Journal profile · Multiple
Harvard business review
ISSN 0017-8012 · Harvard Business School Publishing
Harvard business review: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.03; subscription journal; 72 articles a year; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Harvard business review is published by Harvard Business School Publishing 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 Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 50.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences16.7%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences16.7%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering16.7%
- Organizational Management and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting12%
- Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Business, Education, Mathematics ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
- Leadership and Management in OrganizationsBusiness, Management and Accounting2.4%
- Educational Leadership and PracticesSocial Sciences2.3%
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 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
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
- 1.03LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 140OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 741OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,166 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Harvard Business School Publishing
- ISSN
- 0017-8012
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Harvard business review
What CAS zone is Harvard business review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Harvard business review is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Harvard business review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.03; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 140.
Which databases index Harvard business review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Harvard business review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Harvard business review open access, and what is the APC?
Harvard business review is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .