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Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Brookings Institution Press · United States

ISSN0007-2303eISSN1533-4465

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

4.451

H-Indexi

182

SNIPi

3.585

Total Worksi

1,202

Total Citationsi

138,579

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Economics and Econometrics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySemiannual, 1979-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,202

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brookings Institution Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0007-2303 / 1533-4465

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.5k

2018

2019

1.2k

2020

149

2021

845

2022

311

2023

122

2024

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic Theory and PolicyQualitative Research Methods and EthicsPharmacy and Medical PracticesGlobal Energy and Sustainability ResearchGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies

Frequently asked questions about Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Is Brookings Papers on Economic Activity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Brookings Papers on Economic Activity?

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.05.

Is Brookings Papers on Economic Activity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Brookings Papers on Economic Activity?