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Journal of Population Economics

Springer New York · Germany · Est. 1988

ISSN1432-1475

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

478

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 460d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.477

H-Indexi

135

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.074

Total Worksi

1,725

Total Citationsi

71,636

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Population Economics is a highly cited international quarterly that publishes original theoretical and applied research with significant policy relevance. Covering issues with challenging demographic contexts, its articles provide individual, household, firm, economy-wide and societal perspectives. A focus on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is particularly welcome. Individual, household or family studies cover partnership formation, divorce, fertility, education, work, migration, health, conflict, violence, risky behavior and aging. Macro topics include economic growth with exogenous or endogenous populations, population policy, savings, pensions, social security, housing, and health care. Societal challenges of interest include gender issues, wellbeing and happiness, sexuality, abortion, religion, poverty, inequality, war, peace and refugees. Firm-related topics include personnel economics and management, skilled labor recruitment, working from home, diversity, robots and artificial intelligence. Studies from business, other social sciences, medicine and related fields like human biology, development, history, and public choice are considered.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,725

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1432-1475

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

830

2019

2020

1.5k

2021

739

2022

509

2023

434

2024

192

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.

DemographyQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

DemographyEconomics

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsDemography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsMigration and Labor DynamicsFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthGlobal Health Care IssuesLabor market dynamics and wage inequalityFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisEconomic Growth and ProductivityDemographic Trends and Gender PreferencesEmployment and Welfare Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Population Economics

Is Journal of Population Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Population Economics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Population Economics?

Journal of Population Economics 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 2.75.

Is Journal of Population Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Population Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.