Journal profile · BUSINESS
Future Business Journal
ISSN 2314-7202 · eISSN 2314-7210 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Future Business Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 123 days to acceptance (126 articles, last 24 months); 281 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Future Business Journal is published by SpringerOpen 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 Corporate Finance and Governance, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, together about 18.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences5.6%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Economic Growth and DevelopmentComputer Science5.4%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences4.8%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 378OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 273LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,055 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 308 | 308 | 179 |
| 2025 | 281 | 281 | 2,003 |
| 2024 | 130 | 130 | 1,808 |
| 2023 | 109 | 109 | 1,790 |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 | 1,329 |
| 2021 | 66 | 66 | 2,651 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
123 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 77 days – 187 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (126 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 139 days
- Sample
- 126 articles with submission and acceptance dates (318 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 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 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2314-7202
- Electronic ISSN
- 2314-7210
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Future Business Journal
What CAS zone is Future Business Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Future Business Journal is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Future Business Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 126 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 123 days (interquartile range 77–187 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 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 Future Business Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Future Business Journal is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Future Business Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Future 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: .