The 2025 Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) ABDC Journal Quality List and its accompanying Report are now available on the ABDC website.

The ABDC gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the Steering Committee and subject matter panels who oversaw the 2025 Journal Quality List (JQL) review.

The utilisation of peer assessment in addition to established, international journal metrics to identify quality outlets for the publication of business research sets the ABDC JQL apart. The ABDC thanks the academics across business and related disciplines who volunteered their time to contribute to the 2025 review.

The 2025 review represents a full evaluation of the ABDC JQL, the first since 2019. The scope of this review extends beyond adjustments to journal rankings to include the addition and removal of titles, making it a comprehensive assessment. Expert panels, each aligned with the relevant FoRs, were convened to:

• Revise the rankings of currently listed journals;
• Include new, relevant, refereed journals, including those in business education, interdisciplinary domains, and practitioner-focused outlets;
• Exclude non-relevant or low-quality journals;
• Remove likely predatory or overly aggressive journals;
• Amend FoR classifications for listed journals;
• Update journal details such as titles and publishers where applicable.

The 2025 review builds on previous reviews, with incremental changes made to the list:

• 120 titles are newly introduced
• 149 titles are removed
• 111 titles are upgraded
• 27 titles are downgraded
• 19 titles are reallocated to a better fitting FoR code

All journals on the List must meet the substantive business element test and fall within relevant Australia and New Zealand Fields of Research (FoR) codes.