Journal profile · BUSINESS
Journal of Consumer Research
ISSN 0093-5301 · eISSN 1537-5277 · Oxford University Press
Journal of Consumer Research: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 7.9; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,224; 74 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Consumer Research is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Health and Interventions, together about 39% of its articles. Its main subfields are Marketing. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting23%
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences8.6%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology7.3%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting7.1%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences4.8%
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology4.2%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 7.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 11.05LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 403OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,679OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,443 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 22 | 13 |
| 2025 | 74 | 33 | 497 |
| 2024 | 79 | 31 | 905 |
| 2023 | 75 | 33 | 2,265 |
| 2022 | 60 | 26 | 1,328 |
| 2021 | 75 | 25 | 3,259 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,224 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0093-5301
- Electronic ISSN
- 1537-5277
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Consumer Research
What CAS zone is Journal of Consumer Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Consumer Research is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Business; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Consumer Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.9; CiteScore 13.9, h-index 403.
Which databases index Journal of Consumer Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Consumer Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Consumer Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Consumer Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,224.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .