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Business Review

Institute of Business Administration · Pakistan · Est. 2006

ISSN1990-6587eISSN2788-9599
DOAJOpen Access
H-Indexi
14
Total Worksi
374
Total Citationsi
1,113
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.79
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Business Review - a peer reviewed biannual journal- is the official publication of the Institute of Business Administration Karachi. It is an international journal that publishes refereed papers on both established and emerging aspects of business and economics. It is multidisciplinary, covering a wide range of topics including Accounting, Economics, Banking, Management, Marketing, Finance, Investments, Islamic Banking, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Strategy and Innovation. Its objective is to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making research useful and relevant for decision and policy makers. The journal places strong emphasis on theoretical and empirical studies, evaluation activities, implementation research and ways of improving the practice of business. Business Review readers include academics and practitioners in the field of finance, management science and decision analysis as well as business forecasters, economists and operations researchers.

General Information

Country / RegionPakistan
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2006
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications374
OA Since2005
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Institute of Business Administration
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1990-6587 / 2788-9599
Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
19
85
2019
6
21
2020
12
39
2021
19
66
2022
12
38
2023
10
20
2024
10
4
2025
49
1
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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMarket Dynamics and VolatilityEngineering and Material Science ResearchIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesCorporate Finance and GovernanceFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesLegal Cases and CommentaryConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification

Frequently asked questions about Business Review

Is Business Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Business Review: it is indexed in DOAJ, 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 Business Review?

Business Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.79.

Is Business Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Business Review is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Business Review?

Business Review - a peer reviewed biannual journal- is the official publication of the Institute of Business Administration Karachi. It is an international journal that publishes refereed papers on both established and emerging aspects of business and economics. It is multidisciplinary, covering a wide range of topics including Accounting, Economics, Banking, Management, Marketing, Finance, Investments, Islamic Banking, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Strategy and Innovation. Its objective is to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making research useful

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref