Journal profile
NUST Business Review
ISSN 2707-6598 · eISSN 2707-6601 · National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad · Pakistan
NUST Business Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NUST Business Review is published by National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Finance and Governance, Corporate Governance and Financial Management and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, together about 23.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
NUST Business Review is multidisciplinary in scope, and interdisciplinary in knowledge, content, and methodology from across the spectrum of business and management. NBR aims to provide an influential platform for practitioners and academic scholars to publish theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and applied research by sharing ideas and knowledge in order to assist business enterprises, and organizations to contribute and augment their commitment to the society. Paper Submission Portal NBR has developed its new Journal Management Portal. Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts through the online submission portal using the following link: https://nbrms.nust.edu.pk/login
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Ajid Ur RehmanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, United States 1, Japan 1, France 1, Australia 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Corporate Governance and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting7.3%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Banking Sector Performance and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences4%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
HEC Y Category Journal, CrossRef, Google ScholarPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 105 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 50 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 43 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 1 |
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 | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad
- Country or region
- Pakistan
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2707-6598
- Electronic ISSN
- 2707-6601
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 NUST Business Review
How long does peer review take at NUST Business Review?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of NUST Business Review based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), United States (1) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index NUST Business Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NUST Business Review is indexed in DOAJ.
Is NUST Business Review open access, and what is the APC?
NUST Business Review 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, Publisher website; 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: .