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Financial Times 50 (FT50) Journal List
The gold standard for top-tier business schools globally. The FT50 is used to calculate the research rank in the Financial Times global MBA rankings, and publication in one is a benchmark for tenure and promotion at elite schools.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I check if a journal is indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Search the journal's name or ISSN above. Each result shows its current Scopus status (Active or Discontinued), Web of Science collections (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI), ABDC rating, FT50 and UT Dallas membership, and whether it is listed in DOAJ.
What does an ABDC A* rating mean?
On the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025, A* is the top 5–7% of journals in a field; A, B and C denote progressively broader tiers of recognised quality.
What is a Scopus CiteScore quartile?
CiteScore ranks journals within each subject area. Q1 is the top 25% and Q4 the bottom 25%, based on Scopus CiteScore 2025. A journal can sit in different quartiles across its subject areas.
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How FT50 overlaps the other indexes
Of the 50 FT50 journals, these also appear elsewhere. A title carried by several indexes is the safer submission; one carried by this list alone is worth a second look. No single official list can show this, because each knows only itself.
All 50 FT50 journals
Every journal on the list, each linking to its full index profile.
| Journal | Publisher | Scopus | WoS | ABDC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Marketing FT50 UTD24 | Sage Publications | Q1 29.5 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Financial Economics FT50 UTD24 | Elsevier | Q1 20.7 | SSCI | A* |
| Academy of Management Journal FT50 UTD24 | Academy of Management | Q1 19.8 | SSCI | A* |
| Academy of Management Review FT50 UTD24 | Academy of Management | Q1 19.5 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of International Business Studies FT50 UTD24 | Springer International Publishing | Q1 17.6 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Operations Management FT50 UTD24 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | Q1 17.2 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| Strategic Management Journal FT50 UTD24 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | Q1 17.2 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Finance FT50 UTD24 | American Finance Association | Q1 16.8 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Consumer Research FT50 UTD24 | Oxford University Press | Q1 13.9 | SSCI | A* |
| Information Systems Research FT50 UTD24 | The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) | Q1 13.8 | SSCI | A* |
| Administrative Science Quarterly FT50 UTD24 | Sage Publications | Q1 13.4 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Accounting Research FT50 UTD24 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | Q1 13.4 | SSCI | A* |
| Review of Financial Studies FT50 UTD24 | Oxford University Press | Q1 13.2 | SSCI | A* |
| Organization Science FT50 UTD24 | INFORMS | Q1 12.8 | SSCI | A* |
| MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems FT50 UTD24 | University of Minnesota Press | Q1 12.5 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| Management Science FT50 UTD24 | INFORMS | Q1 11.8 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Accounting and Economics FT50 UTD24 | Elsevier | Q1 11.7 | SSCI | A* |
| Production and Operations Management FT50 UTD24 | Sage Publications | Q1 11.3 | SCIE | A* |
| Journal of Marketing Research FT50 UTD24 | Sage Publications | Q1 11 | SSCI | A* |
| Manufacturing and Service Operations Management FT50 UTD24 | INFORMS | Q1 10.6 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| Marketing Science FT50 UTD24 | INFORMS | Q1 9.3 | SSCI | A* |
| Accounting Review FT50 UTD24 | American Accounting Association | Q1 7.5 | SSCI | A* |
| Operations Research FT50 UTD24 | INFORMS | Q2 6.4 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| Academy of Management Annals FT50 | Academy of Management | Q1 27.7 | SSCI | A* |
| Quarterly Journal of Economics FT50 | MIT Press | Q1 23.8 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science FT50 | Springer International Publishing | Q1 22.3 | SSCI | A* |
| Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice FT50 | Sage Publications | Q1 21.9 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Management FT50 | Sage Publications | Q1 21.4 | SSCI | A* |
| American Economic Review FT50 | American Economic Association | Q1 19.6 | SSCI | A* |
| Research Policy FT50 | Elsevier | Q1 17.6 | SSCI | A* |
| Review of Finance FT50 | Oxford University Press | Q1 16 | SSCI | A* |
| Review of Economic Studies FT50 | Oxford University Press | Q1 15.7 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Business Venturing FT50 | Elsevier | Q1 15.4 | SSCI | A* |
| Human Resource Management FT50 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | Q1 15 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Applied Psychology FT50 | American Psychological Association | Q1 15 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Management Studies FT50 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | Q1 14.7 | SSCI | A* |
| Econometrica FT50 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | Q1 13.2 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Consumer Psychology FT50 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | Q1 12.3 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Management Information Systems FT50 | Taylor & Francis Online | Q1 12.3 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Political Economy FT50 | The University of Chicago Press | Q1 11 | SSCI | A* |
| Review of Accounting Studies FT50 | Springer International Publishing | Q1 10.7 | SSCI | A* |
| Psychological Science FT50 | Sage Publications | Q1 9.9 | SSCI | A* |
| American Sociological Review FT50 | Sage Publications | Q1 9 | SSCI | A* |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes FT50 | Elsevier | Q1 7.5 | SSCI | A* |
| Contemporary Accounting Research FT50 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | Q1 7.3 | SSCI | A* |
| Accounting, Organizations and Society FT50 | Elsevier | Q1 7.1 | SSCI | A* |
| Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis FT50 | Cambridge University Press | Q1 7.1 | SSCI | A* |
| Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal FT50 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | Q1 11.4 | SSCI | A |
| MIT Sloan Management Review FT50 | MIT Press | Q3 2.3 | SSCI | A |
| Harvard Business Review FT50 | Harvard Business Publishing | Q3 1.7 | SSCI | A |
Common questions
What is the FT50 journal list?
The Financial Times 50 is a fixed list of 50 journals used by the FT to score business-school research output in its global MBA and business-school rankings.
Is the FT50 the same as the ABDC A* list?
No. They overlap heavily but are separate lists with different owners and purposes. Each journal page here shows both, so you can see where they agree.
How often does the FT50 change?
Rarely. The list is revised only occasionally, which is part of why it carries weight — but it also means it is slower to recognise newer journals than Scopus or ABDC.
Figures are from our dataset of 50 FT50 journals. Always confirm a journal's current status on the FT50 list ↗ before submitting.
