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Benchmarking

Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 1985

ISSN1463-5771eISSN1758-4094

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.112

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

1.575

Total Worksi

2,292

Total Citationsi

76,663

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management; Business and International Management; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

Annual Volume~ 148 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,292

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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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 Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1463-5771 / 1758-4094

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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

182

9.4k

2019

126

6.9k

2020

172

5.9k

2021

175

4.8k

2022

176

3.5k

2023

145

1.7k

2024

122

522

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 ManagementQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Management

Scopus Categories

Strategy and ManagementBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Quality and Supply ManagementSustainable Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessOutsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementInnovation and Knowledge ManagementCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyEfficiency Analysis Using DEAAccounting and Organizational ManagementMulti-Criteria Decision Making

Frequently asked questions about Benchmarking

Is Benchmarking a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Benchmarking: 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 Benchmarking?

Benchmarking 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 5.46.

Is Benchmarking indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Benchmarking is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Benchmarking?