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BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · GB

ISSN1052-150XeISSN2153-3326

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.834

H-Indexi

103

SNIPi

2.119

Aims & Scope

Business Ethics Quarterly is dedicated to the ethical dimensions of business and economic activity. It publishes scholarly articles that explore the ethical issues arising in business and economic life, and that contribute to the development of ethical theory and practice. The journal welcomes submissions from a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, economics, sociology, political science, and management.

General Information

Country / RegionGB

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

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 UNIV PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1052-150X / 2153-3326

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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

878

2019

1.1k

2020

564

2021

357

2022

443

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.

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Economics and EconometricsQ1

PhilosophyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessEthics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in Business and EducationLegal case studies and regulationsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesManagement and Organizational StudiesPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingLegal principles and applicationsEconomic Theory and InstitutionsLegal Cases and CommentaryPolitical Philosophy and Ethics

Frequently asked questions about BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY

Is BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY: 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 ETHICS QUARTERLY?

BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY 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.

Is BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.