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World Economy

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0378-5920eISSN1467-9701

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

410

days submission → published

measured · last 17 articles · accept 328d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

H-Indexi

128

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.256

Total Worksi

5,060

Total Citationsi

99,660

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business, Finance; Economics; International Relations; Finance; Political Science and International Relations; Accounting; Economics and Econometrics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency10 Issues A Year, 2000-

StatusActive

Total Publications5,060

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0378-5920 / 1467-9701

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

177

2.9k

2019

213

2020

165

2.3k

2021

154

2.1k

2022

179

1.2k

2023

126

712

2024

149

186

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

FinanceQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

AccountingQ2

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceEconomicsInternational Relations

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics and EconometricsAccountingPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global trade and economicsGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesInternational Business and FDIInternational Development and AidFiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about World Economy

Is World Economy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Economy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of World Economy?

World Economy is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.21.

Is World Economy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Economy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of World Economy?