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Business Systems Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Sciendo.
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ISSN 1847-8344Verify ISSN ↗1847-9375Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sciendo
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 96 / 283 | 66th | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 260 / 519 | 50th | Q2 |
| Management of Technology and Innovation | 166 / 317 | 47th | Q3 |
| Management Information Systems | 77 / 143 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.
Business Systems Research is Q2 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 96 of 283), Q2 in Information Systems (rank 260 of 519) and Q3 in Management of Technology and Innovation (rank 166 of 317), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Business Systems Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 66th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.342, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 19.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$269 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.
Business Systems Research is published by Sciendo. Its print ISSN is 1847-8344 and its online ISSN is 1847-9375.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Business Systems Research has an h-index of 28 and a 2-year mean of 1.51 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #122 of 274 Scopus journals in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous).
Business Systems Research published 34 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Croatia (43.4%), Slovenia (11.2%) and Serbia (4.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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