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International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues

Econjournals · Turkey · Est. 2011

ISSN2146-4138

✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-07-23). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,386

Total Citationsi

7,749

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues (IJEFI) is the international academic journal, and is a double-blind, peer-reviewed academic journal publishing high quality conceptual and measure development articles in the areas of economics, finance and related disciplines. The journal has a worldwide audience. The journal's goal is to stimulate the development of economics, finance and related disciplines theory worldwide by publishing interesting articles in a highly readable format.

General Information

Country / RegionTurkey

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,386

Publisher OrgEconJournals

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Econjournals

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2146-4138

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS

✅

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

194

1.6k

2019

176

1.4k

2020

2.4k

2021

305

2022

107

391

2023

223

747

2024

281

208

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 EconometricsUnranked

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Unranked

FinanceUnranked

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Economics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesEconomic Growth and DevelopmentFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthMarket Dynamics and VolatilityCorporate Finance and GovernanceMicrofinance and Financial InclusionMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyInternational Business and FDIEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues

Is International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues a predatory journal?

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2025-07-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues?

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.23.

Is International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues is indexed in Scopus.