Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Economic Papers
ISSN 0812-0439 · eISSN 1759-3441 · Wiley-Blackwell
Economic Papers: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; review about 140 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economic Papers 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 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Housing Market and Economics and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, together about 31.5% 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)
Economic Papers is one of two journals published by the Economics Society of Australia. The journal features a balance of quality research in applied economics and economic policy analysis. The intended audience is the broad range of economists working in business, government and academic communities within Australia and internationally who are interested in economic and social issues related to Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Contributions are sought from economists working in these areas and should be written to be accessible to a wide section of our readership. All contributions are refereed. We also encourage submissions from postgraduate and early career researchers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editor-in-chief Lisa FarrellPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 7, United Kingdom 1 (8 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 Finance20.9%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- New Zealand Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences5%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences4.1%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsEconLitPublisher website
Other: 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 (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 280OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 15Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 44,477Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,035 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 29 | 15 | 29 |
| 2024 | 25 | 15 | 36 |
| 2023 | 34 | 21 | 104 |
| 2022 | 32 | 15 | 95 |
| 2021 | 26 | 6 | 101 |
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
140 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%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 140 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 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 2,900 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 1,930 | — | — | |
| 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- editorialManuscripts are published in four categories, all of which are peer-reviewed: (i) Original Articles; (ii) Letters; (iii) Review Papers; (iv) Policy Lens. An Ori…Length not stated
- letterManuscripts are published in four categories, all of which are peer-reviewed: (i) Original Articles; (ii) Letters; (iii) Review Papers; (iv) Policy Lens. An Ori…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- lettersManuscripts are published in four categories, all of which are peer-reviewed: (i) Original Articles; (ii) Letters; (iii) Review Papers; (iv) Policy Lens.Length not stated
- original articleManuscripts are published in four categories, all of which are peer-reviewed: (i) Original Articles; (ii) Letters; (iii) Review Papers; (iv) Policy Lens. An Ori…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- original articlesManuscripts are published in four categories, all of which are peer-reviewed: (i) Original Articles; (ii) Letters; (iii) Review Papers; (iv) Policy Lens.Length not stated
- policy lensManuscripts are published in four categories, all of which are peer-reviewed: (i) Original Articles; (ii) Letters; (iii) Review Papers; (iv) Policy Lens.Length not stated
- reviewManuscripts are published in four categories, all of which are peer-reviewed: (i) Original Articles; (ii) Letters; (iii) Review Papers; (iv) Policy Lens. An Ori…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- review papersManuscripts are published in four categories, all of which are peer-reviewed: (i) Original Articles; (ii) Letters; (iii) Review Papers; (iv) Policy Lens.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data archiving in public repository expected; data availability statement required. Model summary
This journal expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the dat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Economic Papers is a subscription journal that offers an open access option. You will have the option to choose to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an article publication charge unless a waiver applies. Read more about article publication charges here. If you are a researcher from Australia or New Zealand, you may be eligible to publish open access with no t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-blind peer review; at least two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. Model summary
This journal operates under a double-blind peer review model. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Accepts preprint/working paper submissions. Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. Economic Papers will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. This Jou…
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
- 0812-0439
- Electronic ISSN
- 1759-3441
- Society / sponsor
- Economic Society of Australia
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 1 (March 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economic Papers
What CAS zone is Economic Papers in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Economic Papers is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Economic Papers?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Economic Papers?
The publisher reports about 140 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (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 Economic Papers?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Economic Papers based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (7) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Economic Papers?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economic Papers is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, CAB Abstracts and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Economic Papers open access, and what is the APC?
Economic Papers is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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: .