Submitting to
Academy of Management Review
Academy of Management Review (AMR) is a theory development journal for global management and organization scholars. AMR publishes novel, insightful and carefully crafted conceptual articles that challenge conventional wisdom concerning all aspects of organizations and their role in society. AMR is particularly interested in interesting and important theoretical advances that incorporate thought from multiple disciplines or areas within management.
Submission Requirements
When authors submit their manuscript to AMR for publication consideration, they agree to abide by AMR’s publication requirements.
- Papers can be submitted to AMR only once. A paper that significantly overlaps with a previously-submitted paper cannot be submitted again to AMR. During the submission process, authors must indicate any previously-submitted papers on the same topic and must specify the similarities and differences between these papers and the newly-submitted paper. Sometimes authors will take a gem of an idea from their rejected manuscript and develop it into an entirely new paper. In this case, we could consider the paper as a new submission if the authors can demonstrate that the paper involves a different theoretical framing and addresses a substantially different theoretical issue or question than the rejected paper.
- Papers submitted for review at AMR cannot be under review elsewhere. Authors are not to submit a manuscript that is under review for publication elsewhere and cannot submit their paper to another publication entity during the review period at AMR. (Authors can, however, submit a manuscript that might be or has been presented at a conference or published in the Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings).
- Papers submitted for review at AMR should not be posted elsewhere. Working papers, prior drafts, and/or final versions of submitted manuscripts that are posted on a website (e.g., personal, departmental, university, or working series site) should be taken down during the review process.
Submission of a manuscript to AMR also carries an implicit quid pro quo: willingness to review for AMR. The cornerstone of the editorial process at AMR is the willingness of colleagues to provide each other feedback through peer review. Authors who submit manuscripts to AMR for review are expected to reciprocate by reviewing for AMR if called upon to do so.
Any article submission to AMR should be prepared according to the AOM Style Guide for Authors for Authors. To submit a manuscript, ensure that you have a Word file from which the title page and that all author-identifying references have been removed. Then go to the submission site at Manuscript Central and follow the directions. Acknowledgments of others’ help in preparing the paper for submission should be included in the cover letter as part of the web-based submission process.
All work submitted to AOM must be created by the authors and not the product of artificial intelligence tools unless appropriate to the research question and is properly cited. Authors must be transparent in disclosing any AI use in the manuscript cover letter and in the article acknowledgements. Authors must also confirm that they read and understand AOM’s AI policy.
AMR articles advance theory in the area of management and organizations through developing new theories, significantly challenging current theory, synthesizing recent advances and ideas into current theory, initiating a search for new theory by pointing out and carefully delineating a novel type of problem, or crafting ways to improve the process of theory development. They should also explicitly and persuasively present the research implications of their work.
Contributors will find AMR open to many different formats and styles of presentation. Formal research propositions are not required. For all articles, a contribution-to-length ratio will be assessed, so contributors should carefully consider the length of their submission in such light. As a general guide, your paper should be about 25–30 double-spaced pages, excluding references, tables, and figures. Authors should also explicitly and persuasively present the research implications of their work. AMR no longer accepts Dialogue or Review Essay submissions.