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.
Peer Review: Global Change, Peace & Security is internationally refereed with a double anonymized process. Research submissions are refereed by specialists in the field for originality, structural integrity and factual accuracy. An editorial review, referee reports and the author’s response to these reports form the basis of the decision whether to publish submitted articles. Book Reviews are assessed by the Editors. All decisions of the Editors are final.
Views expressed in articles, communications and reviews do not reflect the opinion of the Editorial Committee or the Editors. Communications in Global Change, Peace & Security are reflective opinion pieces and the Editorial Committee welcomes diverse perspectives on contemporary issues.
Journal metrics
Usage
50K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.7 (2023) Impact Factor
0.9 (2023) 5 year IF
3.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
3.118 (2023) SNIP
0.288 (2023) SJR
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Impact Factor*:
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5 Year Impact Factor*:
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SNIP
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potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
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number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
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six months.
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online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor Professor Andreas Velthuizen, University of South Africa, South Africa
Editorial Board Kirsten Ainley, Australian National University, Australia Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deakin University, Australia J. Marshall Beier, McMaster University, Canada Paul Harris, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Natalie Jester, University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Annica Kronsell, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Stephanie Lawson, Macquarie University, Australia James Mittelman, American University, United States Shameer Modongal, University of Kerala, India
Abstracting and indexing
Global Change, Peace & Security is currently noted in the following: Future Survey; Lancaster Index; International Bibliography of Periodical Literature; International Political Science Abstracts; PAIS International in Print; Periodica Islamica; Political Science Abstracts; Sage Peace Research Abstracts; Sage Public Administration Abstracts; Scopus; Sociological Abstracts and Science Culture; Web of Science's Emerging Sources Citation Index.
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Global Change, Peace & Security: formerly Pacifica Review: Peace, Security & Global Change
(2003 - current)
Formerly known as
Pacifica Review: Peace, Security & Global Change
(1994 - 2002)
Interdisciplinary Peace Research
(1989 - 1993)
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