Research-Technology Management
Research-Technology Management is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Industrial Research Institute. It publishes peer-reviewed, research-based articles and managerial pieces written by academics, practitioners and industrial researchers for the innovation and R&D management community. Published bimonthly, the journal is offered electronically to subscribers interested in the management of innovation and R&D.
Oversight of RTM is handled by an appointed Board of Editors, led by the Editor-in-Chief. The Managing Editor handles day-to-day operations.
History
RTM was initially launched as Research Management in the spring of 1958; Its focus was disseminating information on the techniques of organization, administration, and operation of industrial research. According to Charles Burrill, the first chairman of the Board of Editors for RM, "Why another publication? Because there has been no one place to turn for the latest ideas regarding research management discussions from the research administrator's point of view." RM was published quarterly, in digest format, averaging 64 pages per issue. In 1962, the quarterly schedule was upgraded to a bimonthly publication schedule.In 1982, IRI began presenting the Maurice Holland Award for the best paper published in RM during the previous year. In 1985, RM began publishing the R&D Trends Forecast, which summarized the data collected during IRI's annual survey of its member companies' spending expectations for the coming year. The article continues to be published in the first issue of RTM each year.
In 1988, Research Management was renamed Research-Technology Management . RTM retained RM's focus on practitioner-oriented articles. Authors are generally R&D experts from well-known organizations, with some representation of academic researchers.
RTM has been offered electronically since 2001 via Ingenta, with issues as far back as the November–December issue of 1998 available. In 2007, the journal became available on iTunes. In 2011, the journal underwent a redesign; the new layout was unveiled in the January–February 2012 issue.
Past Editors
- 1958–1959, Charles M. Burrill
- 1960–1961, William H. Lycan
- 1962–1963, George L. Royer
- 1964–1965, Robert W. Olson
- 1966–1967, Robert N. DuPuis
- 1968–1970, Robert N. DuPuis
- 1971–1982, Henry R. Clauser
- 1982–2010, Michael F. Wolff
- 2010–2023, James A. Euchner