Global Business and Finance Review (GBFR)

The WCBM 2026 is supported by the Global Business and Finance Review (GBFR) (pISSN 1088-6931, eISSN 2384-1648) which is indexed/abstracted in SCOPUS, Korean Citation Index, EconBiz, EconLit, ProQuest, CABI, and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR).

According to the 2025 CiteScore metrics, GBFR has demonstrated a significant year-on-year improvement compared with 2024, rising by 23 positions from 194th to 171st and reaching the 50th percentile (Q2), reflecting the journal’s steadily growing academic impact and international visibility.

All accepted full papers will be automatically reviewed and recommended by the editorial board of the GBFR. Especially, awarded papers in the WCBM 2026 will be published in the GBFR after a brief review of the editorial board with a special APC discount. The P&GBA entitled the copyright of accepted papers for WCBM 2026. It is a code of research ethics that author is not allowed to submit the awarded paper(s) elsewhere without permission of the P&GBA. Nominated authors are to be informed of the award decision and the more specific policy individually. All authors who submitted only abstract or poster are also recommended to the journal if session chairs advocate the publication of the papers. For more information regarding Global Business and Finance Review (GBFR), please refer to www.gbfrjournal.org

WCBM Conference Proceeding Book

The WCBM 2026 Conference Proceedings (ISSN 2384-3586) will be published following the conference. The proceedings will include only abstracts submitted and accepted for presentation at WCBM 2026 by September 30, 2026.