Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Business Ethics and Leadership
ISSN 2520-6761 · eISSN 2520-6311 · Academic Research and Publishing UG (AR&P) · Germany
Business Ethics and Leadership: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 76 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Business Ethics and Leadership is published by Academic Research and Publishing UG (AR&P). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics in Business and Education, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Leadership and Management in Organizations, together about 26.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Business Ethics and Leadership (BEL) is a peer-reviewed international gold open access journal. It spreads results of theoretical and empirical studies as well as the best global practices for ethical standards and leadership in business, trade, management, marketing, public communications, finance, public administration and international economic relations. These aspects are considered at the level of different countries all over the world. They comprise international cooperation, regions and local communities, all types of economic agents, international and local companies, SME and householders. The key aspects of honesty, transparency, ethical standards, trust, leadership and innovation, corporate responsibility, social entrepreneurship, gender and social equality, behavioral economics, management leadership, organizational culture, protection of consumer interests are subjects within the journal scope. The journal publishes fundamental and applied research results, conceptual and empirical articles, analytical thematic studies and critical reviews. The journal is recommended for researchers, businessmen, enterprisers, librarians and members of academic communities.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics in Business and EducationDecision Sciences9.8%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Leadership and Management in OrganizationsBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Employee Performance and ManagementSocial Sciences7.5%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.3%
- Corporate Social Responsibility and SustainabilityBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- Employee Performance and LeadershipBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q1 | 149/1162 | 87th |
| Gender Studies | Q1 | 42/233 | 82nd |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q1 | 143/744 | 80th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q1 | 314/1530 | 79th |
| Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects | Q1 | 13/53 | 76th |
| Decision Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 13/46 | 72nd |
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 77/235 | 67th |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | Q2 | 113/254 | 55th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 122OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.75OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 539 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 69 | 600 |
| 2025 | 76 | 76 | 622 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 520 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 | 656 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 367 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 429 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 600 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | UAH 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 100 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Academic Research and Publishing UG (AR&P)
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2520-6761
- Electronic ISSN
- 2520-6311
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Business Ethics and Leadership
How long does peer review take at Business Ethics and Leadership?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Business Ethics and Leadership?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Business Ethics and Leadership is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Business Ethics and Leadership open access, and what is the APC?
Business Ethics and Leadership is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .