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Business History Review

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0007-6805eISSN2044-768X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.306

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.426

Total Worksi

10,065

Total Citationsi

30,661

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Business History Review publishes articles on the history of business and the economy in all parts of the world. It is the leading journal in the field and is committed to scholarly excellence. The journal publishes articles on all aspects of business and economic history, including the history of corporations, entrepreneurship, labor, consumption, and economic thought. It also publishes book reviews and review essays.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications10,065

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0007-6805 / 2044-768X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

119

453

2019

355

2020

107

237

2021

114

563

2022

105

120

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HistoryQ1

Business and International ManagementQ3

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessHistory Of Social Sciences

Scopus Categories

HistoryBusiness and International ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Economic and Social StudiesAmerican History and CultureDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHistory of Science and MedicineAmerican Environmental and Regional History

Frequently asked questions about Business History Review

Is Business History Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Business History Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Business History Review?

Business History Review is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.17.

Is Business History Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Business History Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.