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IMF Economic Review

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2041-4161eISSN2041-417X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.433

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.194

Total Worksi

454

Total Citationsi

23,277

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IMF Economic Review is the official research journal of the International Monetary Fund, focusing on open-economy macroeconomics and related fields. Features articles that offer a highlevel view of economics, including macroeconomic implications of financial crises, policy responses, and stabilization. Engages a broad audience, including academics and policymakers. Interacts with related fields: international trade, political economy, labor, economic history, and development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications454

Publisher OrgPalgrave Macmillan

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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?

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2041-4161 / 2041-417X

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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

1.1k

2019

1.5k

2020

1.1k

2021

720

2022

282

2023

199

2024

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.

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceEconomics

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomic Theory and PolicyFiscal Policies and Political EconomyGlobal trade and economicsFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthMarket Dynamics and VolatilityEconomic Policies and ImpactsEconomic Growth and Productivity

Frequently asked questions about IMF Economic Review

Is IMF Economic Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IMF 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 IMF Economic Review?

IMF 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 2.39.

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

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