International journal of Management Practice: a retrospective analysis for the future

Abstract

International Journal of Management Practice (IJMP) is one of the main stream journal products under the banner of the esteemed publisher InderScience. It focuses on the pragmatics of informing management action/practice, translating existing theories into forms relevant, digestible and amenable to practical action, besides developing new insights by developing and examining leading edge managerial practices to enhance organisational performance. Since inception, IJMP has been a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal, and has been active in the areas of strategy, human resource management, small business management, etc. IJMP1 is indexed in Scopus (Elsevier) and other scientific databases (Academic OneFile, cnpLINKer, Expanded Academic ASAP and OneFile Business). It had a CiteScore of 0.8 in 2020. Recently, several journals (Martínez-López et al., 2018; Gaviria-Marin et al., 2018; Farrukh et al., 2020) have developed bibliometric and retrospective analyses to understand contemporary research topics. In line with these journals (Burton et al., 2016; Vošner et al., 2016; Donthu et al., 2020), we propose the first retrospective scrutiny on IJMP. The aim of this retrospective analysis is to understand the evolution of the IJMP and future research trends (Schwert, 1993; Merigó et al., 2015).