The American Marketing Association is pleased to announce the selection of Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp as the next Editor in Chief of the Journal of Marketing. His three-year term formally begins on July 1, 2025. Steenkamp takes the reins of the Journal of Marketing from current Editor in Chief, Shrihari Sridhar. As Editor in Chief, Steenkamp will work with a team of coeditors, associate editors, and editorial review board members to expand the Journal of Marketing’s tradition of high-quality research.
“JM’s unique positioning as the premier marketing journal for substantively important marketing questions relevant to societal stakeholders, covering all domains (the ‘big tent’), is its greatest strength and something to be celebrated,” noted Steenkamp.
The selection committee consisted of Harald van Heerde (University of New South Wales), Linda Price (University of Wyoming), Lerzan Aksoy (Fordham University), Marnik Dekimpe (Tilburg University), Michael Brady (Florida State University), and Marilyn Stone (American Marketing Association). The committee was chaired by Roland T. Rust (AMA Vice President of Publications and University of Maryland).
About Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp
Steenkamp is the Knox Massey Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Leadership at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. He has written more than 100 articles in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Marketing Science, International Journal of Research in Marketing, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Psychometrika, Management Science, and Harvard Business Review, among others. His work has been cited more than 70,000 times, and he is ranked #5 out of all marketing scientists worldwide on career impact, based on a methodology first published in PLoS.
He has received the AMA-Irwin-McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator Award as well as top research awards including the Hans B. Thorelli Award, S. Tamer Cavusgil Award, Weitz-Winer-O’Dell Award, and the AMA Global Marketing SIG’s Excellence in Global Marketing Research Award. He is also the recipient of the highest lifetime achievement award of the European Marketing Academy, and he has received an honorary doctorate from Aarhus University, Denmark. He has been EiC/AE/ERB member of Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Marketing Science, and International Journal of Research in Marketing. He was a member of the Spinoza Committee, which consists of 12 top international scientists across all fields of science and awards a prize of €2.5 million each to four leading scientists across any field.
About the Journal of Marketing
Journal of Marketing (JM) is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal that develops and disseminates knowledge about real-world marketing questions useful to scholars, educators, managers, policy makers, consumers, and other societal stakeholders around the world. It is the premier outlet for substantive marketing scholarship. JM is included in the Financial Times Top 50 Research Rank and the UT Dallas Journal List. Published by the American Marketing Association since its founding in 1936, JM has played a significant role in shaping the content and boundaries of the marketing discipline.
About the American Marketing Association (AMA)
As the leading global professional marketing association, the AMA is the essential community for marketers. From students and practitioners to executives and academics, we aim to elevate the profession, deepen knowledge, and make a lasting impact. The AMA is home to five premier scholarly journals: Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, and Journal of Interactive Marketing. Our industry-leading training events and conferences define future forward practices, while our professional development and PCM® professional certification advance knowledge. With 70 chapters and a presence on 350 college campuses across North America, the AMA fosters a vibrant community of marketers. The association’s philanthropic arm, the AMA’s Foundation, is inspiring a more diverse industry and ensuring marketing research impacts public good. The AMA views marketing as the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.