Journal profile
Acta Economica
ISSN 1512-858X · eISSN 2232-738X · University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Acta Economica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Economica is published by University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Regional Development and Management Studies, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Global Financial Crisis and Policies, together about 34.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Economica is the scientific journal of the Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, which was launched in 2002, and twice a year it publishes papers from all disciplines that are studied at the undergraduate and graduate studies, and it also follows current events in the field of economic sciences. The journal publishes papers in English and abstracts in Serbian. Empirical researches and theoretical analyses are equally important and they will be published if, in the opinion of the reviewers and editors, they meet the standards of the journal. At the request of the Editorial Board of Acta Economica journal, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of Srpska made a ranking of our journal in January 2014. According to the published final ranking, Acta Economica journal was placed in the first category of journals with 29 /30 points and characterized as a leading scientific journal of national importance. As well as then, Acta Economica is in the first category on the list of categorized scientific journals in the Republic of Srpska of the Ministry for Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of the Republic of Srpska. Faculty of Economics has signed an Agreement with the EBSCO database of internationally recognized journals. All issues of the journal (electronic and hard copy) are sent to the Head Office of EBSCO (Ipswich, USA), and analytical processing of all issues is taking place at the moment. Acta Economica journal is also included in the international system of cross-referencing (Crossref Report). Articles are assigned a special code number (Digital Objects Identifier). Every author who has published a paper in our journal will be able to track the number of hits of his published paper by using Crossref, which will be a significant reference in selection of candidates for teaching and associate positions and in evaluation of submitted applications for scientific-research projects. Acta Economica journal has been analytically processed from the first issue in 2002 and all papers are searchable in electronic catalog of National-University Library of Republic of Srpska at the website www.nub.rs and in Cooperative online catalogue COBISS / OPAK. The journal Acta Economica is indexed in the following databases: DOAJ, ERIHPLUS, Crossref, CEEOL. Mendeley, ROAD - Directory of open access scholarly resources, WorldCat, BASE. The commitment of the Editorial Board of the journal is to fulfill the co
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Regional Development and Management StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance24%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Risk Management in Financial FirmsBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences4.5%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering4.5%
- Global Trade and CompetitivenessBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CrossrefPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 282 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 7 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 6 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 10 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 51 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 55 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–250 words
- Keywords
- 4–6
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics
- Country or region
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1512-858X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2232-738X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 44 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Economica
How long does peer review take at Acta Economica?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Acta Economica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–250 words; Keywords: 4–6; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Acta Economica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Economica is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Acta Economica open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Economica is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .