Sales Management Review

Sales Management Review (SMR) is a German-language specialist magazine for sales and distribution management, published by Springer Gabler / Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of the Springer Nature publishing group. It was launched in 2013 as the successor to the magazine sales business, which had appeared from 2002 to 2013. The journal is aimed at top decision-makers and recognised experts in sales and marketing, including managing directors, heads of sales and marketing, and wholesale-level sales representatives and wholesalers. SMR positions itself as a bridge between academic research and sales practice. It publishes solution- and application-oriented concepts and approaches from thought leaders in science and practice, with renowned authors from academia, consulting and sales practice analysing and assessing forward-looking sales and sales-management topics. The magazine is published bimonthly and is available both in printed form and as a digitally prepared e-magazine. A central element of the brand is its integration into a broader knowledge platform for sales professionals. Alongside the magazine, this platform includes digital information on the knowledge portal Springer Professional as well as extensive social media activities. In this way, subscribers receive practice-relevant specialist information at an academic level, combining the print magazine with a digital knowledge database. The journal is published under the Springer Gabler imprint, the business and economics brand of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. It carries both a print ISSN (2522-5960) and an electronic ISSN (2522-5979), and is abstracted and indexed in services including CLOCKSS, CNPIEC, Dimensions, EBSCO, Google Scholar, OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service, Ovid Discovery, Portico and ProQuest. Its content is organised into recurring sections such as Service, Führung & Motivation (Leadership & Motivation) and Praxis & Prozesse (Practice & Processes). In recent years the brand has also been associated with the title Sales Excellence, described as a new magazine forming part of a high-reach platform for sales experts. The journal reports substantial digital reach, with tens of thousands of downloads recorded in 2025, and continues to publish regular issues with contributions on topics such as sales compensation, sales leadership and sales process effectiveness.

Sales Management Review emerged from the magazine sales business, which was published from 2002 to 2013. In 2013 the title was relaunched as Sales Management Review, a bimonthly specialist journal for sales management published by Springer Gabler / Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of the Springer Nature publishing group. From its inception, SMR was conceived not merely as a print magazine but as part of a wider knowledge platform for sales professionals. Alongside the printed and digital magazine, this platform included digital information on the Springer Professional knowledge portal and extensive social media activities. The editorial concept combined practice-relevant specialist information at an academic level, with solution- and application-oriented approaches and concepts contributed by thought leaders from science and practice. The journal established a regular publication rhythm as a bimonthly, carrying both a print ISSN (2522-5960) and an electronic ISSN (2522-5979). Over time it was abstracted and indexed in a range of services, including CLOCKSS, CNPIEC, Dimensions, EBSCO, Google Scholar, OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service, Ovid Discovery, Portico and ProQuest, reflecting its positioning within the scholarly and professional publishing ecosystem. In later years the brand became associated with the title Sales Excellence, described as a new magazine forming part of a high-reach platform for sales experts that also encompasses digital information on Springer Professional and social media activities. The journal has continued to publish regular issues, with recent volumes including Volume 35 and issues dated 2026, and it reports substantial digital reach, with tens of thousands of downloads recorded in 2025. Its content spans recurring sections such as Service, Führung & Motivation and Praxis & Prozesse, covering topics from sales compensation and sales leadership to practical sales process improvement.

• 2026

  Volume 35, Issue 9 published (September 2026).

• 2025

  Journal reports 61k downloads (2025).

• 2013

  Sales Management Review is launched as a bimonthly specialist journal for sales management, succeeding sales business.

• 2002

  Predecessor magazine sales business begins publication.

Practice-relevant specialist information at an academic level for top sales and marketing decision-makers, combining print magazine with a digital knowledge database.

• Sales Management Review (print, ISSN 2522-5960)

• Sales Management Review (electronic, ISSN 2522-5979)

• Sales Excellence magazine platform

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