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Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), formerly ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1, WoS ESCI. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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ISSN 1549-9324Verify ISSN ↗1747-6763Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 228 / 745 | 69th | Q2 |
| Development | 144 / 314 | 54th | Q2 |
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | 120 / 235 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 228 of 745), Q2 in Development (rank 144 of 314) and Q3 in Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (rank 120 of 235), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.293, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 16.
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1549-9324 and its online ISSN is 1747-6763.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It was rated C in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the International Business and Area Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #357 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development published 48 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 51. 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 52 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Vietnam (57.7%), United Arab Emirates (10.6%) and Saudi Arabia (5.8%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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