Journal of World-Systems Research
Last updated ISSN 1076-156X
Journal of World-Systems Research is published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of World-Systems Research concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- World Systems and Global Transformations
- Political Economy and Marxism
- Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- International Development and Aid
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Economic and Technological Innovation
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Key facts
| Publisher | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1076-156X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 986 |
| Publishing since | 1995 |
| Journal website | www.jwsr.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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