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Journal of Economic Methodology

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1469-9427

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 ↗

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📊 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

0.535

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.24

Total Worksi

1,079

Total Citationsi

17,124

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Economic Methodology publishes research on traditional topics within economic methodology and philosophy of economics. It also covers subjects from the philosophy of natural or social science and areas of philosophical inquiry such as ethics, provided they relate to debates in the primary fields.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyThree No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,079

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1469-9427

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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

388

2019

136

2020

483

2021

451

2022

2023

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, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic Theory and InstitutionsEconomic theories and modelsDecision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsPhilosophy and History of ScienceExperimental Behavioral Economics StudiesEconomic Theory and PolicyComplex Systems and Time Series AnalysisHuman auditory perception and evaluationMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactPolitical Economy and Marxism

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Economic Methodology

Is Journal of Economic Methodology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Economic Methodology: 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 Journal of Economic Methodology?

Journal of Economic Methodology 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 0.65.

Is Journal of Economic Methodology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Economic Methodology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.