Aims and Scope of the Journal

The International Journal of Business and Management (IJBM) (ISSN Online: 2815-9330) is a fully open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal published online from New Zealand. We adhere to the highest scientific standards and follow a rigorous peer-review process. We welcome submissions from across the social sciences, economics, and humanities disciplines. IJBM aims to publish rigorous theoretical, methodological, or empirical research associated with the key areas of interest include, but are not limited to, business strategy and policy, entrepreneurship and innovation, finance and accounting, marketing and consumer behaviour, corporate governance and business ethics, operations and supply chain management, green finance and sustainable business, digital business and financial technologies (FinTech), human resources management, organisational studies, tourism, economics, international business, hotel and tourism, banking, financial engineering, international relations, IT management, media management, rural management, and agricultural business management. The journal aims to attract original knowledge based on academic rigour and of relevance for academics, researchers, professionals, and/or public decision-makers.

IJBM is published through OJS system and supported by International Emerging Scholars Society (IESS), New Zealand. We are CrossRef. IJBM assigns DOIs to all published articles, ensuring persistent links and citability.


Abstract & Indexing:

  • Google Scholar
  • Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (ProQuest) - USA
  • National Library of New Zealand
  • Harvard Library 
  • UC Santa Barbara Library
  • Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI)
  • ICI Journals Master list (Poland) - 2022
  • Core UK
  • BASE - Germany
  • Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
  • Library Catalog - University of Regensburg, Germany
  • Journal Database (ZDB), Germany
  • J-gate India
  • Lens Australia
  • WorldCat
  • DORA
  • Scilit - Switzerland
  • ORCID
  • Academic Resource Index (Research Bib)
  • Internet Archive
  • OpenAIRE
  • Directory of Research Journals Indexing
  • EuroPub Database
  • Refseek
  • Eurasian Scientific Journal Index (ESJI)
  • Scientific Indexing Services (SIS)
  • Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Asian Science Citation Index (ASCI database)

The journal is actively working towards inclusion in other prestigious databases like Scopus and Web of Science.

Want to join IJBM

If you are interested to join as a editorial board member, please email your expression of interest and a recent CV at Arslan@iessociety.org

Special issue or Conference Proceedings

If you are suggesting a special issue or conference proceedings, please email your suggestions at Arslan@iessociety.org