Journal profile · ECONOMICS
German Economic Review
ISSN 1465-6485 · eISSN 1468-0475 · Wiley-Blackwell
German Economic Review: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.07; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: As of 2020, German Economic Review is no longer published by Wiley. Current content can be found on the new publisher's website: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ger Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
German Economic Review is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact and Economic theories and models, together about 26.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
German Economic Review (GER) publishes original research of general interest in a broad range of economic discplines, including macro- and microeconomics, public economics, business administration and finance. Authors are invited to submit papers devoted to policy analysis as well as theoretical and empirical papers. All submissions are refereed. The journal's internationally composed board of editors is committed to maintaining a high standard of quality. As the official journal of the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association), German Economic Review is provided to all the members of the association. At the same time, the journal aims at a wider international audience and invites participation and subscriptions from economists around the world. GER is published four times a year, in English, and is available online.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.5%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.2%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Economic Policies and ImpactsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
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)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, 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
- 1.07LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 321OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 58.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 769 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 26 | 22 | 39 |
| 2024 | 19 | 7 | 16 |
| 2023 | 19 | 8 | 84 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6 | 148 |
| 2021 | 24 | 15 | 118 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 0 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints
- Data availability
Data deposit required Model summary
Authors of accepted papers are required to deposit a complete set of data used, program files, and documentation in electronic form onto the Journal's data archive, unless these data are confidential.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
License via WALS Model summary
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Original unpublished work not under review elsewhere Model summary
Submission of a manuscript will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work and is not under review elsewhere at the same time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
No hard copy submissions Model summary
The German Economic Review does not accept submissions in hard copy.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1465-6485
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0475
- Society / sponsor
- Verein für Socialpolitik
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 4 (November 2019)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about German Economic Review
What CAS zone is German Economic Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, German Economic Review 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 German Economic Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.07; CiteScore 3, h-index 60.
What are the manuscript requirements of German Economic Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 German Economic Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, German Economic Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is German Economic Review open access, and what is the APC?
German Economic Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .