Journal of International Business Studies

Journal of International Business Studies

Discipline	International business, management
Language	English
Edited  by	Rosalie L. Tung
Publication details
History	1970–present
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan for the Academy of International Business
Frequency	9/year
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	9.0 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Int. Bus. Stud.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
ISSN	0047-2506  (print) 1478-6990  (web)
LCCN	98657338
JSTOR	00472506
OCLC  no.	1604487
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The Journal of International Business Studies is a double blind peer-reviewed academic journal published by Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the Academy of International Business covering research on international business.

The journal was established in 1970 and has become the highest ranked academic journal in the field of international business. For example, the journal holds the highest possible 4* ‘World Elite’ rating in the UK's Association of Business Schools’ Academic Journal Guide 2024 ^[1] and the highest possible A* rating in Australia's ABDC Journal Quality List 2025. ^[2]

The current editor-in-chief is Rosalie L. Tung (Simon Fraser University).

Editors

The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief:

• 1970–1975: Ernest W. Ogram, Jr.
• 1975–1984: William A. Dymsza
• 1985–1992: David A. Ricks
• 1993–1997: Paul W. Beamish
• 1997–2002: Thomas L. Brewer
• 2002–2007: Arie Y. Lewin (Duke University)
• 2007–2010: Lorraine Eden (Texas A&M University)
• 2010–2016: John Cantwell (Rutgers University
• 2016–2022: Alain Verbeke (University of Calgary)
• 2023–present: Rosalie L. Tung (Simon Fraser University)

JIBS Decade Award

The "JIBS Decade Award" was established in 1996 to recognize the most influential paper published in the volume a decade prior. The award is sponsored by Palgrave Macmillan. A selection committee evaluates the five most cited papers of the year and decides on the most influential paper. A special session is held at the Academy's annual conference including a presentation from the award winner and additional commentary. In 2009, the Decade Award was extended to include the 1970–1985 volumes of the journal. ^[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Current Contents/Business Collection ^[4]
• Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences ^[4]
• EBSCO databases ^[5]
• EconLit ^[6]
• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences ^[5]
• ProQuest databases ^[5]
• Scopus ^[7]
• Social Sciences Citation Index ^[4]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 9.0. ^[8]

References

1. "Academic Journal Guide 2024". 2024.
2. "ABDC Journal Quality List". 2025.
3. "Decade Award". Journal of International Business Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
4. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved 2023-12-11.
5. "Journal of International Business Studies". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2023-12-11.
6. "Journals Indexed". EconLit. American Economic Association. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
7. "Source details: Journal of International Business Studies". Scopus Preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2023-12-11.
8. "Journal of International Business Studies". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.

External links

• Official website