Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management
Central European Business Review
ISSN 1805-4854 · eISSN 1805-4862 · Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics
Central European Business Review: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Central European Business Review is published by Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, together about 24.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Central European Business Review (CEBR) is an online peer-reviewed journal focused on business issues with a Central European perspective. The journal has five issues per year - March, May, July, October, December The CEBR journal deals with topical issues in entrepreneurship, management, marketing, corporate strategy & finance, international business, operations management, and human resources management in Central Europe. It is also open to authors worldwide who focus on Central European business issues. Papers focusing on other parts of the world will be accepted only if their findings can be generalized or are relevant for Central European business policy-makers and researchers (direct implications for Central European countries must be concluded). The CEBR journal does not accept research based on convenience sampling among the academic staff or students. The journal publishes high quality research papers, both quantitative and qualitative in nature, as well as theoretical or conceptual papers (based on the PRISMA standards for systematic literature review) and theory-guided case studies. The language of the journal is English. Publication in CEBR is free of charge. There aren�t any submission or article processing charges.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management
Editor-in-chief Pavel KrPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting9.8%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences8%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting6.2%
- Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.2%
- Business and Economic DevelopmentEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Global Trade and CompetitivenessBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
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
EconLitERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC, RePEc
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 458 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 19 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 89 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 152 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 141 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 281 |
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
- 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest
Citation style: APA, 7th edition. Model summary
The required citation style is APA, 7th edition.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Review Process and Publication Ethics
The review process is double blind. The Central European Business Review (CEBR) publication ethics policy is periodically reviewed with respect to recommendations from COPE. All submissions are checked for plagiarism using the iThenticate software.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No submission fees, no article processing charges. Model summary
There are no submission fees, no article processing charges.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process and Publication Ethics
The review process is double blind. The Central European Business Review (CEBR) publication ethics policy is periodically reviewed with respect to recommendations from COPE. All submissions are checked for plagiarism using the iThenticate software.
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
- Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics
- ISSN
- 1805-4854
- Electronic ISSN
- 1805-4862
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Central European Business Review
What CAS zone is Central European Business Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Central European Business Review is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What are the manuscript requirements of Central European Business Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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.
Which databases index Central European Business Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Central European Business Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Central European Business Review open access, and what is the APC?
Central European Business Review is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .