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Family Business Review

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1741-6248

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.853

H-Indexi

180

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.997

Total Worksi

1,140

Total Citationsi

109,879

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

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

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?

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?

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

1.5k

2019

1.4k

2020

846

2021

443

2022

369

2023

273

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)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

Frequently asked questions about Family Business Review

Is Family Business Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Family Business Review: 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 Family Business Review?

Family Business Review 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 8.74.

Is Family Business Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Family Business Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Family Business Review?