Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management
Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business
ISSN 2385-7137 · Universitat de Barcelona, Facultad de Economia y Empresa · Spain
Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business is published by Universitat de Barcelona, Facultad de Economia y Empresa. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Business and FDI, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences and Family Business Performance and Succession, together about 32.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The core mission of Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business (JESB) is to publish research that analyses business, industry, and entrepreneurial ecosystems through an evolutionary lens. This involves investigating long-term historical trajectories, dynamic processes of structural change, and the co-evolution of institutions and markets over time. The journal will publish papers which analyze and explain past and contemporary changes in strategy, entrepreneurship, management, organization, business and political relationships, gender in business, and typologies of business in the world in past and present times. JESB is an open access publication with two issues per year, only publishes in English, with an external and international academic peer review process of evaluation, with the sponsorship of Universitat de Barcelona gratefully acknowledged. Our audience is global in scope, and the journal aims to attract academic scholars from a variety of disciplines interested in the analysis of change and transformation in business in the long run, as well as institutions, business practitioners and policy makers. Business is in constant change, and Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business strongly beliefs that time, and context, must be taken into account to understand that lessons of success or failure are not universal, and change taking into account time and space. Context shapes oppportunities and obstacles for business, and at the same time businesses can shape context in different ways considering changes in the environment, and in the temporal context in which they evolve. Research that takes into account change and context in business are the focus of this journal, and welcome to submit. The Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business encourages submissions that contribute to a better analysis and understanding of the diversity of processes that lead to change in entrepreneurship, business organization, and strategy, in past and present times. The Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business publishes original research about International Business, Creative Industries, Management Challenges, Urban Ecosystems of Innovation, Smart Cities, Business History, Strategy, Gender, Politics and Business, and Entrepreneurship. Special attention is paid to contributions that highlight the interdisciplinary, long-term analysis of businesses and organizations. The journal is committed to showcase original research that highlight the dynamic nature of business mod
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Spain 13, United Kingdom 4, Colombia 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting12.2%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting11.2%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting8.7%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.2%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- University-Industry-Government Innovation ModelsBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- Regional Development and InnovationSocial Sciences4.7%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development | Q3 | 201/314 | 36th |
| Management of Technology and Innovation | Q4 | 239/317 | 24th |
| Strategy and Management | Q4 | 382/506 | 24th |
| Business and International Management | Q4 | 345/456 | 24th |
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Latindex
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.17Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 93.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 178 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 88 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 88 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 86 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 85 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 72 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 71 |
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 | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 8
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship
Maximum length around 8,000 words including references and tables Model summary
The maximum lenght must be around 8,000 words, including references and tables.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License; authors transfer copyright to Universitat de Barcelona Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License Authors transfer to Universitat de Barcelona all copyright Created from a work avaible in http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB The author(s) assign all copyrights to the publisher of this journal. Creative Commons. The author(s) agree with the following terms: This assignment of rights means that th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-anonymized peer review; submissions containing author identity will be rejected Model summary
The editorial process uses the Open Journal Systems (OJS). Within this system the external anonymous peer review process follows international academic standards of quality, as indicated below: 1. Authors register and submit a manuscript following submission guidelines, and accepting ethical policies of the journal. All submissions will undergo the following process, including submissions aiming t…
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
- Universitat de Barcelona, Facultad de Economia y Empresa
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2385-7137
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 2 (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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business
How long does peer review take at Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–250 words; Keywords: ≤ 8; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Chicago. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (13), United Kingdom (4) and Colombia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business 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, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .