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Economic Development Quarterly
ISSN 0891-2424 · eISSN 1552-3543 · SAGE
Economic Development Quarterly: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.31; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 119 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 10.2% (journal website); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economic Development Quarterly is published by SAGE 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 Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of Economic Development Quarterly is to promote research supporting the formulation of evidence-based economic development and workforce development policy, programs and practice in the United States. The focus of EDQ is high quality research in economic and workforce development policy and practice within the United States. This research can be scholarly, applied, or practice oriented. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 26, Canada 1, Austria 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance16.9%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences7.8%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.5%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences4.7%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
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 | Development Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Development Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | 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 | Development Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.31LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 635OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 35.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,335 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 28 | 10 | 31 |
| 2024 | 20 | 14 | 25 |
| 2023 | 33 | 8 | 133 |
| 2022 | 32 | 6 | 182 |
| 2021 | 36 | 1 | 349 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
119 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10.2%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 53 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 119 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 73 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- commentaryResearch and Practice Articles for Peer Review All Research and Practice articles are peer reviewed. Articles should be submitted electronically to http://mc.ma…Length not stated
- forum/letters to the editorForum/Letters to the Editor Forum submissions offer readers an opportunity to comment on articles previously published in EDQ.Length not stated
- letters to the editorResearch and Practice Articles for Peer Review All Research and Practice articles are peer reviewed. Articles should be submitted electronically to http://mc.ma…Length not stated
- opinionResearch and Practice Articles for Peer Review All Research and Practice articles are peer reviewed. Articles should be submitted electronically to http://mc.ma…Length not stated
- research and practice articles for peer reviewResearch and Practice Articles for Peer Review All Research and Practice articles are peer reviewed.Length not stated
- research articleResearch and Practice Articles for Peer Review All Research and Practice articles are peer reviewed. Articles should be submitted electronically to http://mc.ma…Length not stated
- research noteResearch Note Research Notes are shorter articles on topics that are within the mission and focus of the journal.Length not stated
- reviewResearch and Practice Articles for Peer Review All Research and Practice articles are peer reviewed. Articles should be submitted electronically to http://mc.ma…main text ≤ 7,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
COPE member Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, fees will be determined at the time of production. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where author…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0891-2424
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-3543
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economic Development Quarterly
What CAS zone is Economic Development Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Economic Development Quarterly is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Development Studies / Economics / Urban Studies. 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 Economic Development Quarterly?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.31; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 80.
How long does peer review take at Economic Development Quarterly?
The publisher reports about 119 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10.2%. 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 Economic Development Quarterly?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Economic Development Quarterly based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (26), Canada (1) and Austria (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Economic Development Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economic Development Quarterly is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Economic Development Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Economic Development Quarterly is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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: .