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Journal of Business Economics and Management is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.8), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor & Francis Online.
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ISSN 1611-1699Verify ISSN ↗2029-4433Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | 61 / 235 | 74th | Q2 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 212 / 755 | 71st | Q2 |
Not listed in: FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.8.
Journal of Business Economics and Management is Q2 in Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (rank 61 of 235) and Q2 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 212 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Business Economics and Management is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 4.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 74th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.491, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 59.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$647 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.
Journal of Business Economics and Management is published by Taylor & Francis Online. Its print ISSN is 1611-1699 and its online ISSN is 2029-4433.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the International Business and Area Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Business Economics and Management has an h-index of 72 and a 2-year mean of 3.94 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 224 Scopus journals in Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous).
Journal of Business Economics and Management published 66 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 101. 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 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Romania (26.3%), China (19.4%) and Lithuania (10.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.6 per 1,000 papers). 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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