High-quality publications are a key measure of the visibility and impact of our research. The Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences places great emphasis on publications in internationally renowned, peer-reviewed journals. Our researchers regularly publish in high-impact journals, thereby underscoring our international competitiveness as well as our commitment to academic excellence and “high-impact research.”
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This page provides an overview of key aspects of scholarly publishing at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. This includes information on recognized top-tier journals and conferences, the Hohenheim Discussion Papers, open access options, and guidance on how to safely handle unscrupulous publication offers.
The faculty’s “Top Publication Media List” includes the A* and A journals on the ABDC Journal Quality List, the A* and A conferences from the ICORE conference rankings, the “Science” journal family published by the AAAS (titles beginning with “Science”), and the portfolio of “Nature” journals published by Springer Nature. No other rankings are included. However, at the request of professors, the “Top Publication Media List” may be selectively updated by the Faculty Executive Board to add, remove, or reevaluate individual publication media.
Faculty members can find further information in an internal faculty folder on the ILIAS platform.
Since 2015, the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences has been publishing its own series, the “Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics, and Social Sciences.”
Through this series, scholars in the fields of business and social sciences have the opportunity to make their latest research findings accessible to a broader academic audience and to foster scholarly exchange.
Go to the Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Open Access refers to unrestricted, free access to scholarly publications on the Internet. Interested parties may read, download, copy, distribute, print, and cite the full texts without financial, legal, or technical barriers. Excerpts and summaries may be created and distributed digitally, provided that the authorship is appropriately acknowledged. The authors retain the copyright to their contributions.
“Predatory journals” refer to a fraudulent business model in the field of scholarly publishing. Certain open-access publishers pose as reputable academic journals and charge authors high publication fees.
Unlike established journals, however, these lack reliable quality assurance: manuscripts are rarely or never reviewed (no peer review) and receive no editorial oversight. For authors, this can lead to a loss of academic credibility.
