Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Journal of Education for Business
ISSN 0883-2323 · eISSN 1940-3356 · Sichuan Institute of Piezoelectric and Acoustooptic Technology
Journal of Education for Business: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 105 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 59 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Education for Business is published by Sichuan Institute of Piezoelectric and Acoustooptic Technology and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Management and Marketing Education, Accounting Education and Careers and Innovations in Educational Methods, together about 42.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Education for Business is for those educating tomorrow's businesspeople. The journal primarily features basic and applied research-based articles in entrepreneurship, accounting, communications, economics, finance, information systems, management, marketing, and other business disciplines. Along with the focus on reporting research within traditional business subjects, an additional expanded area of interest is publishing articles within the discipline of entrepreneurship. Articles report successful innovations in teaching and curriculum development at the college and postgraduate levels. Authors address changes in today's business world and in the business professions that are fundamentally influencing the competencies that business graduates need. JEB also offers a forum for new theories and for analyses of controversial issues. Articles in the Journal fall into the following categories: Original and Applied Research; Editorial/Professional Perspectives; and Innovative Instructional Classroom Projects/Best Practices. Articles are selected on a anonymized peer-reviewed basis. Original and Applied Research - Articles published feature the results of formal research where findings have universal impact. Such articles generally contain a significant literature review, statement of hypotheses and significance of the problem, research methodology, findings, conclusions, and recommendations for further research. Manuscripts in this segment should not exceed 4500 words. Editorial/Professional Perspective - Articles published feature the viewpoint of primarily the author regarding important issues affecting education for business. Examples of topics published are outsourcing, globalization, discrimination, ethics and diversity, among others. Issues examined are expected to be thoroughly researched and include a clearly delineated proposal or resolution. The structure for submission should include an overview of the issue being addressed; historical perspective on the issue; current workplace examples regarding the issue; and potential outcomes or models to resolve the issue being discussed. Manuscripts submitted within this category should not exceed 2500 words. Innovative Instructional Classroom Projects/Best Practices - Articles published feature the results of instructional experiments basically derived from a classroom project conducted at one institution by one or several faculty. Classroom instructional experiments that reflect innovative app
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Management and Marketing EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting21.9%
- Accounting Education and CareersBusiness, Management and Accounting12.8%
- Innovations in Educational MethodsSocial Sciences8.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.2%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences5.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Ethics in Business and EducationDecision Sciences3.5%
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesSocial Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, De Gruyter Saur, EBSCOhost, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Gale, Ovid, Taylor & Francis, Thomson Reuters
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
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.37Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.57Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,038OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 75,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,959 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 55 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 59 | 5 | 82 |
| 2024 | 36 | 8 | 89 |
| 2023 | 40 | 4 | 196 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3 | 158 |
| 2021 | 84 | 4 | 994 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
105 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 76 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 105 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted3
- editorial/professional perspectiveEditorial/Professional Perspective - Articles published feature the viewpoint of primarily the author regarding important issues affecting education for busines…Length not stated
- innovative instructional classroom projects/best practicesInnovative Instructional Classroom Projects/Best Practices - Articles published feature the results of instructional experiments basically derived from a classr…Length not stated
- original and applied researchOriginal and Applied Research - Articles published feature the results of formal research where findings have universal impact.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Open access option: Open Select (hybrid). Model summary
Journal of Education for Business is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discovera…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles submitted to this journal have undergone an anonymous double anonymized rigorous review. Model summary
All articles submitted to this journal have undergone an anonymous double anonymized rigorous review.
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
- Sichuan Institute of Piezoelectric and Acoustooptic Technology
- ISSN
- 0883-2323
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-3356
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 101, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Education for Business
What CAS zone is Journal of Education for Business in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Education for Business is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Education for Business?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 91.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Education for Business?
The publisher reports about 105 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25%. 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 Education for Business?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Education for Business is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Education for Business open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Education for Business is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .