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European Journal of Family Business is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Universidad de Malaga.
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ISSN 2444-877XVerify ISSN ↗2444-8788Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Universidad de Malaga
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | 124 / 235 | 47th | Q3 |
| Industrial Relations | 33 / 61 | 46th | Q3 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 404 / 755 | 46th | Q3 |
| Business and International Management | 268 / 456 | 41st | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.4.
European Journal of Family Business is Q3 in Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (rank 124 of 235), Q3 in Industrial Relations (rank 33 of 61) and Q3 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 404 of 755), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
European Journal of Family Business 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 2.4, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 47th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.338, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 18.
European Journal of Family Business is published by Universidad de Malaga. Its print ISSN is 2444-877X and its online ISSN is 2444-8788.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
European Journal of Family Business has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 2.12 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #82 of 224 Scopus journals in Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous).
European Journal of Family Business published 17 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 22. 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 84 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Spain (41.3%), Mexico (10%) and United States (8%).
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.
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