8) Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (Baylor University, Waco, Texas)
 * 9) Journal of Small Business Management (Blackwell)
 * 10) Journal of Finance (Blackwell)
 * 11) Journal of Financial Economics (Elsevier)
 * 12) Review of Financial Studies (Oxford University Press)
 * 13) Strategic Management Journal (John Wiley and Sons)
 * 14) Academy of Management Journal (Academy of Management, Ada, Ohio)
 * 15) Academy of Management Review (Academy of Management)
 * 16) Administrative Science Quarterly (Cornell University)
 * 17) Human Resource Management (journal) (John Wiley and Sons)
 * 18) International Journal of Human Resource Management (Routledge)
 * 19) Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (Academic Press)
 * 20) Journal of Applied Psychology (American Psychological Association)
 * 21) Journal of International Business Studies (Academy of International Business)
 * 22) Management International Review (Gabler)
 * 23) Journal of Marketing Research (American Marketing Association)
 * 24) Journal of Consumer Research (University of Chicago)
 * 25) Journal of Marketing (American Marketing Association)
 * 26) Management Science (Informs)
 * 27) Operations Research (Informs)
 * 28) Journal of Operations Management (Elsevier)
 * 29) Information Systems Research (Informs)
 * 30) MIS Quarterly (Management Information Systems Research Center, University of Minnesota)
 * 31) Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business School Publishing)
 * 32) California Management Review (UC Berkeley)
 * 33) Sloan Management Review (MIT)
 * 34) Long Range Planning (Elsevier)
 * 35) Academy of Management Executive (Academy of Management/OUP)
 * 36) Accounting, Organizations and Society (Elsevier)
 * 37) The Rand Journal of Economics (The Rand Corporation)
 * 38) The Journal of Business Ethics (Kluwer Academic)
 * 39) Organization Science (Informs)
 * 40) Journal of the American Statistical Association (American Statistical Association)

2006
There is also a 2006 list, which may be the same.


 * Removed from above list
 * Marketing Science - appears in 2006 - not in 2007
 * Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis - appears in 2006 - not in 2007


 * Added to above list:
 * Journal of Small Business Management (Blackwell)
 * Long Range Planning


 * Renamed:
 * The Academy of Management Executive -> Academy of Management Perspectives - appears in 2006 - not in 2007