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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #504Top JournalHybrid

Business Strategy and the Environment

Identifier (ISSN):0964-4733(Print)/1099-0836(Online)
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Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
13.2↓ -0.1
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q1
WoS SCIETop Tier
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2022–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Business Strategy and the Environment

WoS Q1
711141810.8202213.4202312.5202413.3202513.22026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):13.2
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
3.678
#504

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
199

199 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate13.6%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
245articles/year
50.61% Gold OA•96.67% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE) is the leading academic journal in its field with peer-reviewed contributions of a high quality. It seeks to provide original contributions that add to the understanding of business responses to improving environmental performance. It seeks to examine links between competitive strategy and environmental management as well as providing results of research into systems and standards, corporate environmental management tools, organisations and management, particular industry sectors and responses of business to contemporary environmental issues. It examines the role of regulation and policy in the business sector and encourages cross-country analysis. Contributions are encouraged which extend the scope of activity from environmental management to sustainable development in business. The journal should be of interest to a broad interdisciplinary audience including academics, practitioners, business managers and consultants.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
BusinessEconomicsBiologyEcologyPolitical ScienceLawMarketingComputer ScienceEngineeringManagementPhilosophyMathematicsGeographySociology
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSSCI2026

BUSINESS

Q1
Rank7/323
IndexSSCI
JCRSSCI2026

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Q1
Rank6/202
IndexSSCI
JCRSSCI2026

MANAGEMENT

Q1
Rank8/426
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

BUSINESS

Q1
Rank6/324
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Q1
Rank4/202
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

MANAGEMENT

Q1
Rank8/426
IndexSSCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF13.2
Articles / Year1,099
Total Citations807
2025
IF13.3
Articles / Year774
Total Citations6,980
2024
IF12.5
Articles / Year462
Total Citations12,377
2023
IF13.4
Articles / Year331
Total Citations15,441
2022
IF10.801
Articles / Year385
Total Citations30,706

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #504Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1992-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Business, Management and AccountingEnvironmental ScienceSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
3.678

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
19.04

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$4,129 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations22,051
3-Year Documents1,038
Citable Documents1,030

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)11

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate38.3%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Business and International ManagementQ1
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1
Strategy and ManagementQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 13.6%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Management
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区BUSINESS
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment (ISSN: 0964-4733) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Multiple, published by Wiley-Blackwell in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 13.2, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 3.678 (Q1), an H-index of 199.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 245 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $4,129 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-09-28