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Business and Professional Ethics Journal

Philosophy Documentation Center · United States · Est. 1981

ISSN2153-7828

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total28

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

0.226

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.518

Total Works

1,115

Total Citations

5,712

2yr Mean Citedness

0.06

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

8/12 · 67%

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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?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

PhilosophyQ2

Business and International ManagementQ3

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