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World Trade Review

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1474-7456eISSN1475-3138

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.183

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.086

Total Worksi

1,264

Total Citationsi

12,828

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

World Trade Review is a leading peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality academic research on all aspects of international trade and investment. It aims to provide a forum for rigorous analysis and debate on contemporary and historical issues in global economic governance, trade policy, and international business. The journal covers a wide range of topics, including trade liberalization, trade agreements, trade disputes, foreign direct investment, global value chains, and the political economy of trade.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Frequency4 Issues Per Year, 2008-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,264

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1474-7456 / 1475-3138

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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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?

Yes

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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

702

2019

350

2020

609

2021

297

2022

322

2023

163

2024

132

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.

Economics and EconometricsQ1

LawQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsInternational RelationsLaw

Scopus Categories

LawEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

World Trade Organization LawGlobal trade and economicsInternational Arbitration and Investment LawDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationLegal case studies and regulationsInternational Development and AidEducational Robotics and EngineeringGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactEU Law and Policy Analysis

Frequently asked questions about World Trade Review

Is World Trade Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Trade Review: 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 World Trade Review?

World Trade Review 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 1.29.

Is World Trade Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Trade Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.