JABES in the internationalization: Maintaining Q1 in SCOPUS, continuing to improve quality, expanding and strengthening international links

17 Jan, 2025

In accordance with the general goal of the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), the Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies (JABES) defines its goal as becoming the leading academic journal in the field of economics, business, and management in Asia. JABES aims to publish and provide a high-quality knowledge platform, connect domestic and foreign researchers, promote innovation, transfer global knowledge, and create research of practical value to support sustainable development.

JABES is a journal that has been indexed in prestigious international journal databases

JABES, an international journal that operates according to strict standards, has been indexed in prestigious international databases. Notable databases that JABES have been officially indexed recently include ESCI of Web of Science (since June 2021), SCOPUS (since March 2022), and ABDC (ranked B, since March 2023).

After more than a year of being officially recognized as a member of SCOPUS, in May 2023, JABES was ranked in the highest percentile - Q1, for Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Building on the achievements in academic position and prestige, JABES continues to strive to improve quality and maintain its Q1 ranking in SCOPUS in two areas: (1) Economics, Econometrics and Finance; and (2) Business, Management and Accounting in 2024.

Source: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101089576.

Besides the current achievements, JABES always strives for higher challenges, aiming to continue to be indexed in other prestigious international journals. With efforts and continuous improvement in governance, operation, and quality improvement, in July 2024, JABES continues to be indexed in the ERIM Journals. ERIM is a collection of high-quality journals on management research, selected by the Erasmus Research Institute of Management of Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands). This index includes all management research journals, with scientific quality guaranteed to be managed by highly qualified Editorial Boards from prestigious universities in the world, ensuring a rigorous review process. In fact, Journals in the ERIM index must have high impact factor data.

The articles submitted to JABES are growing in both quantity and quality. Specifically, in 2024, in the Vietnamese version (JABES-V), there were 176 articles from 148 authors submitted to JABES. The number of articles approved for publication was 53 (acceptance rate was 30.11%). In the English version (JABES-E), there were more than 600 articles from 841 authors from 37 countries submitted to JABES (of which, the countries with the highest number of submissions were India, Indonesia, and Thailand). The number of articles accepted for publication was 22 (acceptance rate was 3.6%). JABES-E achieved more than 200,000 downloads and was cited more than 400 times in 2024.

Up to the current time, JABES has been indexed in EconLit, EBSCO, Cabell’s Directories, Discovery Service, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), ASEAN Citation Index (ACI), Google Scholar, WorldCat, Proquest, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC), SCOPUS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). etc. Being indexed in international indexes is clear evidence affirming the quality and international capacity of JABES.

JABES has made new strides in cooperation and organization of international conferences

In 2024, JABES aims to create deeper connections in quality and quantity between domestic and foreign researchers, promoting research towards sustainable development.

Developing from the series of annual international conferences ACBES that have had many echoes, in August 2024, JABES (UEH) coordinated with two universities in Indonesia, Udayana University and Padjadjaran University, to organize the Joint Asian Conference on Business and Economic Studies (J-ACBES 2024). Of which, JABES is mainly responsible for building the program, inviting keynote speakers, calling for articles and handling the review process, as well as inviting prestigious international sponsors.

J-ACBES 2024 is an international conference affiliated with three prestigious conferences: (1) the 6th Asian Conference on Business and Economics Studies (ACBES) hosted by JABES (UEH), (2) the 8th Global Advanced Research Conference on Management and Business Studies (GARCOMBS) hosted by Padjadjaran University, and (3) the 2nd International Conference on Economics and Business Udayana University (ICONICS) hosted by Udayana University.

J-ACBES 2024 is sponsored by 4 prestigious international journals, including: Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies (SCOPUS Q1, ABDC: B, ESCI, ERIM), International Finance (SCOPUS Q2, ABDC: B, SSCI), Evaluation Review (SCOPUS Q2, ABDC: A, SSCI), Journal of Economics and Development (SCOPUS Q2, ACI) and the acceptance of 5 speakers who are leading researchers and Editors-in-Chief in the fields of economics, business, and management from 4 countries (USA, Australia, UK, and Germany).

J-ACBES 2024 attracted 417 submissions, of which the proportion of international scholars accounted for 63%. Through the review and selection process, 264 papers were accepted for presentation at the Conference (acceptance rate was 63%). At J-ACBES 2024, there are more than 350 researchers from more than 36 countries; 56 researchers from 16 universities of 13 countries participating in supporting roles as chair sessions; and more than 100 students from Udayana University supporting roles as coordinators, receptionists and service staff.

The success of J-ACBES 2024 has contributed to strengthening and expanding international cooperation for UEH, making ACBES a prestigious annual international conference series with impressive new features: ACBES 2021 - UEH's first international conference organized entirely online in the context of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ACBES 2022 - UEH's first international conference organized in a hybrid format in the new normal conditions after the COVID-19 pandemic; ACBES 2023 - International conference combined with introducing traditional cultural experiences on cruise ships; J-ACBES 2024 - UEH's first international conference held outside of Vietnam in the context of internationalizing research and teaching activities following the general trend of the world in general and UEH in particular.

J-ACBES 2024 International Conference

In 2024, JABES continued to maintain the JABES Seminar Talks series by inviting famous professors directly to UEH for academic exchanges, creating more opportunities for UEH lecturers and PhD candidates to access and to record the experts’ contributions. In particular, JABES Seminar Talks September 2024 from Prof. Michelle Greenwood from Monash University (Australia) and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Business Ethics (FT50) with the topic “Publishing with integrity: Navigating international expectations while maintaining local norms”; JABES Seminar Talks October 2024: Sharing research results and experiences in publishing scientific research from two professors from the City University of New York (USA), Prof. Nadia Doytch and Prof. Bryan S. Weber with the topics of “Resource Abundance, Environmental Regulation, and Sectoral FDI”, and “Getting Articles Accepted: Using New Techniques”, respectively.

JABES Seminar Talks October 2024

JABES's future directions

Building on existing achievements, in the upcoming time, JABES will continue to maintain and comply with strict standards in processing and reviewing articles; expanding the network of authors to create more opportunities to select quality articles; inviting more prestigious international experts to join the Editorial Board; continuing to successfully organize the ACBES 2025 International Conference; enhancing international exchanges and cooperation, learning from experiences to sustainably maintain the high rankings achieved in SCOPUS, ABDC and in other prestigious international indexes like SSCI, CABS etc., continuously enhancing the academic reputation of JABES in particular and of UEH in general in the international academic community.

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