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Business and Professional Ethics Journal

Philosophy Documentation Center · United States · Est. 1981

ISSN2153-7828

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.169

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.518

Total Worksi

1,115

Total Citationsi

5,712

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Business and Professional Ethics Journal is a journal that publishes articles on business and professional ethics. It is the journal of the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,115

Publisher OrgPhilosophy Documentation Center

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Philosophy Documentation Center

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2153-7828

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

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2022

2023

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.

PhilosophyQ2

Business and International ManagementQ4

Economics and EconometricsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ethics

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyEconomics and EconometricsBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in Business and EducationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationLegal Cases and CommentaryEthics in medical practiceLegal Education and Practice InnovationsCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingManagement and Organizational StudiesPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems

Frequently asked questions about Business and Professional Ethics Journal

Is Business and Professional Ethics Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Business and Professional Ethics Journal: 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 Business and Professional Ethics Journal?

Business and Professional Ethics Journal 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 0.06.

Is Business and Professional Ethics Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Business and Professional Ethics Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Business and Professional Ethics Journal?