Review of International Organizations

Aims & Scope

The Review of International Organizations publishes original scientific contributions in the entire field of political economy, with a focus on the policies and structure of international organizations, such as the WTO, World Bank, NATO, WHO, the European Court of Human Rights, and the UN.

The journal includes studies based on modern economic, political economic, and international relations theories, using quantitative or qualitative methods.

Papers should ideally put forward a new theory and provide a rigorous empirical test of this theory, but the RIO allows for a trade-off between the two.

The RIO features a comment section where it invites comments to articles published in the Review of International Organizations and elsewhere.

Replication is particularly encouraged.

The RIO invites submission of data articles.

Compared to regular articles, data articles focus less on theory and should present high-quality, important and relevant data that can be expected to be widely used by the research community.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4
2024	4.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.385

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	54

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2752

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	507

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 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.

• The KOF Globalisation Index – revisited

  Citation: 1381

  Authors: Savina, Florian, Niklas, Jan-Egbert

• The design of international trade agreements: Introducing a new dataset

  Citation: 459

  Authors: Andreas, Leonardo, Manfred

• Contested multilateralism

  Citation: 352

  Authors: Julia C., Robert O.

• The legitimacy and legitimation of international organizations: introduction and framework

  Citation: 308

  Authors: Jonas, Michael

• Orchestration and transnational climate governance

  Citation: 226

  Authors: Thomas, Charles

• Delegation and pooling in international organizations

  Citation: 221

  Authors: Liesbet, Gary

• Regime types and regime change: A new dataset on democracy, coups, and political institutions

  Citation: 220

  Authors: Christian, Martin

• International regulation without international government: Improving IO performance through orchestration

  Citation: 216

  Authors: Kenneth W., Duncan

• Organization without delegation: Informal intergovernmental organizations (IIGOs) and the spectrum of intergovernmental arrangements

  Citation: 208

  Authors: Felicity, Duncan

• Open economy politics: A critical review

  Citation: 186

  Authors: David A.

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