We hope this list will facilitate finding the best online version of the most used business journals.
In most cases the backfile link goes to the JSTOR page for the specified journal. JSTOR typically has a 3 - 5 year rolling window where the current issues are not available and goes back to volume one of a journal. The current link goes to the publishers page through a Harvard subscription wherever possible. Note: There may be some overlap in coverage between the backfile and the current issues
If you don't find a journal here, see:
Title | Backfile Link | Best Current Link | Current Coverage |
Academy of Management Journal | 2012-present | ||
Academy of Management Review | 2012-present | ||
Accounting Review | 1999-present | ||
Administrative Science Quarterly | 2005-present | ||
American Economic Review | 1999-present | ||
Barron's | 1988-present | ||
Business Week | 1996-present | ||
California Management Review |
| 1958-present | |
Economist | 1997-present | ||
Econometrica | 1999-present | ||
Financial Times | 2005-present | ||
Forbes | 1990-present | ||
Fortune |
| 1985-present | |
Harvard Business Review |
| 1922-present | |
Journal of Accounting Research | 2001-present | ||
Journal of Accounting and Economics |
| 1979-present | |
Journal of Business Venturing |
| 1986-present | |
Journal of Economic Geography |
| 2001-present | |
Journal of Economic Growth |
| 1997-present | |
Journal of Economic Literature | 1999-present | ||
Journal of Economic Perspectives | 1987-present | ||
Journal of Finance | 1997-present | ||
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis | 2004-present | ||
Journal of Financial Economics |
| 1974-present | |
Journal of Health Economics |
| 1982-present | |
Journal of International Business Studies | 2004-present | ||
Journal of Management |
| 1975-present | |
Journal of Marketing | 2000-present | ||
Journal of Monetary Economics |
| 1975-present | |
Journal of Organizational Behavior | 1981-present | ||
Journal of Political Economy | 1899-present | ||
Journal of Retailing | 1993-present | ||
Management Science | 1998-present | ||
Marketing Science | 1998-present | ||
MIT Sloan Management Review | 1988-present | ||
Operations Research | 1998-present | ||
Quarterly Journal of Economics | 1886-present | ||
Review of Accounting Studies |
| 1997-present | |
Review of Economic Studies | 1965-present | ||
Review of Economics and Statistics | 1997-present | ||
Review of Financial Studies | 1988-present | ||
Strategic Management Journal | 1980-present | ||
Wall Street Journal | 13 June 1979-present |