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South African Journal of Business Management is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.2), ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1, WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by African Online Scientific Information Systems.
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ISSN 2078-5585Verify ISSN ↗2078-5976Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: African Online Scientific Information Systems
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy and Management | 322 / 506 | 36th | Q3 |
| Business and International Management | 292 / 456 | 36th | Q3 |
Not listed in: FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.2.
South African Journal of Business Management is Q3 in Strategy and Management (rank 322 of 506) and Q3 in Business and International Management (rank 292 of 456), by CiteScore 2025.
South African Journal of Business 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 2.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 36th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.359, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 27.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$650 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.
South African Journal of Business Management is published by African Online Scientific Information Systems. Its print ISSN is 2078-5585 and its online ISSN is 2078-5976.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
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.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
South African Journal of Business Management has an h-index of 48 and a 2-year mean of 3.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #149 of 476 Scopus journals in Strategy and Management.
South African Journal of Business Management published 49 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 61. 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 98 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (56%), China (17.7%) and Indonesia (3.6%). 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.
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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