Global Change, Peace and Security

Aims & Scope

The globalisation of insecurity has become one of the distinguishing trends of our time and serves to remind us of the sheer scale and complexity of contemporary change.

Global Change, Peace & Security is a leading refereed journal that addresses the difficult practical and theoretical questions posed by a rapidly globalising world.

By focusing on the international dimension of political, economic and cultural life, it cuts across the traditional boundaries that separate states, economies and societies, as well as disciplines and ideologies.

Global Change, Peace & Security seeks to illuminate the sharp and often perplexing contradictions of an increasingly integrated yet fragmented world.

Ethno-nationalism, the break-up of established states, and religious and civilizational divisions coexist with new forms of economic and financial integration.

Gross violations of human rights, environmental degradation, large and uncontrolled population movements, and rapidly expanding transnational crime are taking place at a time of unparalleled UN activism, and the rise of a host of new legal and institutional arrangements, both regionally and globally.

Global Change, Peace & Security aims to explore these trends and counter-trends.

It endeavours to foster a more holistic interpretation of the dichotomy of competitive geopolitics and geoconomics on the one hand and emerging conceptions of common, comprehensive and human security on the other.

It analyses the sources and consequences of conflict, violence and insecurity, but also the conditions and prospects for conflict transformation, peacekeeping and peace-building.

Global Change, Peace & Security intends to bring to this task the insights of unique cultural and intellectual traditions, which incorporate a diverse range of global perspectives.

Its aim is to contribute to a scholarly and cosmopolitan dialogue on the nature, origins and remedies of the contemporary human predicament.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.155

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	25

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24145

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	21

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Homegrown terrorism and transformative learning: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding radicalization

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Alex S., Claire-Jehanne

• China's new foreign policy under Xi Jinping: towards ‘Peaceful Rise 2.0’?

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Jian

• On climate, conflict and cumulation: suggestions for integrative cumulation of knowledge in the research on climate change and violent conflict

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Tobias, Jürgen

• Peace, justice and inclusive institutions: overcoming challenges to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 16

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Kempe Ronald

• Gender, orientalism and representations of the ‘Other’ in the War on Terror

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Maryam

• Policy autism or double-edged dismissiveness? Australia's climate policy under the Howard government

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Peter

• The Asia–Pacific partnership on clean development and climate: A complement or competitor to the Kyoto protocol?

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Jeffrey, Ros

• Women, Political Decision-Making, and Peace-Building

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Elisabeth

• Conflict society: understanding the role of civil society in conflict

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Raffaele, Nathalie

• Guns don't kill people, cyborgs do: a Latourian provocation for transformatory arms control and disarmament

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Mike

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