ScopusElsevier Scopus
Status
Active
Coverage
2020–2025
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
0.6
Best quartile
Q3 · 30th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 813 / 1162 | 30th | Q3 |
Journal of Business Law
ISSN 0021-9460 · 2754-205X
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Scopus · Q3ABDC A
Is Journal of Business Law indexed in Scopus? Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–2025, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.6.
Is Journal of Business Law in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
What is the ABDC rating of Journal of Business Law? It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Commercial law.
Is Journal of Business Law open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
0.6
CiteScore 2025
Scopus
Q3
Best quartile
30th percentile
A
ABDC rating
JQL 2025
2
Indexed in
major indexes
Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1957
Field of research
Commercial law (4801)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Sweet & Maxwell
A = next 15–25% — among the highest citation metrics in its field.
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FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.
Official sources & links
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