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Journal of Business Logistics

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN2158-1592

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.569

H-Indexi

135

SNIPi

2.604

Total Worksi

1,068

Total Citationsi

76,451

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Management Science and Operations Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 50 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,068

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2158-1592

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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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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

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

2.5k

2019

1.3k

2020

2.5k

2021

846

2022

1.6k

2023

486

2024

313

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

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Management

Scopus Categories

Management Science and Operations ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Quality and Supply ManagementOutsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementSustainable Supply Chain ManagementSupply Chain and Inventory ManagementCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyUrban and Freight Transport LogisticsInnovation and Knowledge ManagementConsumer Retail Behavior StudiesMaritime Ports and Logistics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Business Logistics

Is Journal of Business Logistics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Business Logistics: 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 Journal of Business Logistics?

Journal of Business Logistics 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 4.67.

Is Journal of Business Logistics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Business Logistics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Business Logistics?