INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

由爱思唯尔与项目管理协会(APM)和国际项目管理协会(IPMA)合作出版的《国际项目管理期刊》是项目管理和组织研究领域的领先期刊。它的使命是发表前沿的创新研究，显著推进项目管理和组织领域。它每年出版8次，介绍有关管理项目、项目和投资组合、基于项目/面向项目的组织、项目网络和面向项目的社会等领域的新知识。它致力于从组织行为、战略、变革和创新的角度进行项目管理和组织。在方法上，IJPM涵盖了使用适当研究框架的所有基于经验的查询模式，前提是它们展示了对项目管理具有重要价值的一般性见解。IJPM并没有明确排除某些经验方法，但是纯数学建模或运筹学部分除外。不论采用何种查询方式或方法，新提交的研究报告所涉及的主要方法问题是:研究工作所用方法的适当性、研究工作的进行方式的明确性、方法应用的严谨性以及对相关有效性问题的考虑。论文还应明确建立在当前的辩论在最近的文献和贡献的理论。IJPM偶尔会发布符合高质量标准的概念性论文。IJPM欢迎来自世界各地学者的工作。所有的作品都必须在内容、结构和语言上达到高标准，并通过严格的同行评审过程对其相关性、独创性和质量进行评估。对于提交给《华尔街日报》的每一篇文章来说，重要的是要把重点直接放在管理项目、项目、项目组合以及项目组织和社会上。IJPM是一种学术期刊，发表独特和原创的研究。因此，我们的主要读者是该领域的学术研究人员和学生。然而，我们也希望发表在杂志上的研究是实际相关的，这样的结果对于担任与项目、项目和投资组合相关的领导角色的管理者是有用的。因此，研究的理论意义和管理意义都需要考虑。换句话说，我们对理论和实践都有很大的贡献，我们非常重视严谨和相关性。期刊的范围涵盖所有项目类型,如组织发展战略,产品开发,engineer-to-order制造业、基础设施和系统交付,和行业和产业项目,如信息技术、工程、制造、建筑、咨询和专业服务,和公共部门包括国际发展合作等。鼓励作者在其研究中考虑项目的具体类型和背景，但同时考虑和讨论其研究结果对项目管理和更广泛地组织的影响。换句话说，对项目及其管理的上下文化理解的理论含义是至关重要的。

Published by Elsevier in collaboration with the Association for Project Management (APM) and the International Project Management Association (IPMA)The International Journal of Project Management is the leading journal for the field of project management and organization studies. Its mission is to publish leading edge innovative research that significantly advances the field of project management and organizing. Published eight times a year it presents new knowledge on areas such as managing projects, programs and portfolios, project-based/oriented organizations, project networks, and project-oriented societies. It is dedicated to project management and organizing from the perspectives of organizational behavior, strategy, change, and innovation.Methodologically, IJPM covers the full range of empirically-based modes of enquiry using appropriate research frameworks, provided they demonstrate generic insights of significant value to project management. IJPM does not categorically exclude certain empirical methodologies, except however purely mathematical modeling or operations research pieces. Irrespective of the mode of enquiry or methods used, the key methodological issues in new submissions are: appropriateness of methodology to the research task, clarity in how the study has been carried out, rigor in the application of the methods, and consideration of relevant validity issues. Papers are also expected to explicitly build on current debates in recent literature and to contribute to theory. Occasionally IJPM publishes conceptual papers which fulfill a high-quality standard.IJPM welcomes work from scholars worldwide. All work must meet a high standard in content, structure, and language and is assessed for relevance, originality, and quality through a rigorous peer review process. Important for each submission to the journal is that there is a direct focus on managing projects, programs, and portfolios as well as project organizations and societies.IJPM is an academic journal where unique and original research is published. Therefore, our primary readership are academic researchers and students in the field. However, we also aim that research published in the journal is practically relevant, so that the results are useful for managers in leadership roles related to projects, programs, and portfolios. Therefore, both theoretical and managerial implications of the research need to be considered. In other words, we seek great contributions to both theory and practice and we strongly value both rigor and relevance.The scope of the journal covers all project types, such as organizational development, strategy, product development, engineer-to-order manufacturing, infrastructure and systems delivery, and industries and industry-sectors where projects take place, such as information technology, engineering and manufacturing, construction, consulting and professional services, and the public sector including international development and cooperation etc. Authors are encouraged to take into account the specific type and context of projects in their research, but at the same time consider and discuss the implications of their findings for project management and organizing more generally. In other words, the theoretical implications of a contextualized understanding of projects, and their management, is vital.