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Studies in Business and Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.3), ABDC C, WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Sciendo.
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ISSN 1842-4120Verify ISSN ↗2344-5416Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sciendo
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 126 / 283 | 55th | Q2 |
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | 128 / 235 | 45th | Q3 |
| Social Psychology | 197 / 315 | 37th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.3.
Studies in Business and Economics is Q2 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 126 of 283), Q3 in Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (rank 128 of 235) and Q3 in Social Psychology (rank 197 of 315), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Business and Economics 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 2.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 55th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.289, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 18.
Studies in Business and Economics is published by Sciendo. Its print ISSN is 1842-4120 and its online ISSN is 2344-5416.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Studies in Business and Economics has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 1.97 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #94 of 274 Scopus journals in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous).
Studies in Business and Economics published 60 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 62. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from Romania (52.8%), Indonesia (11.3%) and Türkiye (5%). 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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