Thunderbird International Business Review

Aims & Scope

Thunderbird International Business Review is a refereed practitioner journal, published six times a year, which aims to be the most trusted source of useful and innovative thought leadership for global business leaders.

Its primary audience includes international managers, academicians, and executives in international business and government.

The globalization of markets and businesses brings the need for more active communication and a greater exchange of ideas and research among scholars and practitioners throughout the world.

Thunderbird International Business Review encourages the development of innovative ideas and new research methods for understanding the challenges confronting global business.

Papers should help bridge the gap between academics and the business community.

The journal encourages applied research that develops implications for international business practitioners.

Priority will be given to papers having a carefully developed methodology, with insightful and practical solutions to international business issues.

Interdisciplinary approaches are welcome.

Country studies, interviews with international managers and practitioners, and reviews of current global business books will also be published.

The topical areas include all aspects of global business, including human resource management, marketing, finance, cross cultural communication and negotiation, as well as economic, political, legal, policy analysis, sociological, technological and environmental issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.2

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4062

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.562

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	54

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10347

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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 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 circular economy and circular economic concepts—a literature analysis and redefinition

  Citation: 354

  Authors: Sylvie, Felicitas

• E‐business model design, classification, and measurements

  Citation: 292

  Authors: Magali, Alexander, Yves

• Circular economy business models in developing economies: Lessons from India on reduce, recycle, and reuse paradigms

  Citation: 265

  Authors: Sandeep, Mark, Amit

• Critical Success Factors through the Mergers and Acquisitions Process: Revealing Pre‐ and Post‐M&A Connections for Improved Performance

  Citation: 232

  Authors: Emanuel, Duncan N., Yaakov, Shlomo

• <i>Guanxi</i> and <i>Wasta</i>: A comparison

  Citation: 188

  Authors: Kate, David

• Light‐Touch Integration of Chinese Cross‐Border M&amp;A: The Influences of Culture and Absorptive Capacity

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Yipeng, Michael

• The impacts of network relationships on SMEs' internationalization process

  Citation: 183

  Authors: Mohamed, Siew Imm

• Coronavirus and international business: An entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective

  Citation: 177

  Authors: Vanessa

• Understanding self‐initiated expatriates: Career experiences of Lebanese self‐initiated expatriates in France

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Akram, Mustafa

• Expatriation: A developing research agenda

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Jaime, Chris, Vesa

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