Project Management Journal® Submissions

What We Publish

We consider all papers in the project, program, or portfolio management field and its governance, or in the fields of project-oriented organizations and networks without preference for one methodological style over another.

We encourage you to submit:

Specialized Research

We do publish specialized research on project, program, and portfolio management and its governance theory, as well as the theory of the project-oriented organization or project network. Just avoid jargon; define any specialized terms and analytic techniques used.

Dissertations

However, take the time to submit a significantly advanced version of your dissertation. The work embodied a dissertation often represents innovative thought on the management of projects, but we expect the submitted paper will be significantly different due to different standards of reporting between papers and dissertations.

Conference Proceedings

Papers derived from conference proceedings should advance substantially from the original based on modifications, improvements, or further evidence. For guidance, visit Sage Publishing's Prior Publication page.

We Do NOT Publish

Note, we will not publish:

• Papers that uncritically promote or denigrate procedures, credentials, or certifications of standard-setting bodies or professional associations.
  Papers should be balanced, objective, and critical assessments that contribute to the field or provide a constructive review of the methodology.
• Papers that are descriptive or commercial in nature. 
  For example, we don’t publish papers that endorse or disparage specific products or services.
• Manuscripts previously published or under review for publication in any other outlet, including conference proceedings.
  For more information on the ethics of publishing, visit Sage Publishing's Ethics & Responsibility page.

Submissions Process

Before You Submit

Before you submit, make sure that your paper:

• Demonstrates relevance to organizations in the realm of project management. 
• Contains clear research questions, which you can state in one paragraph. 
• Describes the foundational knowledge underlying your research approach, and theoretical concepts that give meaning to data or to proposed decision support methods

Strive to be original, insightful, and theoretically bold. Your paper will be more likely to be accepted for publication if you demonstrate a significant value-added advance to the understanding of an issue or topic. Multiple-study papers that feature diverse methodological approaches may be more likely to make such contributions.

Submission Details

Editorial Team

We value papers, articles and other contributions from academics and researchers both from within and beyond Project Management to augment and transform theory and practice. 

Editors-in-Chief

• Giorgio Locatelli – Politecnico di Milano – School of Management, Italy
• Jonas Soderlund – Linköping University, Sweden

Senior Editors

• Cecil Eng Huang Chua – Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
• Andrew Davies – University of Sussex, UK
• Joana Geraldi Stäblein – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• Jörg Sydow – Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Editorial Board

• Kirsi Aaltonen – University of Oulu, Finland
• Yongjian Ke – University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Louis Klein – European School of Governance, Germany
• Alexander Kock – Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
• Florence Y. Y. Ling – National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Sam Macaulay – University of Queensland, Australia
• Shazia Nauman – Riphah School of Business and Management, Riphah International University, Pakistan
• Shankar Sankaran – Univeristy of Technology, Sydney, Australia
• Alfons van Marrewijk – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Jennifer Whyte – University of Sydney, Australia
• Anna Wiewiora – Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• University of Oulu, Finland