McKinsey Quarterly

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The McKinsey Quarterly is a business magazine focused on management and organizational theory.

The McKinsey Quarterly

Categories	Business management
Frequency	Quarterly
Publisher	McKinsey & Company
Founded	1964; 61 years ago (1964)
Country	US
Based in	Seattle, Washington
Website	www.mckinsey.com/quarterly/the-magazine
ISSN	0047-5394

Background

The magazine is written primarily by McKinsey consultants and alumni, with contributions from guest authors.^[1] Founded in 1964, it was initially an internal document at McKinsey shared with consultants and clients, until it was published more broadly in the 1990s.^[2]

It also publishes research from the McKinsey Global Institute on economic issues.^[3][4] The magazine is published quarterly with one special issue each year. McKinsey clients are given early access to upcoming issues.^[5]

The parent company awards two articles a prize each year for articles that had the greatest perceived impact on management based on a panel of judges from the business community.^[1]

Indexing

The magazine is indexed in the Scopus^[6] and Princeton University's Business Periodicals Index.^[7]