Journal profile
Economic Insights Trends and Challenges
ISSN 2284-8576 · eISSN 2284-8584 · Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti · Romania
Economic Insights Trends and Challenges: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economic Insights Trends and Challenges is published by Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Economic Growth and Development and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, together about 24.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Since 2007 the topics have covered issues related to the demands and exigencies that resulted from Romania’s integration into the European Union, together with other approaches of the regional, national, and international economic life.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Cătălin Nicolae PopescuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 29, Italy 12, Serbia 10, Türkiye 5, Poland 4 (86 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
- Economic Growth and DevelopmentComputer Science8.5%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
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
EconLitPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Index Copernicus, Cabells Journalytics, CNKI Scholar, ASCI, Ulrich’s
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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.68OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 199 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 10 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 44 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 | 54 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 38 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 175 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- original articleType of paper. The author shall choose between an Original article or a Review paperLength not stated
- review paperType of paper. The author shall choose between an Original article or a Review paperLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use
AI use must be disclosed in Acknowledgments and explained in Materials and Methods Model summary
If Large Language Models (LLMs), known as GenAI or AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, etc., are used to generate any part of the manuscript, authors must: Disclose use in the Acknowledgments section Provide a detailed explanation in the Materials and Methods section
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
Authors responsible for originality/authenticity and rights to use information Model summary
The authors are fully responsible for the originality and authenticity of the manuscripts submitted for publication, as well as for the right of using the information included in the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-NC 4.0 license Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
Economic Insights – Trends and Challenges is an open-access journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
After the double-blind peer review procedure, the authors whose manuscripts fulfill the scientific standards as regards publication will be informed about paper acceptance.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Originality: papers must not be published or under consideration elsewhere Model summary
The journal Economic Insights – Trends and Challenges (formerly: Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti Bulletin, Economic Sciences Series) publishes scientific papers focused on the economic field and other related fields (interdisciplinary papers) that have not been and are not going to be published in any other journals or volumes of scientific conferences.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
English language requirement; poor English returned for retranslation within 15 days Model summary
The papers should be transmitted in Britain English or American English language. If the English language used is inappropriate, the publication’s Editor is not obliged to consider the paper. In that case, the author (the corresponding author for coauthoring situations) is given back the paper to remake the translation, in a maximum of 15 days.
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
- Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2284-8576
- Electronic ISSN
- 2284-8584
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economic Insights Trends and Challenges
How long does peer review take at Economic Insights Trends and Challenges?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Economic Insights Trends and Challenges based?
Of the 86 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (29), Italy (12) and Serbia (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Economic Insights Trends and Challenges?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economic Insights Trends and Challenges is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Economic Insights Trends and Challenges open access, and what is the APC?
Economic Insights Trends and Challenges 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .