Journal of International Business Studies

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 six 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); and (6) cross-country comparative studies of businesses, business processes and organizational behavior in different countries and environments.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Business and International Management	1999	Q1
Business and International Management	2000	Q1
Business and International Management	2001	Q1
Business and International Management	2002	Q1
Business and International Management	2003	Q1
Business and International Management	2004	Q1
Business and International Management	2005	Q1
Business and International Management	2006	Q1
Business and International Management	2007	Q1
Business and International Management	2008	Q1
Business and International Management	2009	Q1
Business and International Management	2010	Q1
Business and International Management	2011	Q1
Business and International Management	2012	Q1
Business and International Management	2013	Q1
Business and International Management	2014	Q1
Business and International Management	2015	Q1
Business and International Management	2016	Q1
Business and International Management	2017	Q1
Business and International Management	2018	Q1
Business and International Management	2019	Q1
Business and International Management	2020	Q1
Business and International Management	2021	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2005	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2006	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2007	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2018	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	1999	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2000	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2001	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2002	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2003	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2004	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2005	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2006	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2007	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2008	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2009	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2010	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2011	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2012	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2013	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2014	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2015	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2016	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2017	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2018	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2019	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2020	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2021	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	1999	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2000	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2001	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2002	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2003	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2004	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2005	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2006	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2007	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2008	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2009	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2010	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2011	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2012	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2013	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2014	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2015	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2016	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2017	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2018	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2019	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2020	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2021	Q1
Strategy and Management	1999	Q1
Strategy and Management	2000	Q1
Strategy and Management	2001	Q1
Strategy and Management	2002	Q1
Strategy and Management	2003	Q1
Strategy and Management	2004	Q1
Strategy and Management	2005	Q1
Strategy and Management	2006	Q1
Strategy and Management	2007	Q1
Strategy and Management	2008	Q1
Strategy and Management	2009	Q1
Strategy and Management	2010	Q1
Strategy and Management	2011	Q1
Strategy and Management	2012	Q1
Strategy and Management	2013	Q1
Strategy and Management	2014	Q1
Strategy and Management	2015	Q1
Strategy and Management	2016	Q1
Strategy and Management	2017	Q1
Strategy and Management	2018	Q1
Strategy and Management	2019	Q1
Strategy and Management	2020	Q1
Strategy and Management	2021	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	1.627
2000	1.904
2001	1.723
2002	3.177
2003	1.801
2004	2.061
2005	1.774
2006	2.374
2007	3.376
2008	3.293
2009	3.604
2010	3.672
2011	3.835
2012	4.390
2013	5.161
2014	3.756
2015	4.423
2016	5.041
2017	5.198
2018	5.548
2019	4.994
2020	4.819
2021	4.390

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	43
2000	41
2001	50
2002	46
2003	45
2004	35
2005	45
2006	60
2007	73
2008	87
2009	88
2010	94
2011	63
2012	44
2013	49
2014	56
2015	56
2016	55
2017	58
2018	60
2019	82
2020	82
2021	99

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	1.984
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	2.633
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	2.621
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	3.130
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	3.078
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	3.346
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	4.142
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	4.468
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	5.724
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	5.873
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	6.211
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	6.718
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	6.643
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	7.133
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	6.938
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	7.220
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	6.835
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	8.068
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	7.880
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	9.231
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	8.913
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	10.341
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	13.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.984
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	2.075
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	2.157
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	2.701
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	2.504
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	3.121
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	3.437
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	4.264
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	5.243
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	4.848
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	5.582
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	6.020
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	5.487
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	6.424
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	6.045
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	5.782
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	6.161
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	6.950
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	7.784
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	8.101
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	8.416
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	10.045
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	12.563
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	1.675
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.395
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.560
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	2.198
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	2.125
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	2.264
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	2.938
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	4.088
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	3.848
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	3.872
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	4.738
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	4.840
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	4.478
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	5.057
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	4.748
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	4.796
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	4.971
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	6.625
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	6.270
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	7.062
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	7.983
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	8.338
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	11.226

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	37
Self Cites	2000	30
Self Cites	2001	35
Self Cites	2002	45
Self Cites	2003	30
Self Cites	2004	66
Self Cites	2005	41
Self Cites	2006	33
Self Cites	2007	79
Self Cites	2008	96
Self Cites	2009	133
Self Cites	2010	224
Self Cites	2011	156
Self Cites	2012	147
Self Cites	2013	166
Self Cites	2014	121
Self Cites	2015	133
Self Cites	2016	143
Self Cites	2017	152
Self Cites	2018	226
Self Cites	2019	303
Self Cites	2020	375
Self Cites	2021	339
Total Cites	1999	250
Total Cites	2000	249
Total Cites	2001	274
Total Cites	2002	362
Total Cites	2003	343
Total Cites	2004	440
Total Cites	2005	433
Total Cites	2006	533
Total Cites	2007	734
Total Cites	2008	863
Total Cites	2009	1228
Total Cites	2010	1493
Total Cites	2011	1476
Total Cites	2012	1574
Total Cites	2013	1215
Total Cites	2014	902
Total Cites	2015	918
Total Cites	2016	1119
Total Cites	2017	1300
Total Cites	2018	1369
Total Cites	2019	1456
Total Cites	2020	2009
Total Cites	2021	2814

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	1.775
External Cites per document	2000	1.921
External Cites per document	2001	1.927
External Cites per document	2002	2.457
External Cites per document	2003	2.389
External Cites per document	2004	2.833
External Cites per document	2005	3.379
External Cites per document	2006	4.425
External Cites per document	2007	5.157
External Cites per document	2008	4.593
External Cites per document	2009	5.394
External Cites per document	2010	5.517
External Cites per document	2011	5.280
External Cites per document	2012	6.072
External Cites per document	2013	5.352
External Cites per document	2014	5.039
External Cites per document	2015	5.268
External Cites per document	2016	6.100
External Cites per document	2017	6.958
External Cites per document	2018	6.886
External Cites per document	2019	6.904
External Cites per document	2020	8.738
External Cites per document	2021	12.500
Cites per document	1999	1.984
Cites per document	2000	2.075
Cites per document	2001	2.157
Cites per document	2002	2.701
Cites per document	2003	2.504
Cites per document	2004	3.121
Cites per document	2005	3.437
Cites per document	2006	4.264
Cites per document	2007	5.243
Cites per document	2008	4.848
Cites per document	2009	5.582
Cites per document	2010	6.020
Cites per document	2011	5.487
Cites per document	2012	6.424
Cites per document	2013	6.045
Cites per document	2014	5.782
Cites per document	2015	6.161
Cites per document	2016	6.950
Cites per document	2017	7.784
Cites per document	2018	8.101
Cites per document	2019	8.416
Cites per document	2020	10.045
Cites per document	2021	12.563

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	41.86
2000	24.39
2001	16.00
2002	36.96
2003	37.78
2004	28.57
2005	40.00
2006	35.00
2007	53.42
2008	40.23
2009	47.73
2010	51.06
2011	53.97
2012	61.36
2013	57.14
2014	58.93
2015	64.29
2016	56.36
2017	65.52
2018	63.33
2019	65.85
2020	68.29
2021	80.81

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	6
Non-citable documents	2000	6
Non-citable documents	2001	3
Non-citable documents	2002	5
Non-citable documents	2003	6
Non-citable documents	2004	9
Non-citable documents	2005	10
Non-citable documents	2006	12
Non-citable documents	2007	13
Non-citable documents	2008	11
Non-citable documents	2009	17
Non-citable documents	2010	18
Non-citable documents	2011	19
Non-citable documents	2012	10
Non-citable documents	2013	5
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	2
Non-citable documents	2018	3
Non-citable documents	2019	6
Non-citable documents	2020	13
Non-citable documents	2021	26
Citable documents	1999	120
Citable documents	2000	114
Citable documents	2001	124
Citable documents	2002	129
Citable documents	2003	131
Citable documents	2004	132
Citable documents	2005	116
Citable documents	2006	113
Citable documents	2007	127
Citable documents	2008	167
Citable documents	2009	203
Citable documents	2010	230
Citable documents	2011	250
Citable documents	2012	235
Citable documents	2013	196
Citable documents	2014	155
Citable documents	2015	149
Citable documents	2016	160
Citable documents	2017	165
Citable documents	2018	166
Citable documents	2019	167
Citable documents	2020	187
Citable documents	2021	198

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	41
Uncited documents	2000	42
Uncited documents	2001	44
Uncited documents	2002	30
Uncited documents	2003	32
Uncited documents	2004	32
Uncited documents	2005	25
Uncited documents	2006	29
Uncited documents	2007	26
Uncited documents	2008	23
Uncited documents	2009	35
Uncited documents	2010	28
Uncited documents	2011	36
Uncited documents	2012	19
Uncited documents	2013	20
Uncited documents	2014	15
Uncited documents	2015	7
Uncited documents	2016	13
Uncited documents	2017	7
Uncited documents	2018	7
Uncited documents	2019	10
Uncited documents	2020	18
Uncited documents	2021	15
Cited documents	1999	85
Cited documents	2000	78
Cited documents	2001	83
Cited documents	2002	104
Cited documents	2003	105
Cited documents	2004	109
Cited documents	2005	101
Cited documents	2006	96
Cited documents	2007	114
Cited documents	2008	155
Cited documents	2009	185
Cited documents	2010	220
Cited documents	2011	233
Cited documents	2012	226
Cited documents	2013	181
Cited documents	2014	141
Cited documents	2015	142
Cited documents	2016	148
Cited documents	2017	160
Cited documents	2018	162
Cited documents	2019	163
Cited documents	2020	182
Cited documents	2021	209