Review of International Political Economy

Aims & Scope

The Review of International Political Economy ( RIPE ) has successfully established itself as a leading international journal dedicated to the systematic exploration of the international political economy from a plurality of perspectives.

The journal encourages a global and interdisciplinary approach across issues and fields of inquiry.

It seeks to act as a point of convergence for political economists, international relations scholars, geographers, and sociologists, and is committed to the publication of work that explores such issues as international trade and finance, production and consumption, and global governance and regulation, in conjunction with issues of culture, identity, gender, and ecology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.5
2024	3.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.010

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	92

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1415

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1519

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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 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 governance of global value chains

  Citation: 4316

  Authors: Gary, John, Timothy

• The territorial trap: The geographical assumptions of international relations theory

  Citation: 1543

  Authors: John

• Global production networks and the analysis of economic development

  Citation: 1455

  Authors: Jeffrey, Peter, Martin, Neil, Henry Wai-Chung

• Global value chains in a post-Washington Consensus world

  Citation: 584

  Authors: Gary

• Global cities, glocal states: global city formation and state territorial restructuring in contemporary Europe

  Citation: 412

  Authors: Neil

• What strategies are viable for developing countries today? The World Trade Organization and the shrinking of ‘development space’

  Citation: 392

  Authors: Robert Hunter

• Urban governance and the production of new state spaces in western Europe, 1960–2000

  Citation: 388

  Authors: Neil

• Explaining governance in global value chains: A modular theory-building effort

  Citation: 355

  Authors: Stefano, Timothy

• The privatization of public interest: theorizing NGO discourse in a neoliberal era

  Citation: 333

  Authors: Sangeeta

• Capitalism and its future: remarks on regulation, government and governance

  Citation: 331

  Authors: Bob

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