Journal profile
Colombo Business Journal
ISSN 1800-363X · eISSN 2579-2210 · Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo · Sri Lanka
Colombo Business Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Colombo Business Journal is published by Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 24.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
CBJ aims to publish scholarly work in the field of business, management and organizations in the local, regional and global arena. Thus, its aim is two-fold: (1) to create a forum for exchanging views and launching intellectual debates among scholars and researchers in the field of management and (2) to advance the theory and practice of management through construction of new knowledge. CBJ is not restricted to a specific research paradigm, and thus welcomes submissions adopting a variety of methodologies and methods: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed. It entertains analysis at individual, divisional, organizational and inter-organizational levels. Embracing multidisciplinary perspectives for enhancing understanding, it encourages crossing borders and bringing insights from disciplines such as sociology, psychology, economics, and philosophy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.8%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Leadership and Management in OrganizationsBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 168 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 78 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 99 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 78 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 67 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 59 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 47 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
Article types accepted8
- book reviews (on invitation)Book reviews (on invitation)Length not stated
- conceptual papersConceptual papersLength not stated
- editorialManuscripts are considered with the understanding that their contents have not been published, nor are under consideration for publication elsewhere. However, p…Length not stated
- empirical papersEmpirical papersLength not stated
- literature reviewsLiterature reviewsLength not stated
- otherOtherLength not stated
- perspective papersPerspective papersLength not stated
- research papersTypes of work published in the CBJ includes: Research PapersLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
All work in the CBJ will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access: immediate OA, CC BY 4.0. Model summary
The CBJ provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
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 Management & Finance, University of Colombo
- Country or region
- Sri Lanka
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1800-363X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2579-2210
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Colombo Business Journal
How long does peer review take at Colombo Business Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 21 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Colombo Business Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Colombo Business Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Colombo Business Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Colombo Business Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .