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Business Process Management Journal

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1997

ISSN1463-7154eISSN1758-4116

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.149

H-Indexi

128

SNIPi

1.516

Total Worksi

1,906

Total Citationsi

79,460

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 162 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,906

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?

1463-7154 / 1758-4116

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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

2.9k

2019

3.8k

2020

2.6k

2021

1.9k

2022

117

3.3k

2023

203

2.2k

2024

165

900

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

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessManagement

Scopus Categories

Business and International ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Business Process Modeling and AnalysisQuality and Supply ManagementInnovation and Knowledge ManagementInformation Technology Governance and StrategyOutsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementSustainable Supply Chain ManagementERP Systems Implementation and ImpactBig Data and Business IntelligenceTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourService-Oriented Architecture and Web Services

Frequently asked questions about Business Process Management Journal

Is Business Process Management Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Business Process Management Journal: 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 Process Management Journal?

Business Process Management Journal 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 5.18.

Is Business Process Management Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Business Process Management Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Business Process Management Journal?