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ECONOMICS
ISSN 1864-6042 · eISSN 2303-5013 · De Gruyter · Germany · Annually · Founded 2006
ECONOMICS: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 48 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ECONOMICS is published by De Gruyter 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 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Economic theories and models and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, together about 26.5% 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)
About this journal Economics aims to cover all the main areas of economics. Inevitably, articles in different areas of economics are addressed at different audiences. Many of the articles submitted to the journal are standard technical pieces, addressed to a purely academic audience. Others concern economic policy and thus are addressed both to economists and policy makers with some economic background. Yet others are surveys and overviews, often interdisciplinary, addressed to a nontechnical audience. Economics is a new type of academic journal in economics. By involving a large research community in an innovative open peer review process, the journal aims to provide fast access to top-quality papers. Publishing is seen as a cooperative enterprise between authors, editors, referees, and readers. Economics takes the form of an e-journal, i.e., submission, evaluation, and publication are electronic. Economics embodies the following principles: Open Access: Following the principle that knowledge is a public good, all articles are free to read, download, and copy for all users. Open Assessment: The traditional peer review process is substantially supplemented by a public peer review process in which the community of active researchers from all over the world has a hand in the evaluation process. Due to interactive peer review and public discussion, Economics provides fast and efficient quality assurance. Speed: Submitted papers that have been identified as sufficiently promising for a referee process are made immediately available on the journal’s homepage as discussion papers. Thus, the time for new ideas to find their way into the scientific community is substantially reduced. SectionsMicroeconomics welcomes submissions in any area concerning individual behaviour in the economy. This includes pieces focussing on microeconomic theory, international economics, development economics, the economics of input or output markets and regulation of those markets, the economics of organizations, and other areas of microeconomic analysis. Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions are all potentially appropriate. Writing should be accessible to a broad readership, so technical aspects should be well-explained in the text with details relegated to appendices. Macroeconomics welcomes submissions in any area concerning aggregate flows and fluctuations in the economy. This includes pieces focussing on macroeconomic theory or the macroeconomic implications of
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
Editor-in-chief Katharine RockettPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Complex Systems and Time Series AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, 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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| 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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC
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)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 252OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.97OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 760 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 53 | 6 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 133 |
| 2024 | 72 | 72 | 374 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 78 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 105 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 106 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 37 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,050 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,050 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,050 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Editorial Policies
Detailed information on Editorial Policy, Publication Ethics, Instructions for Authors etc. can be found in the Supplementary Materials section.
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
- De Gruyter
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annually
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1864-6042
- Electronic ISSN
- 2303-5013
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ECONOMICS
What CAS zone is ECONOMICS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ECONOMICS is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ECONOMICS?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at ECONOMICS?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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 ECONOMICS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ECONOMICS is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ECONOMICS open access, and what is the APC?
ECONOMICS is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .