Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
Economies
ISSN 2227-7099 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland
Economies: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.3 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 11 weeks (community reports); 373 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economies is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) and is in Zone 3 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, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth and Market Dynamics and Volatility, together about 27.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Macroeconomic economic theory and policy macroeconomic modelling; fiscal and other fields of economic policies; institutions and the macroeconomy; consumption; saving; investment; unemployment; national accounting; income distribution; production; business cycle fluctuations; macroeconomic forecasting. Economic development development policy; formal and informal economy; role of international organizations; foreign aid; industrialization; institutions and development; country studies; urban, rural, and regional studies; industrial policy; welfare; poverty; demographics. Growth and natural resources growth models; empirical growth studies; productivity; technological change; intellectual property rights; environment; resource policies; renewable resources; energy; primary markets; agriculture; institutions and growth; climate change. Health economics health care markets; health policy; regulation in health markets; health insurance; public health systems; health behaviour; pandemics; health and economic development; health and productivity; health and inequality. Labour and education economics labour markets; labour force; employment; human capital labour productivity; wages; retirement policies; education policies and systems; education and inequality; education and economic development; skills and return on education. Monetary and financial economics monetary theory and policy; monetary systems; inflation; interest rates; central banks and their policies; currencies; financial markets and their functioning; financial intermediation; payment systems; financial crises; role of finance in economic development. International trade regional economics trade theory and policy; regional economic integration; international factor movement; migration; exchange rate determination; exchange rate systems; international economic arrangements; urban and rural economics; regional economic activity.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.8%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.8%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.2%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Economic Growth and DevelopmentComputer Science5.4%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| 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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · Economics
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEconLitPublisher website
Other: 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) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 800OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 380LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,401 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 419 | 419 | 194 |
| 2025 | 373 | 373 | 1,328 |
| 2024 | 347 | 347 | 2,482 |
| 2023 | 307 | 307 | 3,663 |
| 2022 | 325 | 325 | 5,699 |
| 2021 | 214 | 214 | 4,859 |
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 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 23.3 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 6.5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CHF 1,800 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,800 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,800 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | CHF 1,800 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers10, by deadline
- Emerging Trends and Challenges in Foreign Direct Investment: Global Shifts, Digitalization, and Sustainable DevelopmentDeadline
- Health Expenditures and Economic Resilience: Macro PerspectivesDeadline
- The Asian Economy: Constraints and Opportunities (2nd Edition)Deadline
- The Nexus of Financial Development and Economic Growth: New Evidence in a Changing Global EconomyDeadline
- Returns to Education in Changing EconomiesDeadline
- Exchange Rates: Drivers, Dynamics, Impacts, and Policies (2nd Edition)Deadline
- Inflation: The Causes, Consequences and Risks (2nd Edition)Deadline
- Modeling and Forecasting of Financial MarketsDeadline
- Monetary Policy and Inflation DynamicsDeadline
- Next-Generation Macroeconomics: Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence ApproachesDeadline
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted20
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
Citation policy: cite sources clearly, obtain permission where appropriate, avoid excessive self-citation, do not copy unread references, do not preferentially cite own or peers' work, do not cite advertisements, quote original wording with citations per COPE. Model summary
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Research Ethics Research Involving Human Subjects Institutional Review Board Statement When reporting on research that involves human subjects, human material, human tissues, or human data, authors must declare that the investigations were carried out following the rules of the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975, which was revised in 2013. According to point 23 of this declaration, approval from the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in Economies will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
Economies accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates independen…
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
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2227-7099
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economies
What CAS zone is Economies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Economies is in Zone 3 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 Economies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.2, h-index 68.
How long does peer review take at Economies?
Authors report an average review time of about 11 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.
What JCR quartile is Economies in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, Economics Q2. JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Economics.
What are the manuscript requirements of Economies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: 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.
Which databases index Economies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economies is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Economies open access, and what is the APC?
Economies is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .