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Journal of International Business Policy

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2018

ISSN2522-0691eISSN2522-0705

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.547

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.621

Total Worksi

238

Total Citationsi

9,725

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Business and International Management; Management of Technology and Innovation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications238

Publisher OrgPalgrave Macmillan

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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?

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2522-0691 / 2522-0705

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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

1.2k

2019

2020

2.1k

2021

340

2022

720

2023

409

2024

247

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.

Business and International ManagementQ1

Management of Technology and InnovationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Business and FDIGlobal trade and economicsGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactInternational Development and AidInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesCorporate Finance and GovernanceSustainable Supply Chain ManagementState Capitalism and Financial GovernanceInnovation and Knowledge Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of International Business Policy

Is Journal of International Business Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of International Business 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 Journal of International Business Policy?

Journal of International Business 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 7.27.

Is Journal of International Business Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of International Business Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of International Business Policy?