Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Forum for Social Economics
ISSN 0736-0932 · eISSN 1874-6381 · Taylor & Francis
Forum for Social Economics: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 328 days to acceptance (72 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 13% (journal website); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Forum for Social Economics is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Economic Theory and Institutions, Economic Theory and Policy and Political Economy and Marxism, together about 40.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Forum for Social Economics, founded in 1971, is a high-quality peer-reviewed (double anonymized), international academic journal sponsored by the Association for Social Economics (ASE). It is committed to the development of social economics as a values-based, complex and policy-oriented science in the service of the common good. The Forum Editors invite the submission of stimulating, original and clearly-written academic research papers on: a) The factual features of the socioeconomic problems of our age - such as the state of communities, economic and financial crises, institutional and technological change, poverty/inequality, terrorism, conflict and climate change as well as gender, class and ethnic issues - and how they impact on a reasonable understanding of the world we live in; b) Alternative perspectives on indicators of socioeconomic performance. These include approaches that endogenize social facts, well-being, quality of life, standard living, provisioning, ecological sustainability, trust, institutional functioning, happiness and/or human development. c) Policy issues, with an emphasis on how collective agents - governments, public agencies, unions and other private groups and organizations - can and do affect coordination, cooperation, performance, justice, equity and trust. The Forum is especially interested in papers that are realistic in their outlook, pluralistic in their approach, concerned with interdependent agents and take account of the institutional and evolutionary nature of the economy. The Forum is not interested in quantitative exercises that are devoid of a theoretical perspective.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 2, Italy 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic Theory and InstitutionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences9.2%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions5.1%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences4.5%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences3.2%
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 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
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.29Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.61Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 60,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 60,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,000 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 34 | 10 | 30 |
| 2024 | 50 | 16 | 88 |
| 2023 | 39 | 7 | 153 |
| 2022 | 16 | 6 | 137 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5 | 144 |
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 · to
328 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 202 days – 429 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (72 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 352 days
- Sample
- 72 articles with submission and acceptance dates (79 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 101 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 101 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving the option to publish open access. Model summary
Forum for Social Economics is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability …
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0736-0932
- Electronic ISSN
- 1874-6381
- Society / sponsor
- Association for Social Economics
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 55, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Forum for Social Economics
What CAS zone is Forum for Social Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Forum for Social 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 Forum for Social Economics?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 28.
How long does peer review take at Forum for Social Economics?
Based on the dates recorded on 72 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 328 days (interquartile range 202–429 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of Forum for Social Economics based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Forum for Social Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Forum for Social Economics is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Forum for Social Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Forum for Social Economics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .