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Annual Review of Economics

Annual Reviews Inc. · United States · Est. 1932

ISSN1941-1383eISSN1941-1391

SJR Q1✓ 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 ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

17.768

H-Indexi

126

SNIPi

5.192

Total Worksi

485

Total Citationsi

53,734

2yr Mean Citednessi

10.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Annual Review of Economics covers significant developments in the field of economics, including macroeconomics and money; microeconomics, including economic psychology; international economics; public finance; health economics; education; economic growth and technological change; economic development; social economics, including culture, institutions, social interaction, and networks; game theory, political economy, and social choice; and more.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1932

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications485

Publisher OrgAnnual Reviews

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 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?

Annual Reviews Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1941-1383 / 1941-1391

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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

5.2k

2019

2.7k

2020

2021

2022

1.7k

2023

787

2024

221

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 and EconometricsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

Economics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic theories and modelsMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactGlobal trade and economicsFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthExperimental Behavioral Economics StudiesDecision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsCulture, Economy, and Development StudiesGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsEconomic Growth and ProductivityEconomic Theory and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Economics

Is Annual Review of Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annual Review of Economics: 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 Annual Review of Economics?

Annual Review of 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 10.62.

Is Annual Review of Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annual Review of Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.