Journal profile
Business Excellence and Management
ISSN 2248-1354 · eISSN 2668-9219 · Bucharest University of Economic Studies · Romania
Business Excellence and Management: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 54 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Business Excellence and Management is published by Bucharest University of Economic Studies. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Employee Performance and Management, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, together about 27.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Business Excellence and Management journal (BEMAN) strives to publish the highest level of research relating to management. It sets out to stimulate thought and research in all aspects of management and to provide a natural forum for discussion and dissemination of research results. BEMAN is designed to encourage interest in all matters relating to management and is intended to appeal to both the academic and professional community working in this area. Embracing a multidisciplinary approach to the field, BEMAN publishes articles focused on management research, including but not limited to: Strategic management Operations management Quality management Production management Human resources management and organizational design Project management Environmental management Urban management Public management Sustainable management Sustainable development Information management Integrated management systems Green investment management Innovation management Service management Any other topic relevant to the above fields. Its purpose is to serve as a medium through which those with management research interests in both the manufacturing and service sectors can exchange ideas and keep abreast of the latest developments pertaining to management research. No topics relating to management are excluded from consideration in order to develop business excellence. As a broad-based professional and international journal, BEMAN welcomes submissions of applied and theoretical research papers in all fields of management. To be published in BEMAN, a manuscript must significantly advance theory and/or practice, provide managerially meaningful and generalizable empirical research, or provide new models or methods that can be used to improve management. The contributions suitable for BEMAN should fall into one of the following categories: Full-length research papers presenting important new findings in the field (max. 20 pages); Book reviews in the field (2-5 pages); Case studies describing new developments (max. 20 pages); Academic discussion papers dealing with medium to long-term trends and predictions (max. 20 pages). The submitted papers should be original, unpublished, and not in consideration for publication elsewhere at the time of submission to the journal. The journal has a severe policy against plagiarism, and the papers submitted are to be screened for plagiarism using online plagiarism detection tools. All articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief ZAMFIR ANDREEAPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Employee Performance and ManagementSocial Sciences10.9%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting9.1%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
- Consumer Behavior and Marketing InfluenceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
- Human Resource and Talent ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 334 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 38 | 68 |
| 2025 | 54 | 54 | 90 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 131 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 168 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 119 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 66 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC 4.0 Model summary
The journal offers access to the contents in the open access system under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Bucharest University of Economic Studies
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2248-1354
- Electronic ISSN
- 2668-9219
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Business Excellence and Management
How long does peer review take at Business Excellence and Management?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Business Excellence and Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Business Excellence and Management based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Business Excellence and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Business Excellence and Management is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Business Excellence and Management open access, and what is the APC?
Business Excellence and Management is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .