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Games and Economic Behavior

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1989

ISSN1090-2473

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.445

H-Index

164

CiteScore

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SNIP

1.059

Total Works

4,276

Total Citations

160,386

2yr Mean Citedness

1.20

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Games and Economic Behavior publishes research on individual decision-making, including preference elicitation and the role of emotions in economic choices. It also explores strategic interactions in collective decision-making, such as voting behavior and cooperation in social dilemmas, and examines cooperative game theory and solution concepts.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 162 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,276

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-2473

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Economics and EconometricsQ1

FinanceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Game Theory and ApplicationsExperimental Behavioral Economics StudiesAuction Theory and ApplicationsGame Theory and Voting SystemsEconomic theories and modelsDecision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesConsumer Market Behavior and PricingEducational Robotics and Engineering