BRQ Business Research Quarterly

Aims & Scope

Business Research Quarterly (BRQ) is the official journal of ACEDE (Spanish Academy of Management).

Born in 1998 as Cuadernos de Economía y Dirección de la Empresa (CEDE), it soon became the leading management publication in Spanish thanks to its strong academic reputation.

The journal was indexed in the SCCI in 2008, and it has been published in English under the new title since 2014.

Business Research Quarterly (BRQ) is a pear reviewed, Open Access journal which provides widespread coverage of high quality research in a broad range of topics such as human resource management, organization theory, strategic management, corporate governance, managerial economics, marketing, finance, accounting and operations management.

It is therefore a multidisciplinary journal inspired by diversity and open to methodological plurality.

The journal’s main concern is that articles have strong theoretical foundations, meet the highest analytical standards, and provide new insights that contribute to the better understanding of managerial phenomena.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.4

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2415

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	428

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.490

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Social responsibility and financial performance: The role of good corporate governance

  Citation: 242

  Authors: Mercedes

• Relationship between corporate social responsibility and competitive performance in Spanish SMEs: Empirical evidence from a stakeholders’ perspective

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Jesús, Manuel, Isabel, Domingo

• Growth and structure of authorship and co-authorship network in the strategic management realm: Evidence from the Strategic Management Journal

  Citation: 158

  Authors: Mehmet Ali

• How different formal institutions affect opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Lucio, Consuelo, Juan P., Javier

• Does gender diversity on corporate boards reduce information asymmetry in equity markets?

  Citation: 143

  Authors: David, María Encarnación, Antonio, José

• HR disruption—Time already to reinvent talent management

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Lisbeth

• Investigating the relationship between corporate social responsibility and earnings management: Evidence from Spain

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Ester, Mercedes, Joaquín

• Global value chain configuration: A review and research agenda

  Citation: 119

  Authors: Virginia, Torben

• The impact of educational levels on formal and informal entrepreneurship

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Alfredo, Carmen, María Josefa, Jerónimo, Juan Alfredo

• Formal institutions and opportunity entrepreneurship. The contingent role of informal institutions

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Lucio, Consuelo, Juan P.

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