Journal profile · BUSINESS
Journal of Global Fashion Marketing
ISSN 2093-2685 · eISSN 2325-4483 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Global Fashion Marketing: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.1 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 194 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Global Fashion Marketing is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Consumer Retail Behavior Studies and Digital Marketing and Social Media, together about 52.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Marketing. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Global Fashion Marketing is a quarterly journal that publishes peer-reviewed conceptual and empirical papers and business cases of original works that significantly contribute to the overall advancement of marketing theory, research, and practice in fashion, design, and culture. The JGFM vision: JGFM endeavors to be a “global bridge” connecting marketing scholars and practitioners in fashion, design, and culture throughout the world. We publish high-quality scholarly articles on marketing written by contributors representing the leading academic authors. As we state on the cover of every issue, our positioning statement, our value added to the marketing scholar readership, is truly to “Bridge Fashion and Marketing JGFM aims to: Monitor and analyze global fashion marketing trends. Generate and integrate new ideas and theories related to fashion, luxury, and culture marketing theory and practice. Apply new research methods and techniques in fashion, luxury, and culture marketing. Explore and disseminate cutting edge fashion marketing practices. JGFM welcomes manuscripts that provide fresh, innovative insight to any topic in the field of fashion, luxury, and culture marketing. Both conceptual and empirical works are valued, so long as the manuscript addresses substantive issues in marketing. Topics published by JGFM include (but are not limited to): Fashion Marketing Theory and Practices, Fashion Marketing Research Methodology, Fashion Marketing Cases, Luxury Marketing, Culture and Design Marketing, Fashion Consumer Behavior, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Retailing and Distribution, Fashion Marketing Communications, Fashion Business Marketing, Fashion Marketing Trends and Industry Analysis, Fashion Forecasting System, Fashion Market Segmentation, Fashion Product Innovation, Fashion Brand Management, Global pricing issues, Fashion Social Media Marketing, Service Management in the Fashion Industry, Corporate Social Responsibility Issues, Future Directions in the Fashion Industry, Fashion Industry and Policy Issues, Legal Issues of Fashion Industry, Sportswear Marketing and Sponsorship, Global and Interdisciplinary Research Issues The Journal of Global Fashion Marketing (JGFM) is abstracted and indexed in ESCI, SCOPUS, ABDC Journal of Quality list 2019, Cabell’s Directories, EBSCOhost (E-Journals), Google h-5 index and Korea Citation Index (KCI). Peer Review Integrity All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. Manus
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Editor-in-chief Eunju KoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 11%); most named United States 6, South Korea 4, Italy 3, Mainland China 2, Australia 2 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting27.3%
- Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting14.3%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences11%
- Fashion and Cultural TextilesArts and Humanities9.6%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
- Customer Service Quality and LoyaltyBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Media, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Sciences3.4%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences2.6%
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, ABDC Journal of Quality list 2019, Cabell’s Directories, EBSCOhost (E-Journals), Google h-5 index, Korea Citation Index (KCI), ABDC Journal Quality List 2022, Cabell's Directories, Google Scholar h5-index, the Korea Citation Index (KCI), ESCP Europe Journal Quality ListPublisher website
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 (publisher) 2025
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 11.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.43Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.35LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.35Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 266OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 151,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 429 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 24 | 3 | 78 |
| 2024 | 21 | 8 | 289 |
| 2023 | 35 | 8 | 816 |
| 2022 | 35 | 5 | 973 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4 | 553 |
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
194 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 151 days – 272 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (49 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 239 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (53 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)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 52 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
Member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Model summary
The Journal of Global Fashion Marketing is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Journal of Global Fashion Marketing is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discove…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review; online submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Manuscripts may be submitted to CrossCheck during peer review or production. Model summary
Authors submitting to a Taylor & Francis journal should be aware that their manuscripts may be submitted to CrossCheck at any point during the peer review or production processes.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2093-2685
- Electronic ISSN
- 2325-4483
- Society / sponsor
- Korean Scholars of Marketing Science
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Global Fashion Marketing
What CAS zone is Journal of Global Fashion Marketing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Global Fashion Marketing is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Global Fashion Marketing?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 6.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 11.5, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Global Fashion Marketing?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 194 days (interquartile range 151–272 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8%. 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Global Fashion Marketing in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Management.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Global Fashion Marketing based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), South Korea (4) and Italy (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Global Fashion Marketing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Global Fashion Marketing is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Global Fashion Marketing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Global Fashion Marketing is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .