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Economics and Finance Letters
ISSN 2312-6310 · eISSN 2312-430X · Conscientia Beam
Economics and Finance Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 1,500; review about 120 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 54 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economics and Finance Letters is published by Conscientia Beam 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 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, together about 24.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Conscientia Beam is a leading academic journals publishing company. It covers a wide range of academic disciplines including the agricultural sciences, arts and education, biological sciences, business & management, chemistry & materials sciences, computer sciences, economics, energy & environmental sciences, engineering, medical sciences, physical sciences, and the social sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting9.4%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.9%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Economic Growth and DevelopmentComputer Science5.5%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, 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 | Business, Finance | 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 | Business, Finance | 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 SciencePublisher website
Other: ProQuest, CNKI, J-Gate, Scilit, 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 277 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| 2025 | 54 | 54 | 29 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 36 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 76 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 90 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 190 |
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
120 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
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 120 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 60 daysPublisher 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 1,500 | — | — |
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
- editorialAll submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous editorial and peer-review process to ensure scientific quality, originality, and relevance to the journal’s scope. …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship
Sr. No. Country Authors 1 Indonesia 84 2 Viet Nam 83 3 Nigeria 79 4 China 56 5 Malaysia 55 6 India 36 7 Bangladesh 36 8 Pakistan 27 9 United States 25 10 Turkey 21 View All Countries
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Academic Integrity
Conscientia Beam is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. The publisher enforces rigorous peer-review procedures and strict ethical policies to ensure the quality and credibility of the scientific record. Cases involving plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, inappropriate authorship attribution, duplicate publication, or other forms o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial and Peer-Review Process
All submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous editorial and peer-review process to ensure scientific quality, originality, and relevance to the journal’s scope. Initial Editorial Assessment: Each manuscript is evaluated by the editorial team to determine its suitability for the journal and its alignment with the aims and scope of EFL. Manuscripts that fall outside the journal’s focus or raise ethic…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Check via iThenticate
All submissions are automatically screened against massive academic databases using iThenticate during the initial triage phase.
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
- Conscientia Beam
- ISSN
- 2312-6310
- Electronic ISSN
- 2312-430X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economics and Finance Letters
What CAS zone is Economics and Finance Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Economics and Finance Letters is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance / 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.
How long does peer review take at Economics and Finance Letters?
The publisher reports about 120 days (submission to acceptance). 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 and Finance Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economics and Finance Letters is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Economics and Finance Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Economics and Finance Letters is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,500.
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: .