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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2010–2021 (also 2008, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1992–1995)
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
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Business Ethics
Business Ethics is rated ABDC B. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0962-8770Verify ISSN ↗1467-8608Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Scopus · InactiveABDC B
B
ABDC rating
1
Indexed in
Cost to publish: About US$3,800 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
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Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1992
Field of research
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour (3507)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
B = next 35–40% — good to excellent metrics and reputation.
View this source on ABDC Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Business Ethics indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2010–2021 (also 2008, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1992–1995)).
What is the impact factor of Business Ethics?
Business Ethics has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
How much does it cost to publish in Business Ethics?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,800 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Business Ethics and what is its ISSN?
Business Ethics is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0962-8770 and its online ISSN is 1467-8608.
Is Business Ethics in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
What is the ABDC rating of Business Ethics?
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
Is Business Ethics open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Business Ethics? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Business Ethics has an h-index of 90 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
90
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
598
i10-index
1,288
works indexed
38,240
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$3,800
Business Ethics published 51 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2014 with 52. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Business Ethics? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2021. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2021
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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