Journal profile · BUSINESS
Business & Society
ISSN 0007-6503 · eISSN 1552-4205 · SAGE
Business & Society: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.71; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 56 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Business & Society is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Management and Organizational Studies and Environmental Sustainability in Business, together about 44.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IABS also sponsors Business & Society, a leading peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted entirely to research, discussion, and analysis on the relationship between business and society.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting20.5%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting14.3%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting9.4%
- Ethics in Business and EducationDecision Sciences9.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
- Political Influence and Corporate StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.5%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 3.71LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.83LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 142OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 822OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 51.03%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,606 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 38 | 24 |
| 2025 | 56 | 43 | 141 |
| 2024 | 68 | 43 | 424 |
| 2023 | 57 | 43 | 865 |
| 2022 | 61 | 33 | 2,037 |
| 2021 | 33 | 20 | 1,323 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0007-6503
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-4205
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Business & Society
What CAS zone is Business & Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Business & Society is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Business & Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.71; CiteScore 14.9, h-index 142.
Which databases index Business & Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Business & Society is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Business & Society open access, and what is the APC?
Business & Society is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .