Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies
ISSN 0973-1598 · eISSN 2321-2012
SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies 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 Corporate Finance and Governance, Indian Economic and Social Development and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, together about 18.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scientific Management and Advanced Research Trust (SMART) is registered as Public Charitable Trust with lofty ideals of developing education, especially in the field of commerce and business management. It is dedicated to the promotion and development of research in general and in the field of business management in particular. One of the objectives of the Trust is to publish a purely professional Journal devoted to analysis and portrayal of development in business management. Further, the Trust intends to improve communication among scholars who deal with such matters. The Trust also wants to conduct seminars and workshops, which will elaborate and discuss in detail various research papers. SMART Journal of Business Management Studies is a Professional, Refereed International and Indexed Journal published by the Trust. An Editorial Advisory Panel with referee submissions supports its Chief Editor.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editor-in-chief Bio-Data FullPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Indian Economic and Social DevelopmentEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.2%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences6%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
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 | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | 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
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ScopusPublisher website
Other: UGC, Refereed
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
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 397 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 9 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 11 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 25 |
| 2022 | 20 | 0 | 44 |
| 2021 | 20 | 2 | 43 |
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.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- research paperResearch PaperLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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
- ISSN
- 0973-1598
- Electronic ISSN
- 2321-2012
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies
What CAS zone is SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. 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.
Which databases index SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies is indexed in ESCI. The journal's website also lists Scopus; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is SMART-Journal of Business Management Studies open access, and what is the APC?
SMART-Journal of Business Management 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .