Journal profile
DBS Business Review
ISSN 2565-5272 · eISSN 2565-5280 · Dublin Business School · Ireland
DBS Business Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 5 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2023 (Volume 5): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
DBS Business Review is published by Dublin Business School. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Privacy, Security, and Data Protection and Stress and Burnout Research, together about 16.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
As of now, DBS Business Review (DBR) is no longer open for submissions and will be formally changing its name to DBS Applied Research and Theory.Previous issues of the DBS Business Review (DBR) will continue to be accessible through this website. Visit our website to read the full announcement. More Less Full Issue Volume 5
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Garry Raymond PrenticePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ireland 31, United Kingdom 2, United States 1, Greece 1 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences5.6%
- Stress and Burnout ResearchPsychology5.6%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities5.6%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences3.7%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 55 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 43 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
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 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 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-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 350 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3
- articlesArticles Denise LouvetLength not stated
- editorialEditorial Tony Murphy Editorial PDFLength not stated
- research noteResearch Note Emma BeacomLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright: authors retain copyright under a Creative Commons Share and Enjoy Licence. Model summary
Authors who publish with DBS Business Review agree to the following terms: a) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. b) Authors are able to enter …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
DBS Business Review is an open access, annual academic journal published by Dublin Business School.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer reviewed Model summary
The journal is a cross institutional, international endeavour which features peer reviewed articles
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
- Dublin Business School
- Country or region
- Ireland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2565-5272
- Electronic ISSN
- 2565-5280
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5 (2023)
- 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 DBS Business Review
How long does peer review take at DBS Business Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 5 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of DBS Business Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 350 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: 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.
Where are the editorial board members of DBS Business Review based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ireland (31), United Kingdom (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index DBS Business Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, DBS Business Review is indexed in DOAJ.
Is DBS Business Review open access, and what is the APC?
DBS Business Review 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .