Engineering Management Journal

EMJ is designed to provide practical, pertinent and actionable knowledge on the management of technology, technical professionals, and technical organizations. EMJ strives to provide value to the practice of engineering management and engineering managers. EMJ is an academic journal that facilitates practitioners and researchers in publishing useful articles. The primary focus of the journal is to publish articles that improve the practice of engineering management. To support the practice of engineering management, EMJ publishes articles within key engineering management content areas. EMJ Editors continue to refine these areas to ensure they are aligned with the challenges faced by technical organizations and technical managers. Content areas are described below.

Strategic: The processes and tools by which the organization positions itself externally and aligns itself internally. Focus areas include: Strategic & operations management; and Management of design & consulting engineering organizations.

Core: The processes and tools by which the organization produces its products and services for its customers. Focus areas include: Systems engineering/systems engineering management;  Program & project management; Technology management: Research & development, technology transfer, commercialization; Technology management: technology forecasting, emerging technologies; and Innovation & new product development.

Enabling: The processes and tools by which the strategic and core processes are supported with the necessary facilities, equipment, personnel, and supporting business functions. Focus areas include: Organization and work system design; Economics of engineering; Quantitative methods & models · Knowledge & information management; Quality management; and Developing engineering management professionals.

EMJ publishes research articles, applied engineering management manuscripts, and data notes. All manuscripts are refereed. All manuscripts are subject to editorial review and revision. Submitted papers must not have been copyrighted, nor published, nor accepted for publication, nor be in review for another publication. Copyright for published articles vests in the publisher. To judge the submission's fit with EMJ's mission and goals the editorial team evaluates the article against several criteria. The following questions should be used to assist authors in preparing their manuscripts:

Please see Submit to Engineering Management Journal  for additional information on preparing and submitting an article.

The EMJ Editorial Board  includes the Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors representing specific areas across engineering management.

The Editors-in-Chief are:

Brian Smith, PhD, Mississippi State University, USA

Jennifer Cross, PhD, Texas Tech University, USA

Simon P. Philbin, PhD, Kingston University London, UK