Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics
Economic Outlook
ISSN 0140-489X · eISSN 1468-0319 · Wiley-Blackwell
Economic Outlook: subscription journal; 80 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economic Outlook is published by Wiley-Blackwell. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Economic, financial, and policy analysis and Global Financial Crisis and Policies, together about 56.5% 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)
Economic Outlook is a quarterly report detailing the forecast over the next five years for all of the key UK macroeconomic indicators. The following sectors of the UK economy are analysed in-depth: Fiscal Policy The Housing Market Monetary Policy The UK Company Sector Prices and Wages The Labour Market Economic Activity Trade and the Balance of Payments Consumer Demand Sectoral Balances; Surpluses and Deficits In addition each report contains regular Feature Articles. Recent issues featured include: Offshoring: How big an issue? Aviation and the UK Economy. Analysing the contribution of the aviation industry to the UK economy and its growth potential. The Impact of Interest Rates and the Housing Market on the UK Economy. The changing sources of new mortgage debt. An analysis of the UK housing market. Is the housing market set to fall? What difference would EMU entry make to the UK? The report also contains a general economic assessment and overview of the economies of the USA, the Eurozone and Japan, including three-year forecasts of the key macroeconomic indicators. The forecasts are produced using Oxford Economic's global macroeconomic model.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance30.3%
- Economic, financial, and policy analysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance16.7%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.5%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.8%
- Forecasting Techniques and ApplicationsDecision Sciences6%
- Political and Economic history of UK and USSocial Sciences4.1%
- European Monetary and Fiscal PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.4%
- German Economic Analysis & PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics and Econometrics | Q4 | 750/755 | 0th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 64Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 4,020Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,218 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | 22 | 18 |
| 2025 | 80 | 18 | 27 |
| 2024 | 80 | 30 | 19 |
| 2023 | 80 | 25 | 47 |
| 2022 | 81 | 5 | 37 |
| 2021 | 84 | 8 | 98 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 accepted1
- feature articleFeature Article World Economic Prospects Monthly | GlobalLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
online-only from 2022 Model summary
Economic Outlook will be published in an online-only format effective from the 2022 volume.
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
- 0140-489X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0319
- Society / sponsor
- Oxford Economics
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50, Issue S9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economic Outlook
Which databases index Economic Outlook?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economic Outlook is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Economic Outlook open access, and what is the APC?
Economic Outlook is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .