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Cogent Business and Management

Cogent OA · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2331-1975eISSN2331-1975

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.647

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.162

Total Worksi

3,666

Total Citationsi

59,304

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Cogent Business and Management is a multidisciplinary Open Access journal that publishes articles related to Business, Management and Accounting, Decision Sciences, and Operations Research. It strives for inclusivity and global reach, fostering connections between researchers across all areas of Business & Management research.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 693 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,666

Publisher OrgCogent OA

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoLibrary of CongressCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cogent OA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2331-1975 / 2331-1975

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, Library of Congress, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

138

4.1k

2019

252

9.4k

2020

240

9.6k

2021

418

2022

607

10k

2023

893

11k

2024

580

2.7k

2025

493

207

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.

AccountingQ2

Business and International ManagementQ2

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q2

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ2

MarketingQ2

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

Strategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement Science and Operations ResearchAccountingBusiness and International ManagementMarketingBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corporate Finance and GovernanceDigital Marketing and Social MediaTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Frequently asked questions about Cogent Business and Management

Is Cogent Business and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cogent Business and Management: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Cogent Business and Management?

Cogent Business and Management 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 5.44.

Is Cogent Business and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cogent Business and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.