Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Global Strategy Journal
ISSN 2042-5791 · eISSN 2042-5805 · Wiley-Blackwell
Global Strategy Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.5; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,480; median 427 days to acceptance (43 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 6% (journal website); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Strategy Journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Business and FDI, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 55.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Global Strategy Journal is the leading journal for global strategic management research and a top tier scholarly journal in management. The domain of the journal is the study of the interaction between the global context of organizations and their strategies and strategic management. Global strategy and GSJ are about strategy in context; about the boundary and moderating influences of place in the array of nations on strategy and strategic management. By strategy we mean the analysis of decisions and actions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives and improve its success. By organizations we mean not only for-profit multinational enterprises, but also small-and-medium-sized firms as well as non-governmental organizations and supra-national entities. By global context we mean not only activities that take place in multiple countries or cross-national borders, but also activities in single countries that differentiate multinational and local organizations or that test or develop concepts in global strategy or management and comparisons of activities across countries and comparisons of organizations that originate in different countries. We welcome theoretical pieces that aim to extend current thinking and introduce new ideas, concepts, frameworks, models or relationships explaining global strategic management. We are open to extending any theoretical base, and welcome studies that establish links between strategic management and other disciplines (e.g., economics, political economy, history, law, psychology, sociology, geography, international relations, etc.) as long as the focus of the study is on global strategy and impact the general discipline of strategic management. We expect that the effects of the international context will be explicitly included in any conceptual modeling or analytical outcomes. We are open to any type of empirical studies (large-sample quantitative analyses, small number comparative studies, single case studies, simulations, etc.) that analyze any dimension of global strategy. We also seek studies that contribute to a better understanding of research methods in global strategy, as well as studies that clarify previous empirical findings and offer more solid understanding of empirical relationships of known theoretical mechanisms. Studies with data from one country are welcome as long as they analyze some global dimension of strategy, for example comparing the strategies of organizations from different nations operati
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editorial board by country: 7 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 61, Mainland China 7, Denmark 7, Italy 6, Netherlands 6 (164 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting25.4%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting15.8%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting14.4%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Business Strategy and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.8%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
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 ScienceINSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 4.5LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 13.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 13.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 325OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 64.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 16Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 198,891Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 535 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 18 | 12 |
| 2025 | 24 | 16 | 58 |
| 2024 | 22 | 15 | 115 |
| 2023 | 34 | 28 | 464 |
| 2022 | 50 | 30 | 1,456 |
| 2021 | 34 | 12 | 1,194 |
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
427 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 272 days – 580 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (43 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 462 days
- Sample
- 43 articles with submission and acceptance dates (55 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)
- 6%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 539 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 18 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 3,480 / EUR 2,900 / GBP 2,320 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Authorship
Funding sources must be listed in Acknowledgments Model summary
List all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section on your title page.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright & Licensing
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. You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access option under Creative Commons license Model summary
You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Model
No prior publication or simultaneous submission Model summary
In addition to anonymizing the text, please ensure document properties are also anonymized. Document Inspector helps you find and remove hidden data and personal information stored in the anonymized version of your manuscript. Here's how to use it: Open the Document Inspector: Go to File > Info > Check for Issues > Inspect Document; Inspect the Document: Select or clear the options to remove or sa…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving allowed under standard copyright agreement Model summary
Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.
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
- 2042-5791
- Electronic ISSN
- 2042-5805
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Global Strategy Journal
What CAS zone is Global Strategy Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Global Strategy Journal is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Business / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Global Strategy Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.5; CiteScore 13.4, h-index 84.
How long does peer review take at Global Strategy Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 43 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 427 days (interquartile range 272–580 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of Global Strategy Journal based?
Of the 164 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 7 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (61), Mainland China (7) and Denmark (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Global Strategy Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Strategy Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Global Strategy Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Global Strategy Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,480.
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: .