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BRQ Business Research Quarterly

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2013

ISSN2340-9444eISSN2340-9444

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.477

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.985

Total Worksi

327

Total Citationsi

11,812

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Management; Business and International Management; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Economics and Econometrics; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications327

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~10 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2340-9444 / 2340-9444

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, 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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

859

2019

1.3k

2020

1.2k

2021

503

2022

254

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.

Business and International ManagementQ1

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessManagement

Scopus Categories

Strategy and ManagementEconomics and EconometricsBusiness and International ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corporate Finance and GovernanceInnovation and Knowledge ManagementEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesFamily Business Performance and SuccessionInternational Business and FDIJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingFirm Innovation and GrowthAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness Strategy and Innovation

Frequently asked questions about BRQ Business Research Quarterly

Is BRQ Business Research Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BRQ Business Research Quarterly: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of BRQ Business Research Quarterly?

BRQ Business Research Quarterly 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 3.22.

Is BRQ Business Research Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BRQ Business Research Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BRQ Business Research Quarterly?