Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management
International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management
ISSN 1758-2164 · eISSN 1758-2172 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management: subscription journal; 39 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management, Disaster Management and Resilience and Risk Management in Financial Firms, together about 31.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Professional practices of business continuity Infrastructure crisis, public policy Risk management, decision technology Natural resources, environmental threats Crisis leadership, organisational resiliency Enterprise risk management Crisis management information systems Homeland security/organisational threats Systems security for business resiliency Crisis communications, disaster recovery Natural, technological, industrial, terrorism events Governance, risk, regulatory compliance Software, training, awareness Successful public-private partnerships Modelling, visualisation, agents, simulation, gaming More on this journal... ObjectivesThe goal of IJBCRM is to provide an academic and professional forum to develop and disseminate research, practical methods, theories, and experiences in the developing area of business continuity and risk management. This growing body of knowledge is vital to lead an organisation in the process of systematic decisions to protect people, assets and operations and to ensure the survivability of an organisation from disaster. A broad spectrum of threats, vulnerabilities and risks will be addressed and the most useful strategies and plans to prevent and mitigate disaster will be addressed.ReadershipProfessionals, academics, researchers, planners, managers, and policy makers.ContentsIJBCRM publishes scholarly research, methodological articles, review papers, case studies, conference reports, book reviews, educational approaches, and news. Special issues are devoted to important topics falling within the scope of business continuity and risk management.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management
Editor-in-chief Kurt J. EngemannPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting14.8%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences10.7%
- Risk Management in Financial FirmsBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationSocial Sciences5.3%
- Risk and Safety AnalysisDecision Sciences5%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability AnalysisEngineering4.1%
- Information and Cyber SecurityComputer Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Probability | Q3 | 223/303 | 26th |
| Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty | Q3 | 133/178 | 25th |
| Strategy and Management | Q4 | 410/506 | 19th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 469 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 0 | 77 |
| 2025 | 39 | 2 | 145 |
| 2024 | 37 | 9 | 181 |
| 2023 | 45 | 0 | 150 |
| 2022 | 29 | 0 | 114 |
| 2021 | 41 | 8 | 92 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship
Invited article types: research articles, case studies, technical reports, expanded conference papers. Model summary
Research articles, case studies, technical reports and expanded conference papers are invited for submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
All journals require submission via the online submissions system. Model summary
All journals require the submission of articles via our online submissions system.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
No publication charges except under Open Access, where a fee is required to cover costs. Model summary
There are no fees for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be OA. OA articles accepted for publication are available online and freely accessible to all without any restriction except use for commercial purposes; a fee must be paid by the author(s) for an article to be made OA. Open Access papers may be published according to the Inderscience Open Access option.
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
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 1758-2164
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-2172
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management
Which databases index International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management 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, 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .