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World Tax Journal

International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) · Netherlands · Est. 2009

ISSN2352-9237

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.943

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

268

Total Citationsi

2,733

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business, Finance; Law; Accounting; Economics and Econometrics; Finance.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications268

Publisher OrgIBFD

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-9237

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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?

N/A

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

295

2019

189

2020

197

2021

152

2022

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

AccountingQ2

Economics and EconometricsQ2

FinanceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceLaw

Scopus Categories

LawFinanceEconomics and EconometricsAccounting

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corporate Taxation and AvoidanceTaxation and Legal IssuesTaxation and Compliance StudiesEU Law and Policy AnalysisCorporate Governance and LawEconomic and Fiscal StudiesLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthInternational Arbitration and Investment LawEuropean and International Law Studies

Frequently asked questions about World Tax Journal

Is World Tax Journal a predatory journal?

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

World Tax Journal 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 0.92.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of World Tax Journal?