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Family Business Review

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1741-6248

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

2.718

H-Index

180

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SNIP

2.997

Total Works

1,140

Total Citations

109,879

2yr Mean Citedness

8.74

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on family businesses, exploring their unique characteristics and behaviors. Topics include heterogeneity among family firms, financial slack utilization, corporate social responsibility influenced by territorial ties, formalization and its consequences, founder identity and philanthropy, next-generation founders' identities and venture creation, intra-family succession, the role of non-family managers in innovation, goal formation processes, corporate venture capital strategies in publicly listed family firms, reputational defense behaviors, ownership transfer choices influenced by family life, and environmental performance linked to second-generation involvement.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,140

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1741-6248

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

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Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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

FinanceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

FinanceBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family Business Performance and SuccessionEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesCorporate Finance and GovernanceMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyHuman Resource and Talent ManagementWorking Capital and Financial PerformanceCorporate Taxation and AvoidancePrivate Equity and Venture CapitalGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsWork-Family Balance Challenges