Research-Technology Management (RTM) is an award-winning peer-reviewed journal in the fields of innovation management, R&D management, and technology management. All articles undergo double-blind peer review. The journal is part of the Innovation Research Interchange and has been publishing practitioner-oriented original research since 1957. RTM seeks articles that connect innovation and strategy theories to the practice of innovation management.
RTM accepts original empirical articles employing rigorous qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method approaches. RTM articles are concise (4,000–5,000 words) and practice centered; they can be motivated by practice but must be grounded in relevant contemporary academic research. They offer insights that are applicable across a broad range of industries and organizations.
We publish articles addressing the management of innovation, R&D, and technology, which illustrate how practitioners can apply management theories and strategic concepts to real-world challenges, and that give R&D and innovation leaders and practitioners the tools to promote innovation throughout their organizations. We are interested in a wide range of topics in innovation, R&D, and technology management. Some examples of these topics are:
• Product development processes and strategy • R&D portfolio management • R&D performance metrics • Management of technical and creative people • Organizing for innovation • Strategy and innovation • Innovation and design, including design thinking • Innovation and organizational culture • Forecasting and technology intelligence • Collaborative forms of innovation such as open innovation and innovation ecosystem • New modes of innovation, including business model innovation, corporate entrepreneurship • Intellectual asset management • Innovations of manufacturing, including Industry 4.0 • Responsible, sustainable, security, ethical, and legal challenges associated with emerging technologies and innovation modes • Emerging trends reshaping R&D and innovation into the future
For more information on the types of articles we accept, including author’s guidelines and submission requirements, please read the
Journal metrics
Usage
256K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
4.0 (2023) 5 year IF
3.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.949 (2023) SNIP
0.631 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
0 days avg. from submission to first
decision
102 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
69 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
8% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Yat Ming Ooi – Assistant Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Auckland, New Zealand
MANAGING EDITOR Tammy McCausland
BOARD OF EDITORS Yat Ming Ooi – Chair Federico Artusi – Assistant Professor at Karlstad University, Sweden Aylin Ates – Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation, University of Strathclyde, UK Guy Bate – Director, Master Of Business Development Program, University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand Philip Brookins – Assistant Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina, USA Johanna Dwyer – CEO, QipWorks, Canad Edward Hummel – Senior Director, Engineering, Digital Global Systems, USA E. Jefferson Hynds – Engineer – Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, USA Andrea Kates – Partner, Get-to-Next, SUMA Ventures, USA David Liu – Associate Professor of International Business, Department of International Business and Innovation & Entrepreneurship, School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Jason Li-Ying – Professor, Head of Research and Group Leader of Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark Nate Miranda – Director, Innovation Platforms and Sustainability, TC Transcontinental Packaging, USA Michael Obal – Associate Professor of Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation at University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA Kamlesh Pande – Former VP, Innovation and R&D, Thermax India Rakesh Popli – Innovation Consultant and Advisor, India Roger D. Smith – President, Modelbenders LLC, USA Thomas M. Tirpak – Business Excellence Advisor, ZealStrat LLC, USA
EMERITI REPRESENTATIVES Seetharama C. Deevi Albert L. Johnson
EMERITI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jim Euchner – Partner, Outsight Insight Consulting, LLC
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in:
• Business Index
• EBSCOhost
° Advanced Placement Source
° Book Review Index Plus (H.W. Wilson)
° Business Abstracts with Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
° Business Source Alumni Edition
° Business Source Complete
° Business Source Corporate
° Business Source Corporate Plus
° Business Source Elite
° Business Source Premier
° Business Source: Main Edition
° Corporate ResourceNet
° Current Abstracts
° Engineering Source
° Entrepreneurial Studies Source
° Health Business Elite
° IT Source
° MainFile
° MasterFILE Complete
° MasterFILE Elite
° MasterFILE Premier
° MasterFILE: Main Edition
° Military Transition Support Center
° OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)
° OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson)
° Public Affairs Index
° Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
° TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
• Elsevier BV
° Compendex (COMPuterized Engineering InDEX)
• Emerald Publishing Limited
° Emerald Management Reviews (Online)
• Gale
° Book Review Index Plus
° Business & Company ProFile ASAP
° Business ASAP
° Business ASAP International
° Business Collection
° Expanded Academic ASAP
° General Business File ASAP
° InfoTrac Custom
° Military and Intelligence
° PROMT (Predicasts Overview of Markets and Technology
• Personal Alert (E-mail)
• ProQuest
° ABI/INFORM Collection
° ABI/INFORM Global (American Business Information)
° ABI/INFORM Research
° Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database
° Business Premium Collection
° Entrepreneurship Database
° Health Management Database
° Health Research Premium Collection
° Hospital Premium Collection
° Professional ABI/INFORM Complete
° Professional ProQuest Central
° ProQuest 5000
° ProQuest 5000 International
° ProQuest Central
° ProQuest Pharma Collection
° ProQuest Science Journals
° STEM Database
° Technology Collection
° US Government Periodicals Index (Online)
• SCIMP (Selective Cooperative Index of Management Periodicals)
• The Engineering Index Monthly (DVD)
• Thomson Reuters
° Current Contents
° Science Citation Index Expanded
° Social Sciences Citation Index
° Web of Science
Open access
Research-Technology Management is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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