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American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

American Economic Association · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN1945-7731eISSN1945-774X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

7.737

H-Indexi

137

SNIPi

3.537

Total Worksi

889

Total Citationsi

64,387

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy covers a range of topics, the common theme being the role of economic policy in economic outcomes. Subject areas include public economics; urban and regional economics; public policy aspects of health, education, welfare and political institutions; law and economics; economic regulation; and environmental and natural resource economics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyQuarterly, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications889

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?

1945-7731 / 1945-774X

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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

2019

2.9k

2020

2.5k

2021

2.3k

2022

1.3k

2023

737

2024

266

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)

Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisHealthcare Policy and ManagementHousing Market and EconomicsTaxation and Compliance StudiesSchool Choice and PerformanceGlobal Health Care IssuesEnergy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesClimate Change Policy and Economics

Frequently asked questions about American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Is American Economic Journal: Economic Policy a predatory journal?

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

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 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 6.01.

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

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