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.

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 Holland Award is presented to the winning paper's authors at IRI's Member Summit, held each year in the fall.