Journal profile
South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies
ISSN 2710-5318 · eISSN 2710-5164 · The Islamia University of Bahwalpur · Pakistan
South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies is published by The Islamia University of Bahwalpur. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Corporate Finance and Governance and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, together about 21.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Vision:To focus on emerging issues of business and administrative sciences with emphasis on South Asian region. Mission:To become an internationally indexed journal of interest to research scholars, business professionals, govt officials and policy managers. Objectives and Scope:Being the official Journal of the Center for Business Research and Consulting, Institute of Business Management and Administrative Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan, the South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies (SABAS) aims to be a double-blind peer reviewed international journal with South Asian as well as international reputation for publishing original and innovative studies in the area of business management and administrative sciences. The South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies (SABAS) aims to add to the understanding of the business management and administratie sciences with a particular emphasis on South Asia.The Journal aims to stimulate dialogue between academics and policy makers. Accordingly, articles should be presented in a form where technical considerations come together with explanations and intuition.The SABAS will focus on various aspects of theory and practices of business and administrative sciences in the South Asian context: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The intellectual contributions of the Journal aim at enhancing the existing knowledge of business management and administrative sciences. The SARBAS aims to be one of the most sought after business and administrative sciences research entity welcoming contributions from research scholars, faculty members, business managers, practitioners and govt officials. The audience of SABAS are business professionals, public policy managers and intellectually advanced audience i.e. research scholars in the areas of business management and administrative sciences. Hence we expect all contributions to be of rigorous intellectual clarity with well-contextualized literature and easily understood by a wide audience. We consider for publication original theoretical and empirical contributions in business (all areas), adminsitrative sciences, public administration, governance and related fields as shared below: Finance Marketing Management Public Administration Governance Technology Management International Business Business and Society Tourism and Hospitality Entrepreneurship and Innovation Supply Chain Management Sustai
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Pakistan 8, United Kingdom 2, South Korea 1, Malaysia 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting8.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Employee Performance and ManagementSocial Sciences5.7%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Corporate Governance and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 83 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 5 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
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 | Yes | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 6
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC 4.0 Model summary
open access journals licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 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
- Publisher
- The Islamia University of Bahwalpur
- Country or region
- Pakistan
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2710-5318
- Electronic ISSN
- 2710-5164
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies
How long does peer review take at South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies?
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 South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 6; Reference style: APA. 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 South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Pakistan (8), United Kingdom (2) and South Korea (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies open access, and what is the APC?
South Asian Review of Business and Administrative Studies 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .