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Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1478-3363eISSN1478-3371

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

217

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 209d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.761

H-Indexi

113

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.647

Total Worksi

2,086

Total Citationsi

73,122

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence is an international journal that stimulates thought and research in all aspects of total quality management. It provides a forum for the discussion and dissemination of research results, including topics such as business ethics, the social responsibility of business enterprises, and the quality of work and life.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,086

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

1478-3363 / 1478-3371

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.2k

2019

1.8k

2020

1.3k

2021

1.5k

2022

752

2023

674

2024

201

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Management

Scopus Categories

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Quality and Supply ManagementCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyQuality and Management SystemsInnovation and Knowledge ManagementAccounting and Organizational ManagementConsumer Retail Behavior StudiesTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourSustainable Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementDigital Marketing and Social Media

Frequently asked questions about Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Is Total Quality Management and Business Excellence a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Total Quality Management and Business Excellence: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Total Quality Management and Business Excellence?

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence 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 4.28.

Is Total Quality Management and Business Excellence indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.