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Business and Politics

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1985

ISSN1369-5258

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.721

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.168

Total Worksi

753

Total Citationsi

15,610

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Business and Politics is a leading journal that publishes high-quality research on the intersection of business and politics. It covers a wide range of topics, including international political economy, comparative political economy, and the political economy of specific industries and countries. The journal is committed to advancing scholarly understanding of how political forces shape business activity and how business interests influence political outcomes.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyThree Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications753

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2024

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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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?

1369-5258

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

Yes

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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

751

2019

425

2020

186

2021

283

2022

199

2023

273

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Industrial RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International RelationsIndustrial Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Influence and Corporate StrategiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesGlobal trade and economicsInternational Development and AidRegulation and Compliance StudiesCorporate Finance and GovernanceGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactLegal Cases and CommentaryLegal case studies and regulationsGlobal Financial Regulation and Crises

Frequently asked questions about Business and Politics

Is Business and Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Business and Politics: it is indexed in 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 and Politics?

Business and Politics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.721.

Is Business and Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Business and Politics is indexed in Scopus.