Journal profile · BUSINESS
International Journal of the Economics of Business
ISSN 1357-1516 · eISSN 1466-1829 · Taylor & Francis
International Journal of the Economics of Business: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 311 days to acceptance (40 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 12% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of the Economics of Business is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Merger and Competition Analysis, Corporate Finance and Governance and Firm Innovation and Growth, together about 33.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of the Economics of Business (IJEB) presents original, peer reviewed research in microeconomics that is clearly applicable to business or related public policy issues. The term ‘business’ is used in its widest sense to encompass profit-seeking, non-profit, cooperative and public enterprises and their market interactions. Public policy issues include, for example, intellectual property law, industrial policy and oversight by regulatory and competition authorities. The IJEB’s community is largely made up of economists specialising in business economics and related areas of applied microeconomics, such as industrial organisation and managerial economics, including both public policy and managerial perspectives. Contributions are also drawn from those in allied areas such as finance, strategy, international business, law and economics and economic history. The IJEB welcomes empirical work from a range of research styles and sources of information including, for example, the quantitative analysis of published or proprietary data or data obtained from surveys and individual case studies, the results of natural or planned market experiments and the analysis of legal records and other material. Empirical work should be motivated by, and interpreted in light of, economic reasoning. The Journal is open to a variety of theoretical perspectives as the basis for empirical work, including agency theory, behavioural theory, evolutionary theory, resource based theory, transactions cost analysis as well as neoclassical and game theory. The IJEB also carries theoretical pieces which are clearly related to business or public policy applications. As well as publishing research articles (including industry studies), IJEB publishes guest-edited special issues and extended review articles. Peer Review Policy: Submitted manuscripts are subject to initial editorial appraisal and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 17%); most named United Kingdom 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1, Germany 1, Switzerland 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Merger and Competition AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting11.5%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting8.3%
- Digital Platforms and EconomicsBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting3.8%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, OCLC, IBZ, IBSS, Economic Literature Database, OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online
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
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.55Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.63Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 326OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 44,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 44,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 798 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 29 | 9 | 25 |
| 2024 | 16 | 6 | 29 |
| 2023 | 14 | 2 | 34 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 | 69 |
| 2021 | 15 | 3 | 263 |
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
311 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 165 days – 505 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (40 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 323 days
- Sample
- 40 articles with submission and acceptance dates (45 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 97 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication 2025
- 9 daysPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 accepted6
- announcementAnnouncement | Published online: 6 Apr 2026Length not stated
- extended review articlesAs well as publishing research articles (including industry studies), IJEB publishes guest-edited special issues and extended review articles.Length not stated
- guest-edited special issuesAs well as publishing research articles (including industry studies), IJEB publishes guest-edited special issues and extended review articles.Length not stated
- industry studiesAs well as publishing research articles (including industry studies), IJEB publishes guest-edited special issues and extended review articles.Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 13 Aug 2026Length not stated
- research articlesAs well as publishing research articles (including industry studies), IJEB publishes guest-edited special issues and extended review articles.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
International Journal of the Economics of Business is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Incre…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy Model summary
Peer Review Policy: Submitted manuscripts are subject to initial editorial appraisal and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1357-1516
- Electronic ISSN
- 1466-1829
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of the Economics of Business
What CAS zone is International Journal of the Economics of Business in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of the Economics of Business is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business / Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of the Economics of Business?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 65.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of the Economics of Business?
Based on the dates recorded on 40 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 311 days (interquartile range 165–505 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of the Economics of Business based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 17%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), Mainland China (1) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of the Economics of Business?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of the Economics of Business is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of the Economics of Business open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of the Economics of Business is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .