Journal profile · BUSINESS
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
ISSN 1549-9324 · eISSN 1747-6763 · Inderscience Publishers
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); subscription journal; 48 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development 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 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, International Business and FDI and Digital Marketing and Social Media, together about 33.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International business/entrepreneurship, macro/microeconomics Corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial support organisations Entrepreneurship in the arts, international tourism/hospitality/healthcare management Family business, international/individual/regional/minority/female entrepreneurship Small business development, technopreneurship, transition economies, exporting Venture capital, hedge fund convergence, distressed investing Large cap buyouts, small cap private equity, mid-market private equity Telecommunications/software/healthcare venture capital Real estate/regional/global private equity, growth equity investing, FDI International business/entrepreneurship education, strategic/information management International political economy/ economic development/accounting/finance/taxation International market entry/HRM/strategic alliances/networks/mergers & acquisitions Cross-cultural management, supply chain management, e-commerce International commercial law, nonprofit organisations, ethics/social responsibility International trade, marketing, consumer behaviour, industrial/B2B marketing More on this journal... ObjectivesThe objectives of JIBED are to provide a global platform to facilitate communication between policy makers, government officials, academics, scholars, consultants, professionals working for multinational corporations, international civil servants and entrepreneurs. JIBED wishes to provide a global platform to overcome cultural, national, ethnic, religious, economic and political boundaries and to meet the needs of accelerated economic and social change occurring in a variety of countries participating in the global economy.ReadershipJIBED provides a vehicle to help professionals, academics, scholars, policy makers, entrepreneurs, consultants, and international civil servants working in the field of international business and international entrepreneurship to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work.ContentsJIBED publishes original papers, review papers, dissertation abstracts, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Special issues devoted to important topics in international business and its interface with international entrepreneurship will be published from time to time.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Editor-in-chief Zafar U. AhmedPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting15%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting12.1%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences6.4%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
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 SciencePublisher 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
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 38.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 564 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 48 | 8 | 13 |
| 2024 | 51 | 7 | 72 |
| 2023 | 44 | 1 | 92 |
| 2022 | 51 | 1 | 106 |
| 2021 | 25 | 0 | 204 |
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
- 1549-9324
- Electronic ISSN
- 1747-6763
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
What CAS zone is Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development 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 Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 21.
Which databases index Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development open access, and what is the APC?
Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .