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Journal of World Trade

Kluwer Law International · Netherlands · Est. 1967

ISSN2210-2795

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.524

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.81

Total Worksi

3,203

Total Citationsi

22,067

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

High quality collection of peer-reviewed law journals on international legal matters in many different practice areas, written by experts from around the world

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,203

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Kluwer Law International

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2210-2795

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

336

2019

355

2020

239

2021

208

2022

104

2023

2024

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

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

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 LawEU Law and Policy AnalysisInternational Development and AidLaw, logistics, and international tradeGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesTaxation and Legal IssuesGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactIntellectual Property and Patents

Frequently asked questions about Journal of World Trade

Is Journal of World Trade a predatory journal?

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

Journal of World Trade 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 0.79.

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

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

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