The ''Journal of World-Systems Research'' (''JWSR'') is a biannual,
open access,
peer-reviewed academic journal
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in the field of
world-systems analysis, established in 1995 by founding editor
Christopher Chase-Dunn at the Institute for World-System Research at the University of California at Riverside. As of 2015, it is published by the Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS) Section of the
American Sociological Association and by the
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh.
The journal's current
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is
Andrej Grubačić
Andrej Grubačić is a Yugoslav world historian, world-systems theorist, and activist based in the United States.
Early life and education
Grubačić was born in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is the grandson of Ratomir Du ...
.
The journal was one of the first online,
peer-review
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ed academic journals, published originally as an online archive of scholarly papers accessed using the
Gopher (protocol).
The journal describes its purpose as being:
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Sociology journals
Publications established in 1995
English-language journals
Biannual journals
Globalization-related journals
World systems theory
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Open access journals
American Sociological Association academic journals