Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Comparative Economic Studies
ISSN 0888-7233 · eISSN 1478-3320 · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
Comparative Economic Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 221 days to acceptance (27 articles, last 24 months); 17 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Comparative Economic Studies is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 3 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Financial Crisis and Policies, Russia and Soviet political economy and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, together about 32.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Comparative Economic Studies is a journal of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies (ACES). It aims to publish papers that address several objectives: that provide original political economy analysis from a comparative perspective, that are an accessible source for state-of-the-art comparative economics thinking, that encourage cross-fertilization of ideas, that debate directions for future research in comparative economics, and that can provide materials and insights that are relevant for teaching, public policy debate and the media. Comparative Economic Studies welcome both submissions that are explicitly comparative and case studies of single countries or regions. The journal is interested in papers that investigate how economic systems respond to economic transitions, crises and to structural change, brought about by globalization, demographics, institutions, technology, politics, and the environment. While maintaining its position as an important outlet for work on Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union, the scope of Comparative Economic Studies encompasses other areas as well (European Union, Asia, Latin America, and Africa).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 8, United Kingdom 5, Germany 2, France 2, Italy 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.9%
- Russia and Soviet political economySocial Sciences10.6%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.1%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, RePEc
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 524OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 100,600Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,280 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 11 | 10 |
| 2025 | 17 | 8 | 30 |
| 2024 | 20 | 9 | 115 |
| 2023 | 26 | 17 | 169 |
| 2022 | 25 | 14 | 264 |
| 2021 | 36 | 18 | 423 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
221 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 163 days – 315 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 37 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 271 days
- Sample
- 27 articles with submission and acceptance dates (46 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,390 / EUR 2,790 / GBP 2,490 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Harvard
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics
Member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Model summary
This journal, via its publisher Palgrave Macmillan, is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
Using third-party material in your articleAuthors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party material (e.g. figures, tables, photos, illustrations, trade literature, or data) is not used without permission. If such material is copyrighted, permission must be obtained and submitted with the final manuscript. The Editor and Publisher must be informed of any restricted-use content at submissio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access & Self Archiving
Self-archiving (green open access)Where articles are published via the subscription route, authors are permitted to self-archive the accepted manuscript (the version post-peer review, but prior to copy-editing and typesetting) on their own personal website and/or in their funder or institutional repositories, for public release after an embargo period of 12 months after first publication.Learn mor…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Submissions checked with iThenticate for plagiarism Model summary
Manuscripts submitted to the journal are subject to checks using iThenticate to detect instances of overlapping and similar text.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Open Access & Self Archiving
Green OA self-archiving of accepted manuscript after 12-month embargo Model summary
Self-archiving (green open access)Where articles are published via the subscription route, authors are permitted to self-archive the accepted manuscript (the version post-peer review, but prior to copy-editing and typesetting) on their own personal website and/or in their funder or institutional repositories, for public release after an embargo period of 12 months after first publication.Learn mor…
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0888-7233
- Electronic ISSN
- 1478-3320
- Society / sponsor
- Association for Comparative Economic Studies
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Comparative Economic Studies
What CAS zone is Comparative Economic Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Comparative Economic Studies is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Comparative Economic Studies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 70.
How long does peer review take at Comparative Economic Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 27 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 221 days (interquartile range 163–315 days). 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 Comparative Economic Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Harvard. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Comparative Economic Studies based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (8), United Kingdom (5) and Germany (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Comparative Economic Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Comparative Economic Studies is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Comparative Economic Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Comparative Economic Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,390.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .