Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Economic Record
ISSN 0013-0249 · eISSN 1475-4932 · Wiley-Blackwell
Economic Record: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.86; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; review about 6 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 70 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economic Record 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, Australian History and Society and Economic Theory and Policy, together about 26.9% 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)
Published on behalf of the Economic Society of Australia, the Economic Record provides a vehicle for the communication of advances in knowledge and understanding in economics. We publish original articles in the theoretical, applied and policy areas of economics and provide a forum for research on the Australian economy. We also publish surveys in economics and book reviews to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge. Subscription to the Economic Record includes a special issue publishing selected papers from The Australian Conference of Economists. Abstracting and Indexing Information ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage) APAIS: Australian Public Affairs & Information Service (National Library of Australia) Australian Family & Society Abstracts (Australian Institute of Family Studies) Business ASAP (GALE Cengage) Business Premium Collection (ProQuest) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) EconLit (AEA) ERA: Educational Research Abstracts Online (T&F) GEOBASE (Elsevier) IBR & IBZ: International Bibliographies of Periodical Literature (KG Saur) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) ISI Alerting Services Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) Periodical Index Online (ProQuest) Proquest Business Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-160 Proquest Pharma Collection (ProQuest) RePEc: Research Papers in Economics Research into Higher Education Abstracts (T&F) Research Library (ProQuest) Research Library Prep (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 4, Australia 2 (6 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%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences9.5%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- New Zealand Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
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 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)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher 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
- 0.86LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,085OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 55.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 50Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 95,072Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,279 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 26 | 3 |
| 2025 | 70 | 39 | 21 |
| 2024 | 74 | 39 | 48 |
| 2023 | 73 | 43 | 106 |
| 2022 | 64 | 17 | 145 |
| 2021 | 67 | 10 | 181 |
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 (35% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 14 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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- AUD 110
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- book reviewOriginal Research Description: Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that significantly contribute to knowledge Word Limit: Up to 15,000 words…Length not stated
- meta-analysisOriginal Research Description: Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that significantly contribute to knowledge Word Limit: Up to 15,000 words…Length not stated
- original researchOriginal Research Description: Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that significantly contribute to knowledge Word Limit: Up to 15,000 words…Length not stated
- reviewOriginal Research Description: Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that significantly contribute to knowledge Word Limit: Up to 15,000 words…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- surveyOriginal Research Description: Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that significantly contribute to knowledge Word Limit: Up to 15,000 words…Length not stated
- survey articleSurvey Article Description: Critical review of the literature, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses Word Limit: Up to 10,000 words. Each table and fig…Length not stated
- systematic reviewOriginal Research Description: Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that significantly contribute to knowledge Word Limit: Up to 15,000 words…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 and code sharing Model summary
Economic Record encourages that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository or website.
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
This Journal 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 tran…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
This Journal operates under a double-blind peer review model. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. The editor will give preference to articles that are succinctly written. Articles will not usually be published if they are minor variations of existing analyses or of interest only to very small …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. This Journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. Economic Record 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
- 0013-0249
- Electronic ISSN
- 1475-4932
- Society / sponsor
- Economic Society of Australia
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 102, Issue 338 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economic Record
What CAS zone is Economic Record in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Economic Record 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 Record?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.86; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 93.
How long does peer review take at Economic Record?
The publisher reports about 6 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (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 Record?
According to the journal's author guidelines: 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 Record based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (4) and Australia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Economic Record?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economic Record is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Economic Record open access, and what is the APC?
Economic Record 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: .