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Journal of International Business Studies
ISSN 0047-2506 · eISSN 1478-6990 · Springer Nature · 9 issues per year
Journal of International Business Studies: CAS Zone 1 · Management (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 9.88; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,790; median 510 days to acceptance (70 articles, last 24 months); 70 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of International Business Studies is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 1 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Business and FDI, Corporate Finance and Governance and Innovation and Knowledge Management, together about 48.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The top-ranked journal in the field of international business, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) is multidisciplinary in scope and interdisciplinary in content and methodology, publishing content from across the eight sub-domains of international business studies: (1) the activities, strategies, structures and decision-making processes of multinational enterprises; (2) interactions between multinational enterprises and other actors, organizations, institutions, and markets; (3) the cross-border activities of firms (e.g., intrafirm trade, finance, investment, technology transfers, offshore services); (4) how the international environment (e.g., cultural, economic, legal, political) affects the activities, strategies, structures and decision-making processes of firms; (5) the international dimensions of organizational forms (e.g., strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions) and activities (e.g., entrepreneurship, knowledge-based competition, corporate governance); (6) cross-country comparative studies of businesses, business processes and organizational behavior in different countries and environments; (7) industry 4.0 in IB (e.g., the profound effects that 4.0 technologies have on the governance, the strategies, the structures and the organizational functioning of internationally operating firms); and (8) global sustainability (e.g., how ESGD performance indicators, environmental and climate change impact mitigation, and a variety of dimensions of distributional justice – the equity, diversity and inclusion movements throughout the world – affect the functioning of internationally operating firms).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Rosalie L. TungPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 29 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United States 127, United Kingdom 36, Canada 31, Mainland China 29, Hong Kong, China 13 (340 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 Accounting24.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting12.6%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.5%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- International Student and Expatriate ChallengesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Family Business Performance and SuccessionBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview 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 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, 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
- 9.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 10.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 13.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 17.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 4.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 350OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,420OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 45.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,100,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,336 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | 51 | 43 |
| 2025 | 70 | 42 | 600 |
| 2024 | 91 | 54 | 1,415 |
| 2023 | 88 | 59 | 2,930 |
| 2022 | 101 | 62 | 4,185 |
| 2021 | 95 | 60 | 6,546 |
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
510 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 342 days – 664 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 63 days (73 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 596 days
- Sample
- 70 articles with submission and acceptance dates (171 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 4,790 / EUR 3,790 / GBP 2,990 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted1
- reviewJIBS follows a double-blind review process, whereby reviewers do not know the identity of the authors, and authors do not know the identity of reviewers. For mo…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- AI use Generative AI Policy
JIBS expects authors and reviewers to follow the AIB Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in their submissions and reviews:AIB permits responsible use of generative AI when it supports scholarship without replacing human judgment. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, interpretation, and integrity of all submitted work. AI systems may assist with bounded tasks such as …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- 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 Review Process
JIBS follows a double-blind review process, whereby reviewers do not know the identity of the authors, and authors do not know the identity of reviewers. For more information on reviewer expectations and what should be included in your developmental review, please see the JIBS Guidelines for Reviewers. Reviewers are asked to evaluate submissions based on the following scalar evaluation section. Th…
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
- Frequency
- 9 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0047-2506
- Electronic ISSN
- 1478-6990
- Society / sponsor
- Academy of International Business
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 57, Issue 6 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of International Business Studies
What CAS zone is Journal of International Business Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of International Business Studies is in Zone 1 of Management, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Business / Management; it is a Top journal. 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 Journal of International Business Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 9.88; CiteScore 17.6, h-index 350.
How long does peer review take at Journal of International Business Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 70 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 510 days (interquartile range 342–664 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 Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: 3–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Author–date. 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 Studies based?
Of the 340 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 29 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (127), United Kingdom (36) and Canada (31). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of International Business Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of International Business Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of International Business Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of International Business Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,790.
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: .