Changes in the Editorial Board of the Project Management Journal®

This editorial announces recent changes in the PMJ Editorial Board and discusses related changes to the journal moving forward. After five years of service, Gary Klein has decided to step down as Co-Editor-in-Chief. We (the authors) and the editorial board are taking this opportunity to thank Gary for his tremendous support and accomplishments during this time. The latter includes raising the Project Management Journal’s (PMJ) impact factor from 2.0 to 4.9 and improving the Scopus CiteScore to 61 out of 423 journals in business and international management, thus pushing the journal into the top 15% in this category. Gary has contributed to a significant internationalization of the editorial board, establishing a scientific committee and an editorial review board. He co-published 10 editorials to help potential and existing authors improve the quality of their submissions; pushed forward the journal’s presence in social media, including a YouTube channel (https://www. youtube.com/@projectmanagementjournal4610) and invented the thoughtlet article as a “shortcut” from the most senior academics to the project management research community. Moreover, Gary worked on joint activities of the International Journal of Project Management, the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, and the Project Management Journal. These included several micro-conferences, contributing to the initiation of an academic project management society, and supporting the development of a project research manifesto. He accomplished all this, in addition to his activities for other journals, including establishing the Organizational Cybersecurity Journal. We wish Gary all the best in his new undertakings and welcome him as a new member of the PMJ Scientific Committee, where he will continue to support PMJ in its strategic direction.

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