Journal profile · Multiple
European Research on Management and Business Economics
ISSN 2444-8834 · eISSN 2444-8842 · Elsevier · Spain
European Research on Management and Business Economics: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.21; fully open access; APC about USD 1,350; review about 274 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Research on Management and Business Economics is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 23.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
European Research on Management and Business Economics (ERMBE) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the European Academy of Management and Business Economics (AEDEM). Originally founded in 1995 under the title Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (IEDEE), the journal adopted its current name in 2016 to reflect its broader international scope and evolving academic mission.ERMBE is indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science), and has been recognized since 2014 with the Certificate of Quality in Excellence awarded by FECYT (Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología). The journal has consistently maintained this distinction in all subsequent national evaluations of scientific and editorial quality.From its inception, ERMBE has aimed to advance academic research by publishing original, rigorous, and impactful articles that meet high analytical standards and offer fresh insights into the field of business management. The journal covers a wide range of specialities within Business Economics, including accounting, business management, finance, human resource management, marketing, operations, organization theory, strategic management, etc.ERMBE publishes three issues per year and serves a diverse audience of academics, researchers, professionals, executives, and policy makers, fostering thought-provoking debates and contributing to both conceptual innovation and practical relevance. Its mission is to bridge scholarly excellence with real-world application, promoting research that matters for theory, practice, and society.Authors are required to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC), retain the copyright of their published work, and are offered a single user license option. The APC is payable by the author, their institution, or funding body, and will be requested only after peer review and formal acceptance. This fee applies to all accepted articles. The APC is 1,215 USD for AEDEM members and 1,350 USD for non-members, excluding applicable taxes. Further details are available on the journal’s open access page.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Tony CrespoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 48, Italy 9, United Kingdom 8, Germany 4, Portugal 3 (78 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting7.8%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences7.8%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting7.4%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences6.1%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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
- 6.21LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 15LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 15Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 191OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 296 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 21 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 198 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 492 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 826 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 1,266 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 1,127 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
274 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 50 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 50 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 274 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,350 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,350 / EUR 1,260 / GBP 1,080 / JPY 167,440 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,240 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,215 / USD 1,350 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.Author rightsAs an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rig…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 2444-8834
- Electronic ISSN
- 2444-8842
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Research on Management and Business Economics
What CAS zone is European Research on Management and Business Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Research on Management and Business Economics is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Economics / Business / Management. 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 European Research on Management and Business Economics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.21; CiteScore 15, h-index 56.
How long does peer review take at European Research on Management and Business Economics?
The publisher reports about 274 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 50 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.
Where are the editorial board members of European Research on Management and Business Economics based?
Of the 78 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (48), Italy (9) and United Kingdom (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Research on Management and Business Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Research on Management and Business Economics is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Research on Management and Business Economics open access, and what is the APC?
European Research on Management and Business Economics is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,350.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .