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Economics and Culture

Walter de Gruyter · Germany · Est. 2000

ISSN2255-7563eISSN2256-0173

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total78

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.273

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

225

Total Citationsi

829

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Economics; Management; Law; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Demography; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications225

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~22 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2255-7563 / 2256-0173

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

103

2019

144

2020

2021

2022

115

2023

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.

LawQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q3

DemographyQ3

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessEconomicsManagement

Scopus Categories

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)LawSociology and Political ScienceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Demography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness and Economic DevelopmentConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSustainable Supply Chain ManagementDigital Marketing and Social MediaEconomic Growth and ProductivityCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about Economics and Culture

Is Economics and Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Economics and Culture: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Economics and Culture?

Economics and Culture 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 1.18.

Is Economics and Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Economics and Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Economics and Culture?

How much does it cost to publish in Economics and Culture?

Economics and Culture is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.