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Empirical Economics

Physica-Verlag · Germany · Est. 1976

ISSN1435-8921

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 (2 more)+12

Total90

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?

333

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 280d

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.617

H-Indexi

107

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.347

Total Worksi

3,791

Total Citationsi

82,821

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Empirical Economics publishes high-quality papers that apply advanced econometric or statistical methods to confront economic theory with observed data. Exemplary topics are treatment effect estimation, policy evaluation, forecasting, and econometric methods. Contributions may focus on the estimation of established relationships between economic variables or on the testing of hypotheses. Emphasizes the replicability of empirical results: replication studies may be published as short papers.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 167 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,791

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle-blind

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

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Physica-Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1435-8921

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single-blind

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

199

3.1k

2019

163

2020

185

2021

177

1.7k

2022

192

1.2k

2023

162

679

2024

147

246

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Q2

Statistics and ProbabilityQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsSocial Sciences, Mathematical Methods

Scopus Categories

Mathematics (miscellaneous)Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Economics and EconometricsStatistics and Probability

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactMarket Dynamics and VolatilityFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomic Growth and ProductivityGlobal trade and economicsEconomic theories and modelsGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesLabor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomic Theory and PolicyFinancial Risk and Volatility Modeling

Frequently asked questions about Empirical Economics

Is Empirical Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Empirical Economics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Empirical Economics?

Empirical 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 2.04.

Is Empirical Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Empirical Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.