Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Field ranking · 2015
Economics, Econometrics and Finance journal rankings 2015
798 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Economics, Econometrics and Finance has 798 ranked journals in 2015. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.16 against 1.00, down 0.04 on 2014. A journal needs OJR 2.14 to reach Q1. The top three are The Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, and American Economic Review.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
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1The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsOxford University Press · United States | 21.43Q1 | 9.84 2.73 down from 2014 | 157 | 36% | $7,619 | ||
2The Journal of Economic PerspectivesOAAmerican Economic Association · United States | 18.90Q1 | 10.45 0.36 down from 2014 | 149 | 43% | — | ||
3American Economic ReviewAmerican Economic Association · United States | 14.84Q1 | 8.88 1.69 down from 2014 | 792 | 40% | — | ||
4IMF staff discussion noteInternational Monetary Fund | 12.30Q1 | 10.04 5.00 up from 2014 | 36 | 63% | — | ||
5The Journal of FinanceWiley · United States | 10.90Q1 | 6.74 0.60 up from 2014 | 283 | 24% | $4,430 | ||
6Journal of Economic LiteratureAmerican Economic Association · United States | 10.66Q1 | 5.72 0.88 down from 2014 | 121 | 7% | — | ||
7Research PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.80Q1 | 5.70 0.24 down from 2014 | 432 | 46% | $4,280 | ||
8American Economic Journal MacroeconomicsAmerican Economic Association · United States | 9.64Q1 | 4.65 1.63 down from 2014 | 96 | 26% | — | ||
9American Economic Journal Applied EconomicsAmerican Economic Association · United States | 9.59Q1 | 6.47 0.34 up from 2014 | 127 | 43% | — | ||
10The Review of Economic StudiesOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 9.45Q1 | 6.64 1.15 up from 2014 | 146 | 41% | $6,530 | ||
11IMF Economic ReviewPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 9.34Q1 | 6.11 1.04 up from 2014 | 67 | 26% | — | ||
12Journal of Financial EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.04Q1 | 4.67 0.19 up from 2014 | 445 | 24% | $4,740 | ||
13Journal of the European Economic AssociationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 8.66Q1 | 5.05 0.04 up from 2014 | 171 | 28% | $4,668 | ||
14International OrganizationUniversity of Cambridge · United States | 8.56Q1 | 3.82 0.40 up from 2014 | 120 | 36% | $3,550 | ||
15Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and SocietyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 8.17Q1 | 4.69 2.21 up from 2014 | 92 | 51% | $4,494 | ||
16Journal of Economic GeographyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 8.10Q1 | 3.86 1.16 up from 2014 | 165 | 33% | $4,638 | ||
17EconometricaWiley · United States | 7.95Q1 | 6.16 0.67 up from 2014 | 245 | 32% | $5,290 | ||
18Journal of Political EconomyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 7.64Q1 | 3.81 1.19 down from 2014 | 127 | 23% | — | ||
19American Economic Journal Economic PolicyAmerican Economic Association · United States | 7.61Q1 | 5.37 0.88 up from 2014 | 129 | 46% | — | ||
20Southeast Asian EconomiesInstitute of Southeast Asian Studies · Singapore | 7.57Q1 | 1.18 3.60 down from 2014 | 100 | 4% | — | ||
21Journal of Urban EconomicsElsevier BV · United States | 7.44Q1 | 3.44 0.43 up from 2014 | 136 | 12% | $5,080 | ||
22Review of Financial StudiesOxford University Press · United States | 7.42Q1 | 3.83no change | 348 | 20% | $4,028 | ||
23The Review of Economics and StatisticsThe MIT Press · United States | 7.10Q1 | 4.10 0.27 down from 2014 | 248 | 39% | — | ||
24Journal of International EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.94Q1 | 2.83 1.02 down from 2014 | 251 | 44% | $4,300 | ||
25The Economic JournalOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 6.86Q1 | 3.43 0.68 down from 2014 | 285 | 50% | $4,463 | ||
26Economic PolicyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 6.72Q1 | 3.86 0.59 down from 2014 | 65 | 29% | $7,310 | ||
27Journal of Labor EconomicsUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 6.66Q1 | 3.89 0.76 up from 2014 | 104 | 19% | — | ||
28Journal of Monetary EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.48Q1 | 3.72 0.57 up from 2014 | 215 | 23% | $4,660 | ||
29JAMAAmerican Medical Association · United States | 5.70Q1 | 8.72 0.45 up from 2014 | 4,106 | 21% | — | ||
30Development and ChangeWiley · United Kingdom | 5.61Q1 | 2.97 0.66 down from 2014 | 206 | 32% | $3,870 | ||
31Journal of Economic SurveysWiley · United Kingdom | 5.54Q1 | 3.17 0.03 up from 2014 | 131 | 21% | $4,250 | ||
32Industrial and Corporate ChangeOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 5.51Q1 | 2.74 0.56 down from 2014 | 154 | 37% | $4,299 | ||
33Journal of Financial IntermediationElsevier BV · United States | 5.46Q1 | 3.52 0.07 down from 2014 | 87 | 30% | $3,960 | ||
34IZA Journal of European Labor StudiesSpringer Nature · Germany | 5.37Q1 | 2.31 0.25 up from 2014 | 56 | 100% | — | ||
35Economic GeographyTaylor & Francis · United States | 5.30Q1 | 2.36 0.26 up from 2014 | 89 | 4% | — | ||
36Emerging Markets ReviewElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.29Q1 | 2.58 0.55 down from 2014 | 120 | 26% | $3,060 | ||
37IZA Journal of Labor PolicySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 5.28Q1 | 2.27 1.10 down from 2014 | 58 | 100% | $1,105 | ||
38Environmental Impact Assessment ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 5.19Q1 | 4.38 0.27 down from 2014 | 173 | 21% | $3,900 | ||
39Regional StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 4.92Q1 | 2.26 0.21 up from 2014 | 469 | 53% | — | ||
40Review of World EconomicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 4.88Q1 | 1.98 0.40 down from 2014 | 89 | 24% | $3,190 | ||
41European Urban and Regional StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.84Q1 | 1.93 0.09 up from 2014 | 155 | 23% | $3,900 | ||
42Journal of Applied EconometricsWiley · United Kingdom | 4.79Q1 | 2.84 0.57 up from 2014 | 166 | 29% | $4,030 | ||
43Journal of Public EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.76Q1 | 2.30 0.18 down from 2014 | 333 | 33% | $4,510 | ||
44Food PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.70Q1 | 3.73 0.11 up from 2014 | 330 | 30% | $4,330 | ||
45Journal of Financial MarketsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.62Q1 | 4.00 0.02 down from 2014 | 83 | 11% | $2,950 | ||
| 4.47Q1 | 4.22 3.35 down from 2014 | 41 | 100% | $916 | |||
47Review of Environmental Economics and PolicyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 4.43Q1 | 4.93 0.53 up from 2014 | 56 | 6% | — | ||
48Oxford Review of Economic PolicyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.42Q1 | 2.11 0.16 down from 2014 | 113 | 25% | $5,098 | ||
49Resources PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.40Q1 | 3.71 0.17 up from 2014 | 197 | 22% | $3,810 | ||
50Labour EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.36Q1 | 2.13 0.04 up from 2014 | 232 | 39% | $3,240 |
Subfields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, compared.
Journals
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
280 additional Economics, Econometrics and Finance journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2012–2014, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 798
- Window papers (baseline)
- 280,922 +14.3% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 1.16 -5.2% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 42Comparison-group list (42)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 395 | 425 | 460 | 487 | 498 | 514 | 531 | 559 | 581 | 609 | 647 | 670 | 707 | 738 | 766 | 798 | 826 | 834 | 837 | 849 | 845 | 851 | 865 | 854 | 853 | 853 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 99,973 | 113,603 | 122,133 | 133,423 | 136,804 | 148,238 | 157,778 | 169,254 | 180,801 | 194,355 | 211,936 | 226,900 | 245,854 | 257,623 | 271,446 | 280,922 | 287,325 | 287,637 | 285,717 | 287,386 | 299,609 | 328,459 | 359,376 | 375,644 | 380,630 | 387,914 | |
| Median OJR | 1.03 | 1.09 | 1.106 | 1.061 | 1.111 | 1.1362 | 1.1363 | 1.27 | 1.33 | 1.28 | 1.22 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.20 | 1.16 | 1.10 | 1.056 | 1.08 | 1.058 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.945 | 0.92 | 0.943 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.8% | 553 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 2.400 per 1,000 | 478 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -3.6% | 787 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 59.7% | 853 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,275 | 442 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 27.5% | 793 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 853 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.94 | 849 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 42.5% | 853 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 48.9% | 852 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.