Indexing Strategy

Finance, Accounting and Business Analysis (FABA) applies a structured and progressive indexing strategy aimed at enhancing international visibility, citation impact, and inclusion in leading global citation databases.

The journal’s indexing development follows a multi-stage model aligned with international publishing standards and quality benchmarks.

Strategic Objectives

The journal’s indexing strategy is guided by the following objectives:

• increase international discoverability;
• strengthen citation performance;
• improve metadata interoperability;
• align with global publishing infrastructure standards;
• qualify for inclusion in major citation databases.

Phase I – Foundational Visibility

The first stage focuses on inclusion in reputable open-access and subject-relevant databases, including:

• DOAJ
• RePEc
• EconPapers
• ERIH PLUS
• BASE
• ROAD
• EBSCO regional collections

This phase ensures foundational visibility and metadata dissemination.

Phase II – Infrastructure and Citation Integration

The second stage strengthens technical and citation infrastructure through:

• Crossref DOI registration;
• reference linking;
• Crossmark integration;
• ORCID integration;
• OAI-PMH compatibility;
• PKP Preservation Network participation.

This stage supports citation tracking and long-term preservation.

Phase III – International Citation Databases

The journal strategically pursues inclusion in internationally recognized indexing systems, including:

• Scopus
• EconLit
• ProQuest ABI/INFORM
• Dimensions

Inclusion in these databases strengthens international credibility and citation exposure.

Phase IV – Web of Science Core Collection

The long-term objective is qualification for inclusion in:

• Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Web of Science Core Collection

This stage requires demonstrated:

• international authorship diversity;
• citation impact;
• editorial rigor;
• publishing consistency;
• ethical compliance;
• digital preservation stability.