Change management: the road ahead created by Rune Todnem By, Bernard Burnes and Cliff Oswick

Welcome to the 11th volume of Routledge’s Journal of Change Management (JCM). 2010, our 10th anniversary, was a great year for JCM as we continued to attract and publish high-quality contributions in the specific field of change management, and in the wider fields of organizational studies and behaviour. JCM is committed to publishing peer-reviewed, high-quality empirical and conceptual research, and to become the journal of choice in its field. JCM will clearly establish itself as the journal which spans the entire field of organizational change, ranging from mainstream and established viewpoints to innovative unorthodox, critical and challenging contributions. As such, it will be essential reading for all academics, students and practitioners of change management. The inclusion of JCM in the ABS journal rankings during 2010 offers external corroboration and acknowledgement of the work we are undertaking as a community of scholars and the high-quality of articles published. This is the first step towards securing three ABS stars and inclusion in Thomson Reuters’ Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Our strategy for achieving these aims is both rigorous and proactive–something that is reflected in a high rejection rate, timely decision-making process (the average turnaround from manuscript submission to receiving a decision was four weeks in 2010), and the impressive composition of our Editorial Board. In fact, we have been quite overwhelmed by the support provided by the leaders in our field, as well as that shown by up and coming academic talent. This augurs well for the prospects for creating and establishing a world-leading academic journal.