Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics
International Journal of Services, Economics and Management
ISSN 1753-0822 · eISSN 1753-0830 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Services, Economics and Management: impact factor 0.6 (journal website); subscription journal; 63 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Services, Economics and Management is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence and Service and Product Innovation, together about 38.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Services technology, management and technology management: policy, strategic and operational issuesServices and innovationInformation technology and communication in services, e-commerceSupply chain managementNew developments in marketing and retailingHuman resources and development in servicesCustomer careTQM, services qualityDistribution and logisticsEcologically driven servicesEconomics of servicesServices in society, ethics and cultureTechnology related to tourism services and transportTechnology serving scientific research and high-tech industryMedical, recreational and health tourism More on this journal... ObjectivesThe aims of IJSTM are to: disseminate knowledge; provide a learned reference in the field; and establish channels of communication between academic and research experts, policy-makers and executives, in the services industry and related institutions. ReadershipProfessionals, academics, researchers, and managersContentsIJSTM provides an international forum and refereed authoritative source of information in the field of services innovation, services technologies and management, as well as the role of the supply chain, logistics and other related topics. Services are not limited to a particular sector. They cover a wide range of operations and functions such as human aspects of health care, and technological aspects of public services design and management, as well as services provided by the manufacturing sector, information services and the associated cultural, ethical, legal and political aspects.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics
Editor-in-chief M.A. DorghamPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting21.1%
- Consumer Behavior and Marketing InfluenceBusiness, Management and Accounting10.6%
- Service and Product InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences6.6%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences5.9%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
- Employee Performance and ManagementSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ESCIWeb of ScienceINSPECDBLPPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 641 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 10 | 97 |
| 2025 | 63 | 10 | 173 |
| 2024 | 79 | 16 | 261 |
| 2023 | 96 | 2 | 244 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2 | 200 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2 | 184 |
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)
- Submission fee
- Open Access
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
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
- 1753-0822
- Electronic ISSN
- 1753-0830
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Services, Economics and Management
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Services, Economics and Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 18.
Which databases index International Journal of Services, Economics and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Services, Economics and Management is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists ESCI, Web of Science, INSPEC and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Services, Economics and Management open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Services, Economics and 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .