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Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1462-6004eISSN1758-7840

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.913

H-Indexi

124

SNIPi

1.184

Total Worksi

1,474

Total Citationsi

64,554

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 69 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,474

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1462-6004 / 1758-7840

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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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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

951

2019

2.5k

2020

2.2k

2021

760

2022

1.4k

2023

782

2024

234

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

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesFamily Business Performance and SuccessionCorporate Finance and GovernanceInnovation and Knowledge ManagementFirm Innovation and GrowthInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentPrivate Equity and Venture CapitalInternational Business and FDIMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyHigher Education and Employability

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Is Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: 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 Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 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 4.37.

Is Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development?