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Global Business and Finance Review is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.6), formerly ABDC C. Published by People and Global Business Association.
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ISSN 1088-6931Verify ISSN ↗2384-1648Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: People and Global Business Association
Cost to publish: About US$500 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 171 / 342 | 50th | Q2 |
| Business and International Management | 258 / 456 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.6.
Global Business and Finance Review is Q2 in Finance (rank 171 of 342) and Q3 in Business and International Management (rank 258 of 456), by CiteScore 2025.
Global Business and Finance Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q2, 50th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.295, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$500 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.
Global Business and Finance Review is published by People and Global Business Association. Its print ISSN is 1088-6931 and its online ISSN is 2384-1648.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It was rated C in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
Yes — it is an open-access journal per Scopus.
Global Business and Finance Review has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #229 of 335 Scopus journals in Finance.
Global Business and Finance Review published 162 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.
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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