Journal profile · Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
Economic Research Guardian
ISSN 2247-8531 · Weissberg SRL · Romania
Economic Research Guardian: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 1 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economic Research Guardian is published by Weissberg SRL. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Economic Growth and Productivity and Global Financial Crisis and Policies, together about 100% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Economic Research Guardian (EcRG) is a double-blind reviewed online semi-annual journal, which publishes high quality economic scientific articles. Contributions covering Eastern Europe are more than welcome. The journal encourages the submission of theoretical and empirical research papers in the following areas of economics: * Mathematical and Quantitative Methods for Economics; * Public Economics; * Health, Education, and Welfare; * Labor and Demographic Economics; * Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth; * Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology. The aim of Economic Research Guardian is to integrate ideas and opinions of the economist and researchers in the field, all over the world, providing a true environment of scientific debate. Economic Research Guardian strongly promotes interdisciplinary studies over the issues of theoretical and practical importance, especially regarding the relationships between economics and political sciences, sociology, psychology etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
Editor-in-chief Mihai MutascuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance33.3%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance33.3%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance33.3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | Q4 | 1179/1530 | 22nd |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 240/283 | 15th |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q4 | 758/876 | 13th |
| Economics and Econometrics | Q4 | 693/755 | 8th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: BASE, Cabell's, Ebsco, EconBiz, Econis, EconPapers, Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek, EZB, Google Academic, IndexCopernicus, JournalTOCs, MIAR, Open-J-Gate, ProQuest, RePEc, ResearchBib, Jisc, Ulrich's, WorldCat
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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-ND |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 50–200 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access, no fees Model summary
Economic Research Guardian operates under an 'open-access' model with no submission, publication, or subscription fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
EcRG follows a double-blind review meaning that both reviewer and author identities are hidden from the reviewers and vice-versa during entire review process.
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
- Weissberg SRL
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2247-8531
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economic Research Guardian
How long does peer review take at Economic Research Guardian?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Which databases index Economic Research Guardian?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economic Research Guardian is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EconLit and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Economic Research Guardian open access, and what is the APC?
Economic Research Guardian 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, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .