Business History

Aims & Scope

Business History is an international journal concerned with the long-run evolution and contemporary operation of business systems and enterprises.

Its primary purpose is to make available the findings of advanced research, empirical and conceptual, into matters of global significance, such as corporate organization and growth, multinational enterprise, business efficiency, entrepreneurship, technological change, finance, marketing, human resource management, professionalization and business culture.

The journal has won a reputation for academic excellence and has a wide readership amongst management specialists, economists and other social scientists and economic, social, labour and business historians.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	1.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8340

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	327

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.683

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 Arts and Humanities and Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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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.

• The Treatment of History in Organisation Studies: Towards an ‘Historic Turn’?

  Citation: 318

  Authors: Peter, Michael

• The evolution of business continuity management: A historical review of practices and drivers

  Citation: 145

  Authors: Brahim

• Introduction: History in Organisation Studies

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Behlül, Alfred

• The ‘Divorce’ of ownership from control from 1900 onwards: Re-calibrating imagined global trends

  Citation: 129

  Authors: Leslie

• The birth of brand: 4000 years of branding

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Karl, Susan

• The strategic use of historical narratives: a theoretical framework

  Citation: 106

  Authors: William M., Diego M., Roy, Jochem, David

• The Neglected Intangible Asset: The Influence of the Trade Mark on the Rise of the Modern Corporation

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Mira

• Andrew Carnegie and the foundations of contemporary entrepreneurial philanthropy

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Charles, Mairi, Jillian, Eleanor

• The evolution of the pharmaceutical industry

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Franco, Luigi

• New business histories! Plurality in business history research methods

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Stephanie, Matthias, R. Daniel

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