''Global Networks: A journal of transnational affairs'' is a quarterly

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ed multidisciplinary

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dedicated to the study of

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and

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. Its focus spans multiple disciplines within

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, including

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, and

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. It was established in 2001 and is published by Wiley. The founding

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were Robin Cohen, Alasdair Rogers, and Steven Vertovec. The current editors-in-chief are Megha Amrith ( Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity), Zachary P. Neal (

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), and Johanna Waters (

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). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.927, ranking it 14th out of 93 journals in the category "Anthropology" and 36th out of 85 journals in the category "Geography".

Editors-in-chief

Past editors-in-chief have been: * Robin Cohen (2001–2019) * Alasdair Rogers (2001–2019) * Steven Vertovec (2001–2019) * Jonathan Beaverstock (2019–2022) * Megha Amrith (2022–Present) * Zachary P. Neal (2022–Present) * Johanna Waters (2022–Present)

Special Issues

''Global Networks'' regularly publishes special issues addressing a specific topic and organized by guest editors. Recent special issues have included: * Elites in Transnational Policy Networks. Guest edited by Lasse Folke Henriksen and Leonard Seabrooke (Volume 21, Issue 2, April 2021) * Multinational Migrations. Guest edited by Anju Mary Paul and Brenda S. A. Yeoh (Volume 21, Issue 2, January 2021) * After Trust. Guest edited by Magnus Marsden and Paul Anderson (Volume 20, Issue 4, October 2020) * Theorizing Transnational Labour Markets: Economic-Sociological Approaches. Guest edited by Ursula Mense-Petermann (Volume 20, Issue 3, July 2020) * Methodological Cosmopolitanism Across The Socio-Cultural Sciences. Guest edited by Anders Blok and Sabine Selchow (Volume 20, Issue 3, July 2020)

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