Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Istanbul Business Research
ISSN 2630-5488 · Istanbul University Press · Türkiye
Istanbul Business Research: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 411 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Istanbul Business Research is published by Istanbul University Press 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 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 19.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences6.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Economic Growth and DevelopmentComputer Science4.9%
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, Finance | 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, Finance | 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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.14%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 186 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 14 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 28 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 27 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 164 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 245 |
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
411 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 259 days – 660 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 63 days (46 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 456 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (53 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 websiteData availability
- Data availability
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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
- Istanbul University Press
- Country or region
- Türkiye
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2630-5488
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Istanbul Business Research
What CAS zone is Istanbul Business Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Istanbul Business Research is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance. 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.
How long does peer review take at Istanbul Business Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 46 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 411 days (interquartile range 259–660 days); authors report an average review time of about 25 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Istanbul Business Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Istanbul Business Research is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Istanbul Business Research open access, and what is the APC?
Istanbul Business Research is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .