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International Journal of Business and Society

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak · Malaysia · Est. 2002

ISSN1511-6670eISSN1511-6670

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.249

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.456

Total Worksi

776

Total Citationsi

7,495

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The International Journal of Business and Society (IJBS) is a scholarly journal that publishes high-quality papers with a multidisciplinary approach, emphasizing business, economics, and finance. It also publishes research related to business, management, and accounting.

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General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 73 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications776

Publisher OrgUNIMAS Publisher

Region🌍 Global South

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1511-6670 / 1511-6670

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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

2019

605

2020

165

2.1k

2021

107

675

2022

319

2023

188

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 and International ManagementQ3

Economics and EconometricsQ3

FinanceQ3

Strategy and ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

FinanceStrategy and ManagementEconomics and EconometricsBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesCorporate Finance and GovernanceTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourDigital Marketing and Social MediaMicrofinance and Financial InclusionCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessOrganizational and Employee PerformanceCorporate Governance and Financial ManagementEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Business and Society

Is International Journal of Business and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Business and Society: 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 Business and Society?

International Journal of Business and Society 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 1.13.

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

International Journal of Business and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.