International Journal of Conflict Management Cover Image for Volume 37, Issue 3
Current Issue
Volume 37,
Issue 3,
5 May 2026

About the International Journal of Conflict Management

International Journal of Conflict Management is a premier international journal with global reach that provides scholars and practitioners with insightful analyses and new methods for the successful management of conflicts between people, organizations, and cultures.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Research Paper — up to 12000 words
  • Practitioner Comment — up to 12000 words
  • Teaching Notes — up to 12000 words
  • Case Study — up to 8000 words
  • Book Review — up to 1500 words
  • Editorial — up to 3000 words

Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.

Reference style

Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.

Keywords

Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.

Peer review type

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

Open access options

This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.

Accepted languages

This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.

Accepted submission files

Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.

View author guidelines

Calls for papers

Closes: 30th November 2026

This special issue seeks to advance scholarship on conflict management by foregrounding the unique institutional, cultural, and structural characteristics of the Indian sub-continent. It invites contributions that explore conflict at intra-, inter-personal, organizational, and societal level.

Guest editor(s): Dr. Richa Chaudhary, Dr. Aamna Khan, Dr. Abhishek Singh