About the Journal
Our Mission
The Journal of Project Science publishes rigorous, transparent, peer-reviewed research that advances the science and practice of project management. We welcome empirical, theoretical, and applied contributions across all project domains, and we are explicitly committed to publishing methodologically sound studies regardless of whether their findings are positive, null, negative, or inconclusive.
By making the full record of scholarly inquiry accessible, we help researchers avoid duplicated dead ends and help practitioners base decisions on the complete evidence rather than the curated slice that survives publication bias.
Why This Journal Exists
Publication bias toward positive findings is a recognized threat to scientific integrity across disciplines, and the project management literature is no exception. When studies that fail to support a hypothesis go unpublished, researchers waste resources repeating investigations that have already produced null results elsewhere, and practitioners adopt interventions that the cumulative evidence does not actually support.
Several existing journals occasionally publish null findings, but very few are explicitly structured around the principle that methodological rigor matters more than outcome direction. The Journal of Project Science is built on that principle from the foundation up.
Publisher
The journal is published by the Project Science Institute, an independent organization dedicated to advancing the practice and study of project management through rigorous research, education, and open scholarly communication.
Peer Review
The journal operates double-anonymous peer review, with each submission assessed by at least two independent reviewers with relevant expertise.
Open Access
The journal is diamond open access: no submission fees, no article processing charges, and no paywalls. All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, and authors retain copyright.
Editorial Principles
The journal adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practices and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing jointly developed by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME. All editorial decisions are made on the basis of scholarly merit and fit with scope, free from commercial influence or author identity.
What We Publish
- Articles: comprehensive review articles, including systematic reviews, scoping reviews, narrative reviews, and meta-analyses
- Empirical Research with positive, null, or negative findings
- Registered Reports reviewed in two stages, with publication guaranteed for approved protocols
- Replication Studies, both direct and conceptual
- Case & Practitioner Research with explicit methodological reflection
- Theoretical Papers, including conceptual and critical contributions
- Brief Reports of small studies, pilot data, and unsuccessful method development
A Note on Credibility
The Journal of Project Science is a new publication, and we recognize that authors evaluating where to submit reasonably want assurance that we are a legitimate scholarly venue rather than a predatory operation. We invite scrutiny: our editorial board is named with verifiable affiliations, our policies are fully published, we charge no fees that could create a conflict of interest, and we will be applying to the Directory of Open Access Journals as soon as we meet eligibility thresholds.
Publication Frequency
The journal publishes four issues per year (quarterly), with articles also released online as soon as they complete production through continuous rolling publication. Authors do not have to wait for an issue date for their accepted articles to appear.
