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Journal of International Business Studies
Journal of International Business Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 17.6), ABDC A*, ABS / AJG 4*, WoS SSCI, FT50, UT Dallas 24. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer International Publishing.
ONOS · SubscriptionOne Nation One Subscription — full-text access
This journal is part of the ONOS national subscription — readers at an ONOS-subscribed Indian institution get full-text access to its articles at no cost.
Access depends on your institution’s ONOS participation; the subscribed title list is subject to revision.
Is Journal of International Business Studies indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1975–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 17.6.
What quartile is Journal of International Business Studies in Scopus?
Journal of International Business Studies is Q1 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 1 of 286), Q1 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 15 of 755) and Q1 in Business, Management and Accounting (all) (rank 6 of 235), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Journal of International Business Studies?
Journal of International Business Studies is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 17.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 4.454, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 254.
How much does it cost to publish in Journal of International Business Studies?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,790 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Journal of International Business Studies and what is its ISSN?
Journal of International Business Studies is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0047-2506 and its online ISSN is 1478-6990.
Is Journal of International Business Studies covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Journal of International Business Studies in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of Journal of International Business Studies?
It is rated A* in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Journal of International Business Studies?
It is graded 4* in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the International Business and Area Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Journal of International Business Studies open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Journal of International Business Studies? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of International Business Studies has an h-index of 346 and a 2-year mean of 8.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 17.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #1 of 268 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (all).
346
h-index
8.63
2-yr mean citations
2,410
i10-index
3,334
works indexed
505,029
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$4,790
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2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#1 of 268Top 1%Social Sciences (all)
#23 of 744Top 4%Economics and Econometrics
#6 of 221Top 3%Business, Management and Accounting (all)
Papers published per year
Journal of International Business Studies published 70 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 101. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
International Business and FDICorporate Finance and GovernanceInnovation and Knowledge ManagementGlobal trade and economics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Journal of International Business Studies? — latest 97 articles, 2025–2026
In its latest 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (31.2%), China (12.2%) and United Kingdom (11.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Journal of International Business Studies? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papersNone recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags1 · 0.3 per 1,000 papers — mostly hijacked journal
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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