Journal metric profile

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 7.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 10.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 31/420 Recorded category rank

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 7.800, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 31 out of 420 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 19,526 total citations, 83 total articles, 83 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 10.900, which is 3.100 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 7.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.210.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 15.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year.

Journal identifiers and verification

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW is identified in this record by print ISSN 0017-8012 and electronic ISSN 0017-8012. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameHARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
Abbreviated journalHARVARD BUS REV
PublisherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION
Metric year2025
Overall rank895
ISSN0017-8012
eISSN0017-8012
Total cites19,526
Total articles83
Citable items83
Cited half-life15.1 years
Citing half-lifeNot available
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor7.800
5-Year Impact Factor10.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites7.800
Journal Citation Indicator0.210
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank31/420
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW is 7.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW?

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW?

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW is listed as being published by HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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