Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Economic Affairs
ISSN 0265-0665 · eISSN 1468-0270 · Wiley-Blackwell
Economic Affairs: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economic Affairs is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Economic Theory and Institutions, Economic Theory and Policy and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism, together about 27.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Economic Affairs</em> is an applied economics journal publishing stimulating work and commentary on the application of economic principles to practical affairs.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic Theory and InstitutionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.5%
- Political and Economic history of UK and USSocial Sciences7.2%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences6.6%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.2%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | 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 |
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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 286OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,849 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 17 | 0 |
| 2025 | 59 | 29 | 21 |
| 2024 | 75 | 40 | 106 |
| 2023 | 58 | 33 | 60 |
| 2022 | 58 | 20 | 103 |
| 2021 | 64 | 15 | 209 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (33% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
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 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0265-0665
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0270
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economic Affairs
What CAS zone is Economic Affairs in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Economic Affairs is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 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.
Which databases index Economic Affairs?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economic Affairs is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Economic Affairs open access, and what is the APC?
Economic Affairs is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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: .