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American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

American Economic Association · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN1945-7669eISSN1945-7685

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

4.257

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.828

Total Worksi

835

Total Citationsi

24,021

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyQuarterly, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications835

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

1945-7669 / 1945-7685

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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

912

2019

513

2020

1.1k

2021

962

2022

597

2023

331

2024

128

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesAuction Theory and ApplicationsGame Theory and ApplicationsConsumer Market Behavior and PricingMerger and Competition AnalysisEconomic theories and modelsDecision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsGame Theory and Voting SystemsDigital Platforms and EconomicsLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems

Frequently asked questions about American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Is American Economic Journal: Microeconomics a predatory journal?

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

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 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 3.68.

Is American Economic Journal: Microeconomics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of American Economic Journal: Microeconomics?