Journal profile · Multiple
Global Policy
ISSN 1758-5880 · eISSN 1758-5899 · Wiley-Blackwell
Global Policy: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.09; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,200; median 171 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 155 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Policy is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Development and Aid, International Relations and Foreign Policy and Global Peace and Security Dynamics, together about 32.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Global Policy is an innovative and interdisciplinary journal that will bring together world class academics and leading practitioners to analyse both public and private solutions to global problems and issues. Its focus is on understanding globally relevant risks and collective action problems; policy challenges that have global impact; and competing and converging discourses about global risks and policy responses. It will also include case studies of policy with clear lessons for other countries and regions; how policy responses, politics and institutions interrelate at the global level; and the conceptual, theoretical and methodological innovations needed to explain and develop policy in these areas. Global Policy will be invaluable to those working in economics, global politics, government, international law, international relations, international political economy, and many other disciplines that contribute to developing global policy. The journal is also designed to inform and engage senior policymakers, private and public corporations, non-governmental organisations, and international bodies. The overall objective is to stimulate deep policy learning, relevant for the academy and for governments and key non-governmental players. Global Policy's Editorial Board comprises a distinguished panel of academics who are supported by an Advisory Board and a Practitioners' Advisory Board of experts from around the world to ensure the focus remains on pressing and relevant global issues. It is based at the University of Durham.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences18.6%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences7%
- Global Peace and Security DynamicsSocial Sciences6.7%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Peacebuilding and International SecuritySocial Sciences5.2%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.8%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, RePEc
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 2.09LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2022
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 718OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 67.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 137LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 140Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 611,918Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,077 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 127 | 87 | 24 |
| 2025 | 155 | 128 | 304 |
| 2024 | 182 | 143 | 996 |
| 2023 | 148 | 125 | 961 |
| 2022 | 148 | 84 | 1,346 |
| 2021 | 155 | 87 | 2,659 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
171 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 244 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 35 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 205 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (302 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 146 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 41 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
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 4,200 / EUR 3,520 / GBP 2,780 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- commentaryResearch articles should be no more than 8,000 words in length including all references. The purpose of main articles is to analyse new research, reflect on the…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- perspectiveResearch articles should be no more than 8,000 words in length including all references. The purpose of main articles is to analyse new research, reflect on the…Length not stated
- policy analysis articlesPolicy Analysis articles should be no more than 5000-7000 words in length including all references.Length not stated
- practitioner commentariesPractitioner commentaries should be no more than 1,500 words in length.Length not stated
- research articleResearch articles should be no more than 8,000 words in length including all references. The purpose of main articles is to analyse new research, reflect on the…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- research articlesResearch articles should be no more than 8,000 words in length including all references.Length not stated
- responses to articlesResponses to articles should be no more than 1000 words in length.Length not stated
- reviewResearch articles should be no more than 8,000 words in length including all references. The purpose of main articles is to analyse new research, reflect on the…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- review essaysReview essays of single books should be no more than 500 words, while reviews covering more than one book may be up to 1,500 words in length.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints
- Data availability Data Sharing
Expects Data Sharing Policy. Model summary
Global Policy has adopted Wiley’s ‘Expects’ Data Sharing Policy. Where appropriate and reasonable, authors who are reporting on original data (including code, models, algorithms, methods, etc.) are expected to archive the data underpinning their paper in a public repository. We understand that it may not be appropriate for all researchers to archive their data in a public repository due to ethical…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Transfer Agreement
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. For authors signing the copyright transfer agreementIf the Open Access option is not select…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review model. Model summary
We follow a double-anonymized peer review model.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Wiley’s Preprints Policy
Participates in Wiley’s Refer & Transfer program. Model summary
Wiley believes journals should allow for the submission of manuscripts which have already been made available on such a server. Allowing submission does not, of course, guarantee that an article will be sent out for review; it simply reflects a belief that availability on a preprint server should not be a disqualifier for submission. For more information, please consult https://authorservices.wile…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1758-5880
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-5899
- Society / sponsor
- Durham University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 4 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Global Policy
What CAS zone is Global Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Global Policy is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Political Science / International Relations. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Global Policy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.09; CiteScore 4, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at Global Policy?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 171 days (interquartile range 111–244 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Global Policy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 7; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Global Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Policy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Global Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Global Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .