Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Subfield ranking · 2019
Economics and Econometrics journal rankings 2019
701 ranked journals · Subfield in Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Economics and Econometrics has 701 ranked journals in 2019. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.04 against 1.00, down 0.03 on 2018. A journal needs OJR 1.80 to reach Q1. The top three are The Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, and International Organization.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. 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 2016–2018, the window the 2019 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.
Subfields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance (3)
701 ranked journals
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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 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 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 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
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1The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsOxford University Press · United States | 22.56Q1 | 17.65 1.76 up from 2018 | 133 | 59% | $7,619 | ||
2The Journal of Economic PerspectivesOAAmerican Economic Association · United States | 20.12Q1 | 20.07 8.10 up from 2018 | 146 | 100% | — | ||
3International OrganizationUniversity of Cambridge · United States | 10.37Q1 | 9.22 4.30 up from 2018 | 130 | 39% | $3,550 | ||
4American Economic Journal Applied EconomicsAmerican Economic Association · United States | 8.84Q1 | 8.20 1.75 up from 2018 | 112 | 53% | — | ||
5Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and SocietyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 8.01Q1 | 7.30 3.08 up from 2018 | 109 | 54% | $4,494 | ||
6Journal of Political EconomyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 7.88Q1 | 6.40 0.99 down from 2018 | 279 | 34% | — | ||
7Economic PolicyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 7.80Q1 | 6.70 0.96 up from 2018 | 64 | 50% | $7,310 | ||
8Research PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 7.57Q1 | 7.92 0.01 down from 2018 | 491 | 55% | $4,280 | ||
9JAMAAmerican Medical Association · United States | 7.17Q1 | 11.75 1.59 down from 2018 | 3,090 | 33% | — | ||
10Journal of Innovation & KnowledgeOAElsevier BV · Spain | 7.17Q1 | 7.30 2.43 up from 2018 | 88 | 100% | $2,200 | ||
11Journal of Economic LiteratureAmerican Economic Association · United States | 6.39Q1 | 9.05 4.35 up from 2018 | 182 | 9% | — | ||
12Financial InnovationOASpringer Nature · Germany | 6.26Q1 | 3.61 1.21 down from 2018 | 91 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
13IZA Journal of Labor PolicySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 6.26Q1 | 3.93 1.18 up from 2018 | 49 | 100% | $1,105 | ||
14American Economic Journal Economic PolicyAmerican Economic Association · United States | 6.21Q1 | 6.28 1.76 up from 2018 | 142 | 71% | — | ||
15Russian Journal of EconomicsOACIG Media Group · Russia | 6.11Q1 | 3.50 0.99 up from 2018 | 64 | 100% | — | ||
16Oxford Review of Economic PolicyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 5.95Q1 | 6.61 2.09 up from 2018 | 123 | 27% | $5,098 | ||
17Regional StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 5.94Q1 | 4.60 0.59 up from 2018 | 473 | 65% | — | ||
18Future Business JournalOASpringer Science+Business Media · Egypt | 5.66Q1 | 6.15 1.50 up from 2018 | 45 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
19Journal of Labor EconomicsUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 5.63Q1 | 3.98 0.15 up from 2018 | 139 | 28% | — | ||
20Borsa Istanbul ReviewOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.53Q1 | 4.03 0.57 up from 2018 | 82 | 100% | $1,500 | ||
21EconometricaWiley · United States | 5.50Q1 | 5.67 1.03 up from 2018 | 203 | 19% | $5,290 | ||
22Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeElsevier BV · United States | 5.44Q1 | 7.73 2.02 up from 2018 | 1,127 | 35% | $3,490 | ||
23Journal of Urban EconomicsElsevier BV · United States | 5.34Q1 | 4.20 1.00 up from 2018 | 145 | 36% | $5,080 | ||
24The Review of Economics and StatisticsThe MIT Press · United States | 5.29Q1 | 4.91 0.40 up from 2018 | 263 | 43% | — | ||
25AEA Papers and ProceedingsAmerican Economic Association · United States | 5.24Q1 | 3.42no 2018 value | 135 | 45% | — | — | |
26American Economic ReviewAmerican Economic Association · United States | 5.15Q1 | 8.50 4.57 up from 2018 | 1,393 | 64% | — | ||
27The Review of Economic StudiesOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 5.08Q1 | 4.93 0.58 up from 2018 | 211 | 52% | $6,530 | ||
28Journal of Economic SurveysWiley · United Kingdom | 5.01Q1 | 4.47 0.76 up from 2018 | 153 | 44% | $4,250 | ||
29The World Bank Research ObserverOxford University Press | 4.95Q1 | 6.60 3.41 up from 2018 | 32 | 63% | $3,986 | ||
30Journal of Monetary EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.86Q1 | 4.58 1.01 up from 2018 | 228 | 41% | $4,660 | ||
31American Economic Journal MacroeconomicsAmerican Economic Association · United States | 4.73Q1 | 4.60 0.44 up from 2018 | 90 | 59% | — | ||
32The Journal of Human ResourcesUniversity of Wisconsin Press · United States | 4.67Q1 | 3.11 0.21 up from 2018 | 141 | 33% | — | ||
33CliometricaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 4.64Q1 | 2.65 0.43 up from 2018 | 42 | 22% | $3,190 | ||
34Journal of the European Economic AssociationOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.52Q1 | 3.98 0.28 up from 2018 | 161 | 58% | $4,668 | ||
35Review of Environmental Economics and PolicyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 4.46Q1 | 5.98 0.32 up from 2018 | 79 | 27% | — | ||
36Journal of Health EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.42Q1 | 3.90 0.60 down from 2018 | 258 | 52% | $4,260 | ||
37Food PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.37Q1 | 4.92 0.40 down from 2018 | 339 | 45% | $4,330 | ||
38Journal of Economic GeographyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.37Q1 | 3.43 0.13 up from 2018 | 168 | 60% | $4,638 | ||
39Business EconomicsPalgrave Macmillan · United States | 4.36Q1 | 3.57 0.51 up from 2018 | 111 | 13% | $3,090 | ||
40European Journal of Political EconomyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.25Q1 | 2.66 0.12 up from 2018 | 222 | 40% | $3,650 | ||
41Journal of Public EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.05Q1 | 3.42 0.48 up from 2018 | 350 | 30% | $4,510 | ||
42International Review of Financial AnalysisElsevier BV · United States | 3.99Q1 | 4.21 2.09 up from 2018 | 372 | 35% | $3,770 | ||
43Journal of Multinational Financial ManagementElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.79Q1 | 3.87 1.73 up from 2018 | 85 | 12% | $3,080 | ||
44The Economic JournalOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.79Q1 | 3.40 0.80 up from 2018 | 310 | 60% | $4,463 | ||
45NBER Macroeconomics AnnualUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 3.78Q1 | 2.61 0.91 up from 2018 | 50 | 3% | — | ||
46Economics and PoliticsWiley · United Kingdom | 3.71Q1 | 2.65 2.63 down from 2018 | 52 | 36% | $3,240 | ||
47International EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.59Q1 | 2.86 0.86 up from 2018 | 99 | 28% | $3,660 | ||
48Finance research lettersElsevier BV · United States | 3.55Q1 | 4.10 1.81 up from 2018 | 636 | 22% | $3,730 | ||
49China Economic ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 3.54Q1 | 3.13 0.70 up from 2018 | 348 | 14% | $4,380 | ||
50Sustainable DevelopmentWiley · United Kingdom | 3.51Q1 | 4.16 0.56 down from 2018 | 186 | 34% | $4,250 |
Subfields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with Economics and Econometrics highlighted.
Journals
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
193 additional Economics and Econometrics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, 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: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 701
- Window papers (baseline)
- 203,611 +0.4% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 1.036 -4.5% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 34
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 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 | 317 | 344 | 374 | 390 | 397 | 413 | 423 | 446 | 466 | 492 | 526 | 546 | 576 | 608 | 634 | 655 | 684 | 691 | 690 | 701 | 698 | 708 | 719 | 711 | 714 | 710 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 73,194 | 85,106 | 91,878 | 100,650 | 101,327 | 110,166 | 117,011 | 125,509 | 133,417 | 142,774 | 154,284 | 163,635 | 175,713 | 183,093 | 192,533 | 198,646 | 202,770 | 202,907 | 202,534 | 203,611 | 209,785 | 229,040 | 252,466 | 269,566 | 277,099 | 284,770 | |
| Median OJR | 1.037 | 1.089 | 1.10 | 1.07 | 1.144 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.27 | 1.33 | 1.29 | 1.219 | 1.28 | 1.216 | 1.25 | 1.20 | 1.141 | 1.085 | 1.054 | 1.06 | 1.036 | 1.046 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.92 |
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.