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Business and Society Review

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0045-3609eISSN1467-8594

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total78

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

352

days submission → published

measured · last 14 articles · accept 339d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.609

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.729

Total Worksi

955

Total Citationsi

15,492

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Business and International Management; Industrial Relations; Sociology and Political Science; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications955

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0045-3609 / 1467-8594

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

190

2019

296

2020

621

2021

502

2022

254

2023

164

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.

Business and International ManagementQ2

Industrial RelationsQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementBusiness and International ManagementIndustrial Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in Business and EducationCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingManagement and Organizational StudiesEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Business and Society Review

Is Business and Society Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Business and Society Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Business and Society Review?

Business and Society 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 1.67.

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

Business and Society Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Business and Society Review?