Business Strategy and the Environment

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.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	13.3
2024	12.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.609

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	511

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	17347

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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, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, 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.

• Beyond the business case for corporate sustainability

  Citation: 2519

  Authors: Thomas, Kai

• Eight types of product–service system: eight ways to sustainability? Experiences from SusProNet

  Citation: 1805

  Authors: Arnold

• Sustainable entrepreneurship and sustainability innovation: categories and interactions

  Citation: 1384

  Authors: Stefan, Marcus

• DOES IT PAY TO BE GREEN? AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMISSION REDUCTION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE

  Citation: 1274

  Authors: Stuart L., Gautam

• Stakeholders and environmental management practices: an institutional framework

  Citation: 937

  Authors: Magali, Michael W.

• Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: Towards a Unified Perspective for Creation of Sustainable Business Models

  Citation: 921

  Authors: Steve, Doroteya, Maria, Kirsten, Miying, Elisabete A., Claire Y.

• The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard – linking sustainability management to business strategy

  Citation: 817

  Authors: Frank, Tobias, Stefan, Marcus

• Do environmental, social, and governance activities improve corporate financial performance?

  Citation: 773

  Authors: Jun, Wataru, Michiyuki, Hidemichi, Shunsuke

• Circular Business Model Innovation: Inherent Uncertainties

  Citation: 721

  Authors: Marcus, Mats

• Green human resource management and the enablers of green organisational culture: Enhancing a firm's environmental performance for sustainable development

  Citation: 647

  Authors: Samuel, Nachiappan, Charbel J.C., Tao

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