Journal profile · BUSINESS
International Journal of Business Environment
ISSN 1740-0589 · eISSN 1740-0597 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Business Environment: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.2 (journal website); subscription journal; 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Business Environment is published by Inderscience Publishers 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 Innovation and Knowledge Management, Environmental Sustainability in Business and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, together about 25.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Strategic management and business strategyCompetitive environment, entrepreneurshipInnovations and innovation processesBusiness environment dynamics, organisational learning, change management.Operations managementManagement information systems, knowledge managementMarketing and buyer behaviourInternational business and management, strategic alliancesCorporate financeBusiness economicsHuman resources practices and organisational strategiesE-business, e-commerce, m-commerceTechnological, social, political, regulatory and legal environmentEthical and environmental issuesNew/advanced methods/methodologies for business research More on this journal... ObjectivesIJBE addresses managerial issues in the social, political, economic, competitive, and technological environments of business. The objectives of research are: the relationship between environment and organisational processes, business practices, strategic posture, and organisational performance; some strategic patterns and corresponding environmental settings among a broadly defined cross-section of business; the alignment of the environmental change, strategic adaptive response, and the profile of the managers selected to implement the strategic adaptive response. ReadershipAcademics and researchers; management consultants and professionals concerned with business environment; chief executive officers, managing directors, managers and practitioners in all kinds of businesses.ContentsIJBE publishes original and practical contributions. These can be quantitative or qualitative, surveys, reviews or cases studies, or research notes up-to-date with current research in the field. Special Issues devoted to important topics in Business Environment will occasionally be published.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting10.7%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting7.4%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting7.1%
- Business Strategy and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences6.3%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- Service and Product InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 570 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 35 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 38 | 7 | 50 |
| 2023 | 48 | 7 | 88 |
| 2022 | 53 | 10 | 125 |
| 2021 | 45 | 3 | 139 |
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
- 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)
Article types accepted4
- case studiesResearch articles, case studies, technical reports and expanded conference papers are invited for submission.Length not stated
- expanded conference papersResearch articles, case studies, technical reports and expanded conference papers are invited for submission.Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles, case studies, technical reports and expanded conference papers are invited for submission.Length not stated
- technical reportsResearch articles, case studies, technical reports and expanded conference papers are invited for submission.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
No APC except Open Access 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
- 1740-0589
- Electronic ISSN
- 1740-0597
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Business Environment
What CAS zone is International Journal of Business Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Business Environment is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Business Environment?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 21.
Which databases index International Journal of Business Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Business Environment is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Business Environment open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Business Environment 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .