About CJAS
A Brief Overview of the Journal
The Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (CJAS) was founded in 1983 by the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) and is currently hosted at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, CJAS received financial support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and is proud to be an ISI-listed journal.
Readership
Our readership includes academics, professionals, and government institutions with a research interest in the operation and administration of organizations.
Areas of Focus
CJAS is a multi-disciplinary business journal, accepting conceptual and empirical papers written in either English or French within the following streams:
Marketing
Strategic management and international business
Accounting
Finance
Organizational behavior and human resources management
CJAS especially welcomes inter-disciplinary research that draws from two or more of the established business disciplines listed above.
Citation Impact
The most recent two-year citation impact rating for CJAS is 0.756, ranking it 77/103 business journals and 108/144 management journals listed with Thompson Reuters’ Web of Science.
Publication and Affiliation
CJAS publishes quarterly, with 8 to 10 articles per issue. In 2020, 65% of submitting corresponding authors were affiliated with institutions from outside of Canada, reflecting a highly diverse international base of contributors.
Acceptance Rate
The 2020 acceptance rate for the journal, excluding desk rejections, was 15% (10% with desk rejections included).