Thunderbird International Business Review

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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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Business and International Management	2006	Q2
Business and International Management	2007	Q2
Business and International Management	2008	Q2
Business and International Management	2009	Q2
Business and International Management	2010	Q2
Business and International Management	2011	Q2
Business and International Management	2012	Q2
Business and International Management	2013	Q2
Business and International Management	2014	Q2
Business and International Management	2015	Q1
Business and International Management	2016	Q1
Business and International Management	2017	Q2
Business and International Management	2018	Q1
Business and International Management	2019	Q1
Business and International Management	2020	Q2
Business and International Management	2021	Q2
Business and International Management	2022	Q2
Business and International Management	2023	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2006	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2007	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2008	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2009	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2010	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2011	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2012	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2013	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2014	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2015	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2016	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2017	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2018	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2019	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2020	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2021	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2022	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2023	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2006	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2007	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2013	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2014	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2015	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2016	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2006	0.194
2007	0.281
2008	0.341
2009	0.301
2010	0.199
2011	0.232
2012	0.346
2013	0.338
2014	0.443
2015	0.636
2016	1.131
2017	0.328
2018	0.631
2019	0.649
2020	0.553
2021	0.629
2022	0.557
2023	0.507

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2005	35
2006	43
2007	37
2008	45
2009	50
2010	52
2011	60
2012	75
2013	53
2014	46
2015	40
2016	50
2017	58
2018	72
2019	78
2020	61
2021	60
2022	49
2023	54

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.514
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.641
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.896
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.738
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.726
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.560
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.855
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.983
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.092
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.205
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.678
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.783
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.680
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.241
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.120
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.502
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.886
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.923
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.514
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.641
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.896
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.600
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.386
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.510
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.895
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.043
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.915
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.270
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.899
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.147
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.669
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.272
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.240
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.403
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.603
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.624
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.514
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.641
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.838
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.439
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.221
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.441
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.667
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.797
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.182
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.267
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.089
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.602
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.462
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.953
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.072
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	2.537
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.266

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2005	0
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	6
Self Cites	2008	1
Self Cites	2009	8
Self Cites	2010	4
Self Cites	2011	5
Self Cites	2012	19
Self Cites	2013	34
Self Cites	2014	25
Self Cites	2015	43
Self Cites	2016	45
Self Cites	2017	37
Self Cites	2018	46
Self Cites	2019	70
Self Cites	2020	46
Self Cites	2021	53
Self Cites	2022	31
Self Cites	2023	30
Total Cites	2005	0
Total Cites	2006	18
Total Cites	2007	50
Total Cites	2008	103
Total Cites	2009	75
Total Cites	2010	51
Total Cites	2011	75
Total Cites	2012	145
Total Cites	2013	195
Total Cites	2014	172
Total Cites	2015	221
Total Cites	2016	264
Total Cites	2017	156
Total Cites	2018	247
Total Cites	2019	409
Total Cites	2020	466
Total Cites	2021	507
Total Cites	2022	518
Total Cites	2023	446

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2005	0
External Cites per document	2006	0.514
External Cites per document	2007	0.564
External Cites per document	2008	0.887
External Cites per document	2009	0.536
External Cites per document	2010	0.356
External Cites per document	2011	0.476
External Cites per document	2012	0.778
External Cites per document	2013	0.861
External Cites per document	2014	0.782
External Cites per document	2015	1.023
External Cites per document	2016	1.576
External Cites per document	2017	0.875
External Cites per document	2018	1.358
External Cites per document	2019	1.883
External Cites per document	2020	2.019
External Cites per document	2021	2.152
External Cites per document	2022	2.447
External Cites per document	2023	2.447
Cites per document	2005	0.000
Cites per document	2006	0.514
Cites per document	2007	0.641
Cites per document	2008	0.896
Cites per document	2009	0.600
Cites per document	2010	0.386
Cites per document	2011	0.510
Cites per document	2012	0.895
Cites per document	2013	1.043
Cites per document	2014	0.915
Cites per document	2015	1.270
Cites per document	2016	1.899
Cites per document	2017	1.147
Cites per document	2018	1.669
Cites per document	2019	2.272
Cites per document	2020	2.240
Cites per document	2021	2.403
Cites per document	2022	2.603
Cites per document	2023	2.624

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2005	28.57
2006	41.86
2007	37.84
2008	20.00
2009	12.00
2010	25.00
2011	23.33
2012	28.00
2013	41.51
2014	19.57
2015	25.00
2016	42.00
2017	43.10
2018	47.22
2019	43.59
2020	50.82
2021	50.00
2022	51.02
2023	46.30

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	2
Non-citable documents	2007	5
Non-citable documents	2008	12
Non-citable documents	2009	23
Non-citable documents	2010	25
Non-citable documents	2011	26
Non-citable documents	2012	23
Non-citable documents	2013	32
Non-citable documents	2014	31
Non-citable documents	2015	28
Non-citable documents	2016	22
Non-citable documents	2017	24
Non-citable documents	2018	28
Non-citable documents	2019	28
Non-citable documents	2020	27
Non-citable documents	2021	26
Non-citable documents	2022	28
Non-citable documents	2023	31
Citable documents	2005	0
Citable documents	2006	33
Citable documents	2007	73
Citable documents	2008	103
Citable documents	2009	102
Citable documents	2010	107
Citable documents	2011	121
Citable documents	2012	139
Citable documents	2013	155
Citable documents	2014	157
Citable documents	2015	146
Citable documents	2016	117
Citable documents	2017	112
Citable documents	2018	120
Citable documents	2019	152
Citable documents	2020	181
Citable documents	2021	185
Citable documents	2022	171
Citable documents	2023	139

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2005	0
Uncited documents	2006	21
Uncited documents	2007	49
Uncited documents	2008	51
Uncited documents	2009	83
Uncited documents	2010	101
Uncited documents	2011	100
Uncited documents	2012	108
Uncited documents	2013	114
Uncited documents	2014	104
Uncited documents	2015	74
Uncited documents	2016	64
Uncited documents	2017	70
Uncited documents	2018	63
Uncited documents	2019	54
Uncited documents	2020	66
Uncited documents	2021	64
Uncited documents	2022	66
Uncited documents	2023	51
Cited documents	2005	0
Cited documents	2006	14
Cited documents	2007	29
Cited documents	2008	64
Cited documents	2009	42
Cited documents	2010	31
Cited documents	2011	47
Cited documents	2012	54
Cited documents	2013	73
Cited documents	2014	84
Cited documents	2015	100
Cited documents	2016	75
Cited documents	2017	66
Cited documents	2018	85
Cited documents	2019	126
Cited documents	2020	142
Cited documents	2021	147
Cited documents	2022	133
Cited documents	2023	119