Journal profile · Multiple
Business History
ISSN 0007-6791 · eISSN 1743-7938 · Taylor & Francis
Business History: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.44; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 362 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 90 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Business History is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Economic and Social Studies, Corporate Finance and Governance and Australian History and Society, together about 31.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Business History is an international journal concerned with how businesses, organizations, and their environment develop over time, and how this influences contemporary organizations. It publishes interdisciplinary articles that contribute new insights into the past activities of organizations and their major stakeholders. Research in business history makes (1) empirical contributions by presenting new historical sources, which may be archival, visual or material, as well as oral history; (2) historiographic contributions, by engaging with research controversies in the field of business history, building new conceptual frameworks for understanding business or organizational activity in the past; or challenge existing conceptual frameworks that have shaped our understanding of the past; (3) theoretical contributions by using historical research to contribute to relevant social science and organizational theories by drawing on the past as an empirical setting. Business History continues to widen and deepen its international scope by promoting research on under-researched regions, time periods and topics. Peer Review Policy All research articles in this journal are rigorously peer reviewed, based on initial editor screening and anonymized reviewing by at least two referees. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Read the Instructions for Authors .
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Christina LubinskiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, Hong Kong, China 1, United States 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance21.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences5.1%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities4.6%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Italy: Economic History and Contemporary IssuesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History of Social Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History of Social Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | History of Social Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitPublisher website
Other: OCLC, ABI/Inform, Bibliography of Asian Studies, Book Review Digest Plus, British Humanities Index, Business Periodicals Index, EBSCOhost, Geographical Abstracts, Human Geography and GEOBASE, Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life, Humanities International Index, IBSS, Information Access products, International Bibliography of Book Reviews, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, PAIS International, Periodicals Index Online, Policy & Development Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Social Planning, Swets Information Services, Thomson Gale, University Microfilms products, Wilson Business Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 1.44LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.52Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.39LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.39Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,061OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 26.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 73LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 294,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,509 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 40 | 2 |
| 2025 | 90 | 45 | 71 |
| 2024 | 104 | 52 | 254 |
| 2023 | 72 | 37 | 253 |
| 2022 | 81 | 29 | 410 |
| 2021 | 76 | 38 | 504 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
362 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 272 days – 525 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (70 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 399 days
- Sample
- 69 articles with submission and acceptance dates (200 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 82 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 34 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Gold open access option available Model summary
Business History is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and reader…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: initial editor screening and anonymized reviewing by at least two referees Model summary
All research articles in this journal are rigorously peer reviewed, based on initial editor screening and anonymized reviewing by at least two referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0007-6791
- Electronic ISSN
- 1743-7938
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 68, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Business History
What CAS zone is Business History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Business History is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business / History of Social Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Business History?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.44; CiteScore 3, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at Business History?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 362 days (interquartile range 272–525 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25%. 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 JCR quartile is Business History in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of History.
Where are the editorial board members of Business History 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 United Kingdom (2), Hong Kong, China (1) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Business History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Business History is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Business History open access, and what is the APC?
Business History is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .