Journal profile · BUSINESS
Family Business Review
ISSN 0894-4865 · eISSN 1741-6248 · SAGE
Family Business Review: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.52; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; review about 613 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 6.5% (journal website); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Family Business Review is published by SAGE 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 Family Business Performance and Succession, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 81.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Family Business Review (FBR) a refereed journal published quarterly since 1988, is a scholarly publication devoted exclusively to exploration of the dynamics of family-controlled enterprise, including firms ranging in size from the very large to the relatively small. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 56, Italy 17, Canada 12, Germany 7, Spain 6 (134 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting39.4%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting23%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting18.8%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences3.1%
- Human Resource and Talent ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting2.2%
- Working Capital and Financial PerformanceBusiness, Management and Accounting1.6%
- Corporate Taxation and AvoidanceBusiness, Management and Accounting1.4%
- Private Equity and Venture CapitalBusiness, Management and Accounting1.2%
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 | Business | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 7.52LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 7.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 10.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.85LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 182OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 744OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,150 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 9 | 10 |
| 2025 | 13 | 11 | 66 |
| 2024 | 13 | 7 | 343 |
| 2023 | 19 | 18 | 413 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7 | 485 |
| 2021 | 15 | 5 | 896 |
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
613 dayssubmission to acceptance
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 6.5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 30 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 613 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
Copyright/license agreement Model summary
Before publication, we require the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Gold open access via Sage Choice Model summary
If you or your funder wish your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in Sage Choice, subject to payment of a publication fee.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
No duplicate submission Model summary
Articles accepted, published, or submitted for publication consideration elsewhere, cannot be submitted to FBR for publication consideration.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0894-4865
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-6248
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Family Business Review
What CAS zone is Family Business Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Family Business Review is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Family Business Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.52; CiteScore 10.8, h-index 182.
How long does peer review take at Family Business Review?
The publisher reports about 613 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6.5%. 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 Family Business Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: 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 Family Business Review based?
Of the 134 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (56), Italy (17) and Canada (12). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Family Business Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Family Business Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Family Business Review open access, and what is the APC?
Family Business Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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: .