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The Lahore Journal of Business

Lahore School of Economics · Pakistan · Est. 2012

ISSN2223-0025eISSN2791-3139
DOAJOpen Access
H-Indexi
12
Total Worksi
176
Total Citationsi
543
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.04
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Lahore Journal of Business (LJB) is aimed at providing a specialized forum for the dissemination of qualitative and quantitative research in various areas of business administration. The LJB invites researchers, policy makers and analysts to submit original theoretical and empirical papers that explore and contribute to the understanding of various areas in the business domain. The Journal aims at bringing together state-of-art research findings, particularly from emerging markets, in various business disciplines, including (but not limited to) the following: The Lahore Journal of Business is an open-access journal that distributes its articles under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Noderivatives licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 .This license permits non-commercial re-use, dissemination, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is appropriately cited, and is not changed, transformed, or built upon in any way. Therefore, with this Creative Commons license in mind, the authors retain the copyright to their work while granting the Lahore Journal of Business the right to publish the article upon successful completion of the submission and approval process.

General Information

Country / RegionPakistan
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2012
FrequencyBiannual
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications176
OA Since2011
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No
📦 Long-term Preservation
PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Lahore School of Economics
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2223-0025 / 2791-3139
Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
PKP PN
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
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
35
91
2019
8
33
2020
12
20
2021
8
3
2022
7
2
2023
15
1
2024
13
0
2025
5
0
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)

Corporate Finance and GovernanceIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyDigital Marketing and Social MediaCorruption and Economic DevelopmentPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

Frequently asked questions about The Lahore Journal of Business

Is The Lahore Journal of Business a predatory journal?

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

The Lahore Journal of Business 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 0.04.

Is The Lahore Journal of Business indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

The Lahore Journal of Business is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of The Lahore Journal of Business?

The Lahore Journal of Business (LJB) is aimed at providing a specialized forum for the dissemination of qualitative and quantitative research in various areas of business administration. The LJB invites researchers, policy makers and analysts to submit original theoretical and empirical papers that explore and contribute to the understanding of various areas in the business domain. The Journal aims at bringing together state-of-art research findings, particularly from emerging markets, in various business disciplines, including (but not limited to) the following: The Lahore Journal of Business

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