Journal of Brand Management Impact Factor 2026: 5.34, Quartile

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At a glanceJournal of Brand Management is listed in SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024. Published by Palgrave Macmillan, it has 1,586 published works, cited 78,730 times (h-index 133). Its impact factor* of 5.34 ranks it 112 of 432 in Management. 56% of its recent research articles name a funder, most often National Natural Science Foundation of China. It has 1 retraction on record. Papers by ScholarsColab mentors and the researchers we track appear here as soon as they publish in it. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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Impact factor*5.34Rank 112 of 432 in Management IndexingSSCIScopusJCR 2024Confirm on the official lists before you submit Article fee (APC)US$3,390See if your author team can get a waiver Retractions1On record, with the reasons and years

01Impact factor

Impact factor of Journal of Brand Management (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)5.34calculated by ScholarsColab

Rank in category#112of 432 by citedness

APC (listed)US$3,390article charge

h-index133

Papers published1,586cited 78,730 times

The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Journal of Brand Management published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Managementrank 112 of 432 journals
Businessrank 94 of 325 journals

Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.

Quartile of Journal of Brand Management

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Journal of Brand Management is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

Article processing charge listed at about US$3,390.

Please check the final impact factor. The impact factor and APC on this page are calculated by ScholarsColab (updated 17 October 2026) and can differ from the official values. Confirm the current impact factor and charges on the journal’s website or in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports before you submit.

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02Retractions

Retractions and research integrity at Journal of Brand Management

Retractions, last 10 years11 in all years

Per 1,000 papers3.6of 277 papers in 10 years

Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):

Ethical Violations by Author1

Lack of IRB/IACUC Approval and/or Compliance1

Journal of Brand Management has 1 retracted paper on record, the latest in May 2022. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.

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03Funders

Who funds research published in Journal of Brand Management

Articles naming a funder56%of 78 recent articles

Funders named most often

National Natural Science Foundation of China5

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia3

University of Southern Denmark2

University of South Australia2

Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin2

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Based on up to 200 research articles this journal published in the last 24 months. Not every article lists its funders, so the share can be lower than the real one. Updated: 29 October 2026.

04Indexing

Indexing of Journal of Brand Management

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Not listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	✓ Listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	Not listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	Not listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

ISSN: 1350-231X
eISSN: 1479-1803
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan all its journals →
Subjects: Business, Management

From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).

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05How to submit

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06Reviewer comments

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07Same subject

Management journals with a similar impact factor*

The journals next to Journal of Brand Management when the 413 journals of Management in our data are ranked by impact factor*:

Rank	Journal	Impact factor*	Indexing	Open access
108	Journal of Organizational Change Management	5.37	SSCI	Subscription
109	R and D Management	5.36	SSCI	Subscription
110	European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology	5.36	SSCI	Subscription
111	Journal of Family Business Management	5.34	ESCI	Subscription
113	Organizational Psychology Review	5.26	SSCI	Subscription
114	The International Journal of Human Resource Management	5.24	SSCI	Subscription
115	Industrial and Commercial Training	5.18	ESCI	Subscription
116	Journal of Applied Psychology	5.12	SSCI	Subscription

*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.

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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 157,115 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated by ScholarsColab, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time is the median days from submission to acceptance (not every publisher publishes these dates). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.

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08Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the impact factor of Journal of Brand Management?

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Journal of Brand Management is 5.34: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 5.34 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of Journal of Brand Management?

The h-index of Journal of Brand Management is 133 (October 2026): 133 of its papers have each been cited at least 133 times. Its i10-index is 957.

What is the APC of Journal of Brand Management?

The listed article processing charge (APC) is about US$3,390 for Journal of Brand Management (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.

What is the quartile of Journal of Brand Management?

Is Journal of Brand Management indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Journal of Brand Management appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Journal of Brand Management an SCIE journal?

Journal of Brand Management is listed in SSCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Journal of Brand Management in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. Journal of Brand Management is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

Does Journal of Brand Management offer an APC waiver?

Journal of Brand Management follows the policy of Springer Nature: 100% waiver for low-income countries and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request at submission. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Has Journal of Brand Management retracted papers?

Yes. 1 retracted paper are on record for Journal of Brand Management, 1 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are ethical violations by author, lack of irb/iacuc approval and/or compliance. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.

Who funds research published in Journal of Brand Management?

56% of 78 recent research articles in Journal of Brand Management name a funder; the funders named most often are National Natural Science Foundation of China, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, University of Southern Denmark.