Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management
Journal of Small Business Strategy
ISSN 1081-8510 · eISSN 2380-1751 · Middle Tennessee State University · United States
Journal of Small Business Strategy: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Small Business Strategy is published by Middle Tennessee State University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Family Business Performance and Succession and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, together about 42.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting22.3%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting12.1%
- Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting7.7%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
- Private Equity and Venture CapitalBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 307 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 6 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 168 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 82 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 259 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 444 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 470 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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-ND |
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
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1081-8510
- Electronic ISSN
- 2380-1751
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Small Business Strategy
How long does peer review take at Journal of Small Business Strategy?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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 Small Business Strategy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Small Business Strategy is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Small Business Strategy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Small Business Strategy 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; 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: .