Journal profile · BUSINESS
Journal of International Business Policy
ISSN 2522-0691 · eISSN 2522-0705 · Springer Nature
Journal of International Business Policy: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 312 days to acceptance (33 articles, last 24 months); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of International Business Policy is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 2 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, Global trade and economics and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact, together about 39.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mission The Journal of International Business Policy (JIBP) envisions to be the world’s leading journal of research on international business policy, where scholars in IB and cognate fields publish their best work, and policy professionals turn for impactful policy insights. We define international business policy to be the mix of actions that public authorities take to shape cross-border business transactions with the goal of addressing societal challenges. This is an impactful research area due to the transformative power that international business has on societies. In both developed and developing countries, international business has a complex relation with numerous public policy priorities ranging from economic concerns (e.g., development, innovation) to sustainability matters (e.g., societal inequality, environmental crises) to national security concerns (e.g., economic resilience, nationalism). Governments seek advice from the academic community how to best harness global business activities to develop a better future. JIBP publishes articles that have the potential to advance or contribute to the betterment of international business policies. We encourage submissions that deepen our understanding of: The good, bad, and ugly influence of international business on public policy concerns, ranging from economic issues (e.g., development, innovation) to sustainability matters (e.g., societal inequality, environmental crises) to national security concerns (e.g., economic resilience, nationalism); The impact of public policies on cross-border business transactions; The influence of multinational firms, global value chains, and other forms of international business on the formulation of public policy; The public policies that governments should adopt to address societal challenges through the shaping of international business. Policy-oriented academic journal with a multi-disciplinary focus JIBP is an academic journal at its core. We evaluate papers based on their innovativeness, academic rigor, and impact. As outlined in JIBP's Statement of Editorial Policy, publications must in some meaningful way break new grounds or demonstrate novel findings that either buttress or challenge current thinking about international business policy. We use a double-blind review process to evaluate manuscripts. We are open to theoretical and empirical works and are eclectic with respect to methodologies (e.g., large-sample empirical work, small number comparative studies,
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Editor-in-chief Ari Van Assche HECPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 12 in mainland China (about 8%); most named United Kingdom 37, United States 27, Mainland China 12, Canada 11, Italy 9 (147 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 Accounting16.9%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting10.5%
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences9.3%
- Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting3%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, RePEcPublisher 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
- 6.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 157OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 69.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 509,100Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 257 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 18 | 45 |
| 2025 | 27 | 22 | 262 |
| 2024 | 28 | 22 | 426 |
| 2023 | 30 | 27 | 749 |
| 2022 | 19 | 11 | 346 |
| 2021 | 44 | 38 | 2,088 |
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
312 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 214 days – 456 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 60 days (41 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 378 days
- Sample
- 33 articles with submission and acceptance dates (61 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
- 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 3,190 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,290 | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- commentaryWhen authors submit a manuscript to the Journal of International Business Policy (JIBP) using the Manuscript Central system the following choices available for …main text ≤ 4,000 words
- original articleWhen authors submit a manuscript to the Journal of International Business Policy (JIBP) using the Manuscript Central system the following choices available for …main text ≤ 10,000 words
- perspectivereview process as regular commentaries. Perspectives Perspectives are standard-length manuscripts (circa 10,000 words) specifically designed to provide differen…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviewWhen authors submit a manuscript to the Journal of International Business Policy (JIBP) using the Manuscript Central system the following choices available for …Length not stated
- review articleas commentaries or normal submissions. Review Articles Review Articles are standard-length manuscripts (circa 10,000 words) that provide a compelling summary of…main text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
Using third-party material in your articleAuthors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party material (e.g. figures, tables, photos, illustrations, trade literature, or data) is not used without permission. If such material is copyrighted, permission must be obtained and submitted with the final manuscript. The Editor and Publisher must be informed of any restricted-use content at submissio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Self-archiving (green open access)
Where articles are published via the subscription route (no fee), authors are permitted to self-archive the accepted manuscript (the version post-peer review, but prior to copy-editing and typesetting) on their own personal website and/or in their funder or institutional repositories, for public release after an embargo period of 12 months after first publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Submission and Review Process
Manuscripts go through various steps in the submission and review process.SubmissionManuscripts are first processed by the Managing Editor and checked for plagiarism using iThenticate. They are next reviewed by three "sets of eyes": (1) the Reviewing Editor, (2) the Editor-in-Chief, and (3) the assigned Area or Consulting Editor.Each of these three editors is tasked with ensuring that the submissi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving (green open access)
Where articles are published via the subscription route (no fee), authors are permitted to self-archive the accepted manuscript (the version post-peer review, but prior to copy-editing and typesetting) on their own personal website and/or in their funder or institutional repositories, for public release after an embargo period of 12 months after first publication.
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
- Springer Nature
- ISSN
- 2522-0691
- Electronic ISSN
- 2522-0705
- Society / sponsor
- Academy of International Business
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of International Business Policy
What CAS zone is Journal of International Business Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of International Business Policy is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 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 International Business Policy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 6.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 8.9, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Journal of International Business Policy?
Based on the dates recorded on 33 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 312 days (interquartile range 214–456 days). 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 Journal of International Business Policy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Keywords: 3–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of International Business Policy based?
Of the 147 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 12 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (37), United States (27) and Mainland China (12). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of International Business Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of International Business Policy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of International Business Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of International Business Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .