Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development
ISSN 2635-1374 · eISSN 2635-1692 · Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom
Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 4.6% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development is published by Emerald Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Economic Growth and Development and Corporate Governance and Financial Management, together about 27.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development is an academic, open access, peer-reviewed journal focused on diffusion of articles on all aspects of Business and socio-economic development.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Allam Hamdan AccountingPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 13, Jordan 12, United States 11, Saudi Arabia 5, Kuwait 5 (69 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting11.1%
- Economic Growth and DevelopmentComputer Science8.8%
- Corporate Governance and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | Q1 | 12/235 | 95th |
| Accounting | Q1 | 12/191 | 93rd |
| Business and International Management | Q1 | 49/456 | 89th |
| Marketing | Q1 | 37/221 | 83rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.98OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 169,455Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 140 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 539 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 633 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 616 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 457 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 260 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 165 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 4.6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 29.5 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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, with length limits
- case studyCase Study — up to 9600 wordsLength not stated
- conceptual paperConceptual Paper — up to 9600 wordsLength not stated
- literature reviewResearch Paper — up to 9600 words Conceptual Paper — up to 9600 words Case Study — up to 9600 words Literature Review — up to 9600 words Please see the article …main text ≤ 9,600 words
- research paperResearch Paper — up to 9600 words Conceptual Paper — up to 9600 words Case Study — up to 9600 words Literature Review — up to 9600 words Please see the article …main text ≤ 9,600 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Only UK or US English manuscripts accepted. Model summary
This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access options
Diamond open access; no APCs required. Model summary
This is a diamond open access journal. No article processing charges (APCs) are required. Read more about our open access options.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review; at least 2 independent anonymous reviewers per submission. Model summary
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
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
- Emerald Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2635-1374
- Electronic ISSN
- 2635-1692
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 4 (July 2026)
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development
How long does peer review take at Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4.6%. 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 Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development based?
Of the 69 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (13), Jordan (12) and United States (11). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Business and SocioEconomic Development 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, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .