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Why LRP: Long Range Planning?Long Range Planning is one of the leading
international journals in the field of strategic management that is published
six times a year. It features articles which offer original research that
bridge the gap between academia and practice. We aim to influence the behaviour
of senior managers, administrators and to influence academic thinking.
Practitioners find us topical and relevantLRP has a large print run of several thousand hard copies that goes to all the major academic libraries, many corporations and individual executives (including members of the Strategic Planning Society). We also offer unrivalled accessibility via the web - last year our articles were downloaded from www.sciencedirect.com more than 180,000 times. We know from our feedback that practitioners find us both topical and relevant. Our typical readers are executives with a good MBA and senior academics actively involved in practice. Our pieces are often used in high level executive courses: for example one of the largest users of LRP is Harvard Business School. Our reputation is outstandingOur goal is to be essential reading for senior managers, and those involved in executive education. We are now listed as 17th in the Business List and number 21 in the Management list, above Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Sloan Management Review and our material is often reported in the Press. The ISI Web of Knowledge has computed the Impact Factor of 1.66 for LRP: Long Range Planning for 2007. This is a significant change and continues the upward momentum generated over the last years making our three year running average 1.23. This indicates a transformation of the journal’s acceptance among leading academics. Our contributorsMost of our contributors are academics whose research,
teaching or consulting places them close to management practice. They engage
with current issues, concerns and trends in the business world. Our authors
range from the very famous and well published strategy gurus to the up-coming
young academics who will be the stars of the future. We publish work from
across the world, and non-native English speakers benefit from our non-intrusive
text editing that improves accessibility of important contributions from other
cultures. We have contributions from all the Triad regions that keep readers
in touch with global developments in strategy.
Contact us Stop Press!
1. Author Chosen for Prestigious Award: : ‘Sumantra Ghoshal Research and Practice Award’ 2. New Developments in LRP Editorial Policy: Call for Phenomenon Based Research 3. A Citation-Based Rankings of Strategic Management Journals: LRP Achieves Top Position 4. Most Cited Papers: Top 5 Most Cited Papers 5. From the Editor: Call for Special Themes 6. Forthcoming Issues: Contents are revealed! |
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