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Business Strategy and Development
ISSN 2572-3170 · Wiley-Blackwell
Business Strategy and Development: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,240; median 131 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 214 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Business Strategy and Development is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Environmental Sustainability in Business, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Sustainable Supply Chain Management, together about 48.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal provides original contributions that add to the understanding of business responses to improving development and contributing to national and international development goals. It examines links between business strategy and development with an emphasis on the private sector's role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It considers a wide range of social and environmental issues linked to development in emerging markets or in developing country settings. It emphasizes the need for inclusive business models and examines the linkages between business strategy and community investment initiatives. It examines links between meeting social and environmental needs through leveraging corporate assets and expertise, in order to enhance a company's competitive strategy and the development of new business opportunities. It examines the co-creation of shared value initiatives through partnerships with a range of stakeholders. Contributions are encouraged which examine the ways in which the private sector can contribute to development through its goods and services, management of value chains and through partnerships with other stakeholders to create positive development outcomes. The journal is keen to publish papers that examine sustainable development, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in a developing country context. Indexing Information Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
Editor-in-chief Richard WelfordPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United Kingdom 14, Italy 12, United States 4, Australia 4, India 3 (68 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting19.4%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting17.1%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting12.1%
- Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.4%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences2.9%
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 | Environmental Studies | 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 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 326OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 198LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 198Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 206,148Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 880 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 163 | 45 | 140 |
| 2025 | 214 | 119 | 1,359 |
| 2024 | 157 | 76 | 2,083 |
| 2023 | 103 | 53 | 1,995 |
| 2022 | 38 | 8 | 691 |
| 2021 | 39 | 12 | 1,109 |
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
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 182 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 146 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (404 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)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 133 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,240 / EUR 2,950 / GBP 2,500 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 350 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- research articleFull length papers should usually not exceed 8,000 words (excluding references).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Double-blind peer review; main text must not identify authors. Model summary
As papers are double-blind peer reviewed, the main text file should not include any information that might identify the authors.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 2572-3170
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Business Strategy and Development
What CAS zone is Business Strategy and Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Business Strategy and Development is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Environmental Studies / 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 Strategy and Development?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 50.
How long does peer review take at Business Strategy and Development?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 84–182 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Business Strategy and Development based?
Of the 68 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (14), Italy (12) and United States (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Business Strategy and Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Business Strategy and Development is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Business Strategy and Development open access, and what is the APC?
Business Strategy and Development is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,240.
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: .