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Management Review Quarterly

Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Publishing model:
Hybrid

Overview

Management Review Quarterly (MRQ) is a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal that specializes in interpretative literature reviews and meta-analyses in business and management research. 

  • MRQ covers most areas of business and management research including accounting, business information systems, corporate finance, corporate governance, entrepreneurship, family firms, marketing, operations research and production, strategy, supply chain management, sustainability, and taxation.

  • MRQ aims to assess, categorize, aggregate, and (most importantly!) interpret knowledge in management and business research.

  • MRQ emphasizes the crucial role of human expertise in interpreting the results of reviews. It prioritizes insightful and interpretative analysis and does not publish purely descriptive or bibliographic literature reviews.

  • MRQ aims to connect management research with management practice. It particularly welcomes literature reviews that address topics and questions of high practical relevance.  

  • Established in 1951, MRQ stands as one of the oldest research-based journals in business and management.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Joern Block

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
9.0 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
21 days
Downloads
1.3M (2025)

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Journal updates

  • Editorial: Half dead or more alive than ever? New, old, and (increasingly) redundant literature review formats

    The Editors of this journal, Jörn Block, Leif BrĂ€ndle, Peter Limbach, Tobias Röth, and Christopher Albert Sabel, published a forward-looking Editorial that you can read here in full length.


    Abstract

    As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes academic research, this editorial argues that the role of literature reviews is evolving rather than diminishing. We identify three key trends reinforcing their necessity: the deluge of management research, the rise of interdisciplinary research and challenges, and practitioners’ growing demand for evidence-based insights. While AI enhances literature review methodologies, human expertise remains critical for agenda-setting, interpretation, and synthesis. To meet these new demands, MRQ introduces six distinct literature review formats: field-focused, meta-analytic, method-focused, phenomenon-focused, practitioner-focused, and theory-focused reviews. We outline their methodological approaches and intended audiences and additionally introduce blended reviews that combine these formats to offer new opportunities for advancing scholarship. We attempt to guide authors while inviting further dialogue on the future of literature reviews in management research.

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
2198-1639
Print ISSN
2198-1620
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