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Journal of World Business

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1800

ISSN1090-9516eISSN1878-5573

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

3.353

H-Indexi

188

SNIPi

2.888

Total Worksi

1,570

Total Citationsi

138,476

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Business and International Management; Finance; Marketing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1800

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,570

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-9516 / 1878-5573

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

3.8k

2019

3.9k

2020

3.4k

2021

2.8k

2022

1.1k

2023

458

2024

203

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.

Business and International ManagementQ1

FinanceQ1

MarketingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

FinanceBusiness and International ManagementMarketing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Business and FDICorporate Finance and GovernanceInnovation and Knowledge ManagementFamily Business Performance and SuccessionInternational Student and Expatriate ChallengesHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesGlobal trade and economicsEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Journal of World Business

Is Journal of World Business a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Journal of World Business?

Journal of World Business 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 4.27.

Is Journal of World Business indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of World Business is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of World Business?