| Journal of World-Systems Research | |
| Editor: | Andrej Grubačić |
| Discipline: | Sociology |
| Abbreviation: | J. World-Syst. Res. |
| Publisher: | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh for the Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS) Section of the American Sociological Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Frequency: | Biannual |
| History: | 1995-present |
| Openaccess: | Yes |
| Website: | http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr |
| Oclc: | 782887960 |
| Lccn: | sn94005097 |
| Issn: | 1076-156X |
The Journal of World-Systems Research (JWSR) is a biannual, open access, peer-reviewed academic journal 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.[1] 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.[2] The journal's current editor-in-chief is Andrej Grubačić.
The journal was one of the first online, peer-reviewed academic journals, published originally as an online archive of scholarly papers accessed using the Gopher (protocol).
The journal describes its purpose as being: