Journal profile · BUSINESS
UCJC Business and Society Review
ISSN 1698-5117 · eISSN 2659-3270 · Universidad Camilo José Cela · Spain
UCJC Business and Society Review: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 16 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
UCJC Business and Society Review is published by Universidad Camilo José Cela 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 Organizational Management and Innovation, Business, Education, Mathematics Research and Regional Development and Innovation, together about 37.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
UCJC Business & Society Review (UCJC BSR - ISSN 2659-3270) (previamente bajo el nombre Universia Business Review) revisada por pares, publicada trimestralmente e incluida en los índices JCR (Journal Citation Report) y SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) está comprometida con la publicación de artículos de investigación tanto empírica como teórica que desde un enfoque interdisciplinar tengan un profundo impacto en la comprensión de las intersecciones entre los negocios, la economía y la sociedad. UCJC BSR invita a los académicos y a los profesionales de todos los ámbitos de las Ciencias Sociales a compartir sus reflexiones y perspectivas para resolver los problemas más relevantes y complejos de nuestras sociedades y economías como la Transformación Digital, Las Oleadas de Innovación Emprendedora, Cambio Climático, las Migraciones de la Fuerza de Trabajo o las Concetraciones Urbanas entre muchos otros.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Organizational Management and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting20.2%
- Business, Education, Mathematics ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting9.6%
- Regional Development and InnovationSocial Sciences7.8%
- Business, Innovation, and EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences6%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3%
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
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 37.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 82.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 80 words
- Keywords
- 5
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access Model summary
Esta revista proporciona un acceso abierto a su contenido, basado en el principio de que ofrecer al público un acceso libre a las investigaciones ayuda a un mayor intercambio global del conocimiento.
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
- Universidad Camilo José Cela
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1698-5117
- Electronic ISSN
- 2659-3270
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about UCJC Business and Society Review
What CAS zone is UCJC Business and Society Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, UCJC Business and Society Review 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 UCJC Business and Society Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 UCJC Business and Society Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 80 words; Keywords: 5; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Which databases index UCJC Business and Society Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, UCJC Business and Society Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is UCJC Business and Society Review open access, and what is the APC?
UCJC Business and Society Review is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .