Journal profile
Journal of Business Strategies
ISSN 0887-2058 · eISSN 2162-6901 · Sam Houston State University · United States
Journal of Business Strategies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 5 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Business Strategies is published by Sam Houston State University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Finance and Governance, International Business and FDI and Business Strategies and Innovation, together about 25.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Business Strategies is a multidisciplinary journal published by the Gibson D. Lewis Center for Business and Economic Development at Sam Houston State University.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting10.2%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting7.9%
- Business Strategies and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Management and Organizational PracticesBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.9%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Organizational Management and LeadershipBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
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
DOAJLetPub
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
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 94OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 395 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 77 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 123 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 169 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 241 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 212 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 243 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license for accepted articles Model summary
Accepted articles will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. This means that anyone will be able to share (i.e. copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (i.e. remix, transform, and build upon the material) in any reasonable manner, as long as appropriate credit is given, the material is not used for commercial purpos…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal is published online in an Open Access format according to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review process Model summary
All manuscripts must be original submissions that have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration at any other journal.
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
- Sam Houston State University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0887-2058
- Electronic ISSN
- 2162-6901
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 1 (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 Strategies
How long does peer review take at Journal of Business Strategies?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Journal of Business Strategies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Business Strategies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Business Strategies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Business Strategies 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, 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: .