SciSight Ecosystem
WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #905CAS 1区Top JournalHybrid

Small Business Economics

Country: Netherlands•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 2.618•SCImago Rank: #905•Identifier (ISSN):0921-898X(Print)/1573-0913(Online)•Articles / Year: 219•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $4,000 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
5.9
↑ +1.1

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
196

196 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate10.8%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
219articles/year
61.23% Gold OA•96.06% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

3.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.9)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20263.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.9)
🔵 Computed
20252.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.8)
🔵 Computed
20243.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.5)
🔵 Computed
20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.4)
🔵 Computed
20223.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 7.096)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal (SBEJ) publishes original, rigorous theoretical and empirical research addressing all aspects of entrepreneurship and small business economics, with a special emphasis on the economic and societal relevance of research findings for scholars, practitioners and policy makers. SBEJ covers a broad scope of topics, ranging from the core themes of the entrepreneurial process and new venture creation to other topics like self-employment, family firms, small and medium-sized enterprises, innovative start-ups, and entrepreneurial finance. SBEJ welcomes scientific studies at different levels of analysis, including individuals (e.g. entrepreneurs' characteristics and occupational choice), firms (e.g., firms’ life courses and performance, innovation, and global issues like digitization), macro level (e.g., institutions and public policies within local, regional, national and international contexts), as well as cross-level dynamics. As a leading entrepreneurship journal, SBEJ welcomes cross-disciplinary research. Officially cited as: Small Bus Econ

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Business99.7%Economics99.6%Finance98.5%Political science98.5%Law98.5%Entrepreneurship96.1%Computer science33.3%Geography32.4%Industrial organization31.7%Mathematics31%Marketing29.1%Philosophy24.4%Sociology22%Biology21.3%Physics20.5%Macroeconomics20.4%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #905Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1989-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Business, Management and AccountingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
2.618

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

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
196

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
8.58

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$4,000 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations4,663
3-Year Documents467
Citable Documents461

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

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)24

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate33.6%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

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

Scopus Subject Categories

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1
Economics and EconometricsQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Economics
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2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

Publishing & Editorial Information

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

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Language
English
Frequency
8 issues per year
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
BUSINESS
JCRSSCI
75/323Q1
ECONOMICS
JCRSSCI
40/626Q1
MANAGEMENT
JCRSSCI
89/426Q1
BUSINESS
JCISSCI
66/324Q1
ECONOMICS
JCISSCI
85/627Q1
MANAGEMENT
JCISSCI
95/426Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—12067
20254.8163754
20246.51301,454
20236.41433,208
20227.0961333,983
2021—1416,862
2020—1397,732
2019—16412,471
2018—14912,943
2017—15114,896
2016—12010,436
2015—725,933
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Small Business Economics

WoS Q1
357920222023202420254.80
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:4.8

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 10.8%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

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

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 2560bf19-be52-455b-826f-bec797cb19f0
Database Updated: 2026-10-01