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Global Policy

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

ISSN1758-5899

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?

210

days submission → published

measured · last 14 articles · accept 147d

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.751

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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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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

154

3.7k

2019

127

2020

155

2.5k

2021

148

1.3k

2022

148

869

2023

182

865

2024

155

192

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.

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. 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 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.