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International Journal of the Economics of Business

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1466-1829

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.551

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.819

Total Worksi

793

Total Citationsi

18,281

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications793

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1466-1829

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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

584

2019

136

2020

260

2021

2022

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)Q2

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessEconomics

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Merger and Competition AnalysisCorporate Finance and GovernanceFirm Innovation and GrowthConsumer Market Behavior and PricingDigital Platforms and EconomicsGlobal trade and economicsInternational Business and FDIPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomic Growth and Productivity

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of the Economics of Business

Is International Journal of the Economics of Business a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of the Economics of Business: 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 International Journal of the Economics of Business?

International Journal of the Economics of Business 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 0.69.

Is International Journal of the Economics of Business indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of the Economics of Business is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of the Economics of Business?