Journal profile · BUSINESS
Journal of Media Business Studies
ISSN 1652-2354 · eISSN 2376-2977 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Media Business Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 596 days to acceptance (27 articles, last 24 months); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Media Business Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Marketing and Social Media, Media Studies and Communication and Cultural Industries and Urban Development, together about 34.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences13.3%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences12.6%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences8.5%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Digital Platforms and EconomicsBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- ICT Impact and PoliciesEngineering4.8%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 178OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.42%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 392 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 20 | 14 | 40 |
| 2024 | 22 | 13 | 109 |
| 2023 | 12 | 5 | 92 |
| 2022 | 12 | 3 | 86 |
| 2021 | 20 | 7 | 206 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
596 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 346 days – 756 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 608 days
- Sample
- 27 articles with submission and acceptance dates (34 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1652-2354
- Electronic ISSN
- 2376-2977
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Media Business Studies
What CAS zone is Journal of Media Business Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Media Business Studies is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Media Business Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 27 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 596 days (interquartile range 346–756 days). 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 Media Business Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Media Business Studies is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Media Business Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Media Business Studies is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .