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Foreign Trade Review
ISSN 0015-7325 · eISSN 0971-7625 · SAGE
Foreign Trade Review: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Foreign Trade Review is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global trade and economics, Global Financial Crisis and Policies and Indian Economic and Social Development, together about 54.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
- Indian Economic and Social DevelopmentEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
- Global Trade and CompetitivenessBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences5.3%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Agricultural Economics and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
- World Trade Organization LawSocial Sciences3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 111OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,691 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 23 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 33 | 11 | 72 |
| 2023 | 31 | 11 | 203 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3 | 156 |
| 2021 | 32 | 6 | 285 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0015-7325
- Electronic ISSN
- 0971-7625
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Foreign Trade Review
What CAS zone is Foreign Trade Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Foreign Trade Review is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business / Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Foreign Trade Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Foreign Trade Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Foreign Trade Review open access, and what is the APC?
Foreign Trade Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .