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Cato Journal

Cato Institute · United States

ISSN0273-3072

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.199

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,274

Total Citationsi

13,439

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Cato Journal covers economics, geography, and political science and public administration. Its academic fields include public administration and civil service, politics and public administration science (general), economics and business studies (general), and geography.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 5 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,274

Publisher OrgCato Institute

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cato Institute

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0273-3072

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2014

2015

206

2016

100

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

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, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Public AdministrationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and DevelopmentPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic Theory and PolicyGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomic Theory and InstitutionsMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactBanking stability, regulation, efficiency

Frequently asked questions about Cato Journal

Is Cato Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cato Journal: it is indexed in 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 Cato Journal?

Cato Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.199.

Is Cato Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cato Journal is indexed in Scopus.