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Economics and Politics

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0954-1985eISSN1468-0343

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.801

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.988

Total Worksi

919

Total Citationsi

34,061

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Economics and Politics focuses on analytical political economy, defined as the study of economic and political phenomena and policy. It publishes innovative theoretical and empirical work on the intersection of politics and economics at domestic and international levels, aiming to promote new approaches on how these forces interact to affect political outcomes, policy choices, economic performance, and societal welfare. The journal also publishes in the area of Politics & Commercial policy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications919

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0954-1985 / 1468-0343

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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

529

2019

244

2020

359

2021

295

2022

204

2023

286

2024

2025

2026

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 EconometricsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

Economics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthFiscal Policies and Political EconomyElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationGlobal trade and economicsLocal Government Finance and Decentralization

Frequently asked questions about Economics and Politics

Is Economics and Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Economics and Politics: 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 Economics and Politics?

Economics and Politics 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 1.88.

Is Economics and Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Economics and Politics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.