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Economics

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1997

ISSN1864-6042eISSN1864-6042
SJR Q2WOS SSCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.36
H-Indexi
41
CiteScorei
1.3
SNIPi
0.794
Total Worksi
716
Total Citationsi
9,374
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.54
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Economics aims to cover all the main areas of economics. Inevitably, articles in different areas of economics are addressed at different audiences. Many of the articles submitted to the journal are standard technical pieces, addressed to a purely academic audience. Others concern economic policy and thus are addressed both to economists and policy makers with some economic background. Yet others are surveys and overviews, often interdisciplinary, addressed to a nontechnical audience.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1997
Annual Volume~ 47 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications716
Publisher OrgKiel Institute for the World Economy
OA Since2006
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1864-6042 / 1864-6042
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Open
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Portico
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
51
915
2019
27
409
2020
14
104
2021
18
104
2022
21
74
2023
72
358
2024
48
125
2025
50
6
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)

Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomic theories and modelsFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthGlobal trade and economicsEconomic Theory and PolicyComplex Systems and Time Series AnalysisGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomic Growth and ProductivityMarket Dynamics and VolatilityEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about Economics

Is Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Economics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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?

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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3.

Is Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Economics?

Economics aims to cover all the main areas of economics. Inevitably, articles in different areas of economics are addressed at different audiences. Many of the articles submitted to the journal are standard technical pieces, addressed to a purely academic audience. Others concern economic policy and thus are addressed both to economists and policy makers with some economic background. Yet others are surveys and overviews, often interdisciplinary, addressed to a nontechnical audience.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref