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American Economic Review

American Economic Association · United States · Est. 1911

ISSN1944-7981

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

23.489

H-Indexi

597

SNIPi

6.914

Total Worksi

10,082

Total Citationsi

1,772,174

2yr Mean Citednessi

12.67

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The American Economic Review (AER) is a general-interest economics journal. Established in 1911, the AER is among the nation's oldest and most respected scholarly journals in economics. The journal publishes 12 issues per year containing articles on a broad range of topics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1911

FrequencyFive No. A Year, With A Sixth Issue Quadrennially, 1981-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,082

Publisher OrgAmerican Economic Association

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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

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Economic Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1944-7981

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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?

Yes

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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

153

26k

2019

139

27k

2020

131

11k

2021

124

12k

2022

110

4.2k

2023

127

3.6k

2024

132

1.2k

2025

185

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 modelsFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomic Theory and PolicyEconomic Growth and ProductivityLabor market dynamics and wage inequalityGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisExperimental Behavioral Economics StudiesGlobal trade and economics

Frequently asked questions about American Economic Review

Is American Economic Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Economic Review: 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 American Economic Review?

American Economic Review 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 12.67.

Is American Economic Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Economic Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.