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Global Policy

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1758-5899

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.751

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.106

Total Worksi

1,995

Total Citationsi

31,226

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: International Relations; Political Science; Law; Political Science and International Relations; Economics and Econometrics; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyThree Issue Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,995

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1758-5899

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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

154

3.8k

2019

127

2.1k

2020

155

2.6k

2021

148

1.3k

2022

148

936

2023

182

959

2024

155

267

2025

103

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.

LawQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Global and Planetary ChangeQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International RelationsPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

LawEconomics and EconometricsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawPolitical Science and International RelationsGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Development and AidGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyGlobal trade and economicsPeacebuilding and International SecurityEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesClimate Change Policy and EconomicsPolitical Conflict and GovernanceHuman Rights and Development

Frequently asked questions about Global Policy

Is Global Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Policy: 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 Global Policy?

Global Policy 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 2.28.

Is Global Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.