Journal of International Business Studies
Academic journal
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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.
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| Discipline | International business, management |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Rosalie L. Tung |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1970–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | 9/year |
| Hybrid | |
| 10.2 (2025) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Int. Bus. Stud. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0047-2506 (print) 1478-6990 (web) |
| LCCN | 98657338 |
| JSTOR | 00472506 |
| OCLC no. | 1604487 |
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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 2025 impact factor of 10.2.[8]