Journal profile · Multiple
Business Strategy and the Environment
ISSN 0964-4733 · eISSN 1099-0836 · Wiley-Blackwell
Business Strategy and the Environment: CAS Zone 1 · Management (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 13.1; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,480; median 188 days to acceptance (189 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 774 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Business Strategy and the Environment is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Environmental Sustainability in Business, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, together about 61.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE) is the leading academic journal in its field with peer-reviewed contributions of a high quality. It seeks to provide original contributions that add to the understanding of business strategies for improving the natural (green) environment. It seeks to publish research into systems and standards, environmental performance, disclosure, eco-innovation, corporate environmental management tools, organizations and management, supply chains, circular economy, governance, green finance, particular industry sectors and responses of business to climate change and other contemporary environmental issues. Contributions are encouraged which extend the scope of activity from environmental management to sustainability in business. The journal should be of interest to a broad interdisciplinary audience including academics, practitioners, business managers and consultants. The journal does not publish papers on corporate social responsibility (CSR), please see our sibling journal Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 5%); most named Italy 44, United Kingdom 28, Australia 8, Germany 7, Mainland China 6 (129 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 Accounting26.3%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting19.1%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting15.9%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting3.2%
- Sustainable Industrial EcologyEngineering3%
- Environmental Education and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science2.6%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Astrophysics Data System
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
- 13.1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 13.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 13.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 23.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 23.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 23.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 244OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,873OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 733LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 734Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,867,331Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,336 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,108 | 693 | 840 |
| 2025 | 774 | 541 | 7,057 |
| 2024 | 462 | 343 | 12,466 |
| 2023 | 331 | 257 | 15,496 |
| 2022 | 385 | 224 | 30,774 |
| 2021 | 268 | 146 | 27,580 |
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
188 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 142 days – 284 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (189 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 203 days
- Sample
- 189 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,972 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)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 205 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 18 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 4,480 / EUR 3,750 / GBP 3,010 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websitePolicy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Editorial Review and AcceptanceThe acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are double-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
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
- 0964-4733
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-0836
- Society / sponsor
- ERP Environment
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 6 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Business Strategy and the Environment
What CAS zone is Business Strategy and the Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Business Strategy and the Environment is in Zone 1 of Management, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Environmental Studies / Business / Management; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Business Strategy and the Environment?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 13.1; CiteScore 23.8, h-index 244.
How long does peer review take at Business Strategy and the Environment?
Based on the dates recorded on 189 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 188 days (interquartile range 142–284 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (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 the Environment based?
Of the 129 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 6 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (44), United Kingdom (28) and Australia (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Business Strategy and the Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Business Strategy and the Environment is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Business Strategy and the Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Business Strategy and the Environment is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,480.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .