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Economic Alternatives

University of National and World Economy · Bulgaria · Est. 2007

ISSN2367-9409

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.143

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.366

Total Worksi

407

Total Citationsi

995

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Economic Alternatives is a peer-reviewed academic journal indexed in Scopus (ASJC: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance). The journal publishes original research contributing to: - Economic Theory - Applied Economics and Information Systems - Political Economy - Financial and Monetary Economics - Interdisciplinary Economics

General Information

Country / RegionBulgaria

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Frequency4 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications407

OA Since2018

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of National and World Economy

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2367-9409

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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

141

2019

175

2020

151

2021

133

2022

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Business and Economic DevelopmentEconomic and Business Development StrategiesFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomic Growth and DevelopmentMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomic Growth and ProductivityGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsGlobal Trade and CompetitivenessEconomic Issues in Ukraine

Frequently asked questions about Economic Alternatives

Is Economic Alternatives a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Economic Alternatives: it is indexed in 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 Economic Alternatives?

Economic Alternatives is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.143.

Is Economic Alternatives indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Economic Alternatives is indexed in Scopus.