Journal profile · Multiple
Contemporary Economic Policy
ISSN 1074-3529 · eISSN 1465-7287 · Wiley-Blackwell
Contemporary Economic Policy: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.06; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,970; median 264 days to acceptance (74 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 26% (journal website); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporary Economic Policy is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact and Global trade and economics, together about 24.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The objectives are to communicate results of high quality economic analysis to policymakers, focus high quality research and analysis on current policy issues of widespread concern, increase knowledge among economists of features of the economy key to understanding the impact of policy, and to advance methods of policy analysis.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences5.8%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
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 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
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 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, 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
- 1.06LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 90OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 919OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 43Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 102,294Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,193 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 16 | 5 |
| 2025 | 50 | 29 | 23 |
| 2024 | 51 | 32 | 131 |
| 2023 | 39 | 23 | 109 |
| 2022 | 43 | 14 | 552 |
| 2021 | 52 | 12 | 466 |
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
264 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 186 days – 363 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 39 days (74 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 310 days
- Sample
- 74 articles with submission and acceptance dates (96 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 330 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-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 2,970 / EUR 2,540 / GBP 1,940 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Preprints, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright / license options Model summary
If a paper is accepted for publication, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be required to complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Free Format submission Model summary
Contemporary Economic Policy offers Free Format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving policy Model summary
Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1074-3529
- Electronic ISSN
- 1465-7287
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Economic Policy
What CAS zone is Contemporary Economic Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Contemporary Economic Policy is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics / Public Administration. 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 Contemporary Economic Policy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.06; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 90.
How long does peer review take at Contemporary Economic Policy?
Based on the dates recorded on 74 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 264 days (interquartile range 186–363 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26% (2025). 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 Contemporary Economic Policy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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 Contemporary Economic Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporary Economic Policy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Contemporary Economic Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporary Economic Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,970.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .