Submissions

Author Guidelines

The Russian Management Journal invites authors to submit original research papers in all domains of management of organizations.

The RMJ is especially interested in papers exploring the sources and mechanisms of achieving competitive advantages in the present-day emerging and global markets. We expect articles reflecting the different managerial, financial, marketing, behavioral and other aspects of this issues. While RMJ will be mainly dedicated to the analysis of management issues specific to emerging markets (including Russia) and to international comparative studies, we will also devote space to articles presenting new developments and trends in international corporate management practice.

The RMJ includes three sections provided below. Although the sections differ by a genre, original theoretical contribution is required for all papers published in the RMJ.

1. Theoretical and Empirical Studies. This section contains theoretical and empirical articles dealing with a clearly defined research problem and description of the relevant solution technique. Conceptual, econometric-based and mathematical model-based papers are welcome.

2. Practice of Management. This section covers papers focusing on a description and analysis of specific cases of the application of management concepts and techniques in existing companies and organizations. This implies the analysis of activities and decisions, as well of their results, for a given company over some period. It focuses on the description of the practices used and their results rather than with the description of “best practices.” This section also includes papers presenting the analysis of the influence of changes in laws or government policies on the activities of specific companies and/or industries. The works dedicated to the strategic resource analysis discussing the ways of gaining and retaining competitive advantages by existing firms are of particular interest.

3. Critical Surveys. This section encompasses critical surveys of research and literature reviews in various areas of management. The main requirements to the papers in this section are the originality of critical view on the chosen topic and coverage of reviewed sources that should typically include classical and contemporary papers published in top academic journals.

All submissions must be original, previously unpublished papers fitting one of RMJ's main topical areas.

Paper requirements. A research paper published in the RMJ should contain:
• a clearly defined problem, which would enable a reviewer and then a reader to decide whether the author has actually solved the problem;
• a description of theoretical and practical value-added;
• a clear placement of the study and its results/hypotheses in the existing research framework;
• a description of the methodological approach and problem solution technique;
• a good collection of relevant research literature, primarily papers published in academic journals.

Paper submitted should usually be from 40,000 to 60,000 symbols long. Papers are published in the language of submission, Russian or English.
Each submitted manuscript undergoes double blind peer review procedure. Manuscripts that do not meet aforementioned requirements may be desk rejected without peer review.

Publication in the RMJ is completely free of charge to authors. The RMJ subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
All published papers are freely available at the journal web-site https://rjm.spbu.ru/issue/archive.

Manuscripts submitted to RMJ must be preceded by a title, abstract (150–200 words of text), keywords, JEL codes, and must contain a list of references and information about the author (affiliation, postal address, e-mail). The list of references must provide bibliographical data on all publications cited in the article and must not include any papers that are not mentioned in the text.

Abstract requirements:

1) Purpose —1 sentence;
2) Methodology — 1–2 sentences;
3) Findings — 1–2 sentences;
4) Originality and contribution — 2–3 sentences.

Abstract Example

Submission process. Submit an electronic manuscript and a Letter to the Editors using the publishing system on the RMJ web-site (Submission Guidelines).

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