About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Binus Business Review (BBR) provides an academic forum for lecturers, researchers, practitioners, and postgraduate students to publish empirical and multidisciplinary studies in the fields of business and management. The journal welcomes a wide range of research topics, including operations, corporate governance, marketing, and related areas. All empirical research methods—qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory, meta-analytic, and mixed methods—are equally encouraged and accepted

Peer Review Process

To maintain a high standard of publication quality, every manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes the following review process

1. Desk review:  Each submission is first assessed by the editorial team to ensure compliance with the journal’s formatting and writing guidelines.
   
   
2. Plagiarism Screening: Manuscripts that meet the initial requirements are subjected to a plagiarism check using Turnitin. The maximum acceptable similarity index is 15%.
   
   
3. Peer Review: Manuscripts that pass the plagiarism screening are evaluated by at least two independent reviewers through a double-blind peer review process. During this stage, the reviewers remain anonymous to the authors, and the authors are not informed of the reviewers’ identities. Reviewers may be members of the Editorial Board or external experts invited by the Editors.
   
   
4. Editorial Decision: Most submissions receive an editorial decision within 8 to 16 weeks from the date of submission.
   
   
5. Review Duration: Each reviewer is allocated a maximum of one month to complete their review before returning the manuscript to the Editor for further consideration.

Publication Frequency

Binus Business Review is an international journal published on a triannual basis, in March, July, and November

Open Access Policy

Binus Business Review provides immediate open access to all published content. This policy is founded on the principle that freely accessible research fosters a broader and more equitable global exchange of knowledge.

Publication Ethics

Binus Business Review (BBR) is an international, peer-reviewed journal. This statement outlines the ethical responsibilities of all parties involved in the publication process, including the authors, the Editor-in-Chief, members of the Editorial Board, peer reviewers, and the publisher (Bina Nusantara University). The journal’s ethical standards are guided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practices and the COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. For further information, please visit the COPE’s website.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication.

The publication of scholarly articles in Binus Business Review (BBR), a peer-reviewed journal, constitutes a significant contribution to the development of a coherent and respected body of knowledge. It reflects both the quality of the authors’ research and the integrity of the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed publications uphold the principles of academic rigor and ensure that research is conducted and disseminated in a responsible and transparent manner.

Accordingly, it is essential to establish and maintain clear ethical standards for all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, peer reviewers, the publisher, and the broader scholarly community.

As the publisher of BBR, BINUS University undertakes its responsibilities in managing all stages of the publishing process with the highest level of integrity and professionalism. The University is firmly committed to ensuring that advertising, reprints, sponsorships, or other commercial considerations exert no influence on editorial decisions. Furthermore, BINUS University and the BBR Editorial Board are dedicated to fostering transparent communication and cooperation with other journals and publishers whenever such collaboration serves the advancement of ethical scholarly practice.

Publication decisions
The Editor-in-Chief of BBR holds ultimate responsibility for determining which manuscripts submitted to the journal are suitable for publication. This decision is guided by the scholarly merit, originality, and significance of the work to the journal’s readership and research community. Editorial judgments are made in accordance with the policies established by the Editorial Board and within the bounds of applicable legal and ethical standards, including those pertaining to defamation, copyright, and plagiarism. In making publication decisions, editors may seek advice from members of the Editorial Board or from qualified reviewers to ensure fairness, objectivity, and academic integrity.

Fair play
Editors must evaluate all manuscripts based solely on their academic merit and intellectual content, without discrimination on the basis of the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political ideology.

Confidentiality
Editors and members of the editorial staff are required to maintain strict confidentiality regarding all manuscripts submitted to the journal. Information about a submission must not be disclosed to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial advisers, or the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Editors must not use unpublished materials or data contained in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the explicit written consent of the author(s). Editors should also refrain from considering manuscripts in which they have any potential conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the submission.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention
Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship and Contributorship
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Complaint & Appeals

This journal has a clearly defined procedure for handling complaints or appeals related to the journal, the editorial staff, the Editorial Board, or the publisher. Each complaint will be addressed with due diligence, and the concerned party will receive a clear explanation of the nature and outcome of the investigation. The scope of complaints includes, but is not limited to, matters involving editorial procedures, unethical citation practices, potential bias by editors or reviewers, and possible manipulation of the peer-review process. All complaints will be handled in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.

Discussions & Corrections

The journal welcomes post-publication discussions and corrections from readers regarding published articles. Readers who wish to submit comments, discussions, or correction requests may contact the Editor-in-Chief via email with a detailed explanation of their feedback. If the Editor-in-Chief deems the feedback valid and appropriate, the authors of the original article will be invited to respond. The exchange between readers and authors will be moderated and published as necessary to ensure transparency and academic integrity.

Advertising & Marketing Policy

Advertising Policy. Binus Business Review does not currently publish commercial advertisements or accept advertising revenue.

Marketing Policy. Any direct marketing activities conducted on behalf of the publisher or the journal, including the solicitation of manuscripts, must be appropriate, targeted, and unobtrusive. All information distributed about the journal or publisher must be accurate, transparent, and not misleading to readers, authors, or prospective contributors.

Journal Licensing Term

Journal Indexing and Abstracting

Binus Business Review has been covered by the following services:

1. SINTA (S2)
2. Google Scholar
3. Indonesia OneSearch
4. GARUDA
4. DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
5. Dimensions
6. ASEAN Citation Index
7. Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
8. WorldCat
9. ISJD Neo
10. Jisc

Archiving Policy

Our journal adopted the concept of LOCKSS and CLOCKSS archives, in which the softcopy of our journal will be sent to Garuda and Indonesia OneSearch

Article Processing Charge

Binus Business Review applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover the costs associated with the publication process. The APC is IDR 2,000,000 per accepted manuscript. Upon payment, the corresponding author will receive a complimentary printed copy of the journal issue in which the article appears.

Payment Information:

• Bank Name: Bank Central Asia, cabang Bina Nusantara
• Account Name: Univ Bina Nusantara
• Account No: 5271706678

Authors are requested to send proof of payment (wire transfer receipt) via email to epangputri@binus.edu or bbr@binus.edu

The APC covers the costs associated with the editorial and peer review processes, DOI registration, professional article production in both digital and print formats, and the dissemination of published works. There are no submission fees, and no charges apply to rejected manuscripts.

The APC is waived for first authors affiliated with institutions outside Indonesia (international authors) and for faculty members of Bina Nusantara University. The APC is non-refundable for articles withdrawn after acceptance or retracted due to research or publication misconduct. All publication fee policies are designed to ensure transparency, fairness, and adherence to open-access publishing standards

Sponsors

Binus Business School and Faculty of Economic and Communication with Forum Manajemen Indonesia

• Bina Nusantara University
• Forum Manajemen Indonesia
  
  

Journal History

Binus Business Review History

Binus Business Review (BBR) was established in 2010 as a scholarly journal published by Bina Nusantara University. Initially, the journal served as an internal publication platform for the University's academic community, enabling lecturers to disseminate their research findings. Over the years, BBR has evolved into an internationally oriented, peer-reviewed journal through continuous improvements in publication quality, editorial policies, internationalization, and indexing.

2010
Binus Business Review was launched as a biannual journal, publishing two issues annually in May and November. The inaugural issue, published in May 2010, contained 24 articles, followed by the second issue in November 2010 with 28 articles.

2011
The journal maintained its biannual publication schedule. The May 2011 issue published 55 articles, while the November issue included 43 articles, reflecting increasing research contributions from the University's academic community.

2012
BBR continued its biannual publication frequency, publishing 53 articles in the May issue and 35 articles in the November issue.

2013
The journal maintained its established publication schedule, featuring 50 articles in the May issue and 30 articles in the November issue.

2014
Binus Business Review continued publishing two issues per year, with 40 articles appearing in the May issue and 22 articles in the November issue.

2015

A significant milestone was achieved when Binus Business Review expanded beyond an internal institutional publication to become a national scholarly journal. During this year, the journal published its first article authored by an international researcher, marking the beginning of its internationalization efforts.

To accommodate the growing number of submissions, BBR increased its publication frequency from two to three issues per year, published in May, August, and November, with each issue containing 15 articles.

In the same year, the journal was successfully indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), ResearchBib (Academic Resource Index), and Google Scholar, enhancing its visibility and accessibility within the global scholarly community.

2016
Binus Business Review initiated its transformation toward becoming an international scholarly journal by strengthening its editorial standards and actively recruiting international editors, reviewers, and authors. Beginning in 2016, the journal accepted English-language manuscripts exclusively, reinforcing its commitment to international academic communication

2017

The journal was submitted for evaluation to the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia (RistekDIKTI) for national accreditation.

During the same year, BBR was also indexed in Microsoft Academic, the ASEAN Citation Index (ACI), and Neliti, further expanding its academic visibility and discoverability

2018
Binus Business Review was awarded SINTA 2 accreditation by RistekDIKTI, recognizing the journal's quality, editorial standards, and contribution to scholarly publishing in Indonesia.

2019
To improve manuscript quality and editorial consistency, BBR introduced comprehensive and detailed Author Guidelines. These guidelines standardized manuscript preparation, submission procedures, ethical requirements, and reporting standards, thereby enhancing the quality and consistency of submitted manuscripts.

2021
The journal refined its Aims and Scope to strengthen its identity as a specialized journal in business and management research. Since 2021, BBR has focused on publishing high-quality research in areas including, but not limited to, management, accounting, finance, economics, entrepreneurship, marketing, operations management, information systems, corporate governance, business strategy, and related interdisciplinary fields. The revised scope has been applied to all manuscripts submitted from 2021 onward.