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Economic Policy

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0266-4658eISSN1468-0327

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.885

H-Indexi

143

SNIPi

2.756

Total Worksi

895

Total Citationsi

67,508

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Economics and Econometrics; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTwo Issues Yearly

StatusActive

Total Publications895

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0266-4658 / 1468-0327

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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

984

2018

1.5k

2019

558

2020

410

2021

784

2022

185

2023

472

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.

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactFiscal Policies and Political EconomyEconomic Theory and InstitutionsFiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about Economic Policy

Is Economic Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Economic Policy: 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 Economic Policy?

Economic Policy 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 3.95.

Is Economic Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Economic Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Economic Policy?