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Growth and Change
ISSN 0017-4815 · eISSN 1468-2257 · Wiley-Blackwell
Growth and Change: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.22; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 196 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 87 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Growth and Change is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies, together about 33.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy welcomes manuscripts from scholars and professionals in all disciplines and specialties. Contributions from economics, geography, regional science, urban and regional planning, public finance, sociology, and agricultural economics are particularly encouraged. Increasingly we are interested in submissions that bring a multi-disciplinary perspective to bear on the problems addressed. Both policy and theoretical implications of topics and a focus on urban and regional development in domestic and international contexts are very appropriate. Innovative approaches and manuscripts, which address currently relevant issues in both global and national contexts, are sought. Examples of research that relate to urban and regional development include themes of innovation and technology, the digital economy, global production networks and their impact at a variety of geographic scales, entrepreneurship, economic restructuring (labor issues, outsourcing, knowledge workers), transportation (sustainability issues, travel behaviors, logistics and supply chain for competitive advantage), urban economics, rural futures and agriculture in the global economy. Abstracting and Indexing Information ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library) Business ASAP (GALE Cengage) Business Premium Collection (ProQuest) CAB Abstracts® (CABI) CatchWord (Publishing Technology) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) EconLit (AEA) GEOBASE (Elsevier) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) International Development Abstracts (Elsevier) International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA) Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) Leisure Tourism Database (CABI) Leisure, Recreation & Tourism Abstracts (CABI) Periodical Index Online (ProQuest) Population Index (Office of Population Research) Proquest Business Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-211 ProQuest Politics Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Sociology Collection (ProQuest) RePEc: Research Papers in Economics Research Library (ProQuest) Research Library Prep (ProQuest) Rural Development Abstracts (CABI) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Sociological Coll
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance17.5%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.1%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences7.2%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences4.4%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences3.8%
- Regional Economic and Spatial AnalysisEconomics, 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 | Development Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Development Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Development Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | 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
CAB AbstractsEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA, 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
- 2.22LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 917OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 78LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 78Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 112,968Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,677 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 64 | 25 | 30 |
| 2025 | 87 | 45 | 150 |
| 2024 | 59 | 36 | 228 |
| 2023 | 47 | 24 | 290 |
| 2022 | 61 | 8 | 674 |
| 2021 | 146 | 29 | 2,130 |
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
196 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 116 days – 404 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 221 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (164 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)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 266 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / EUR 2,840 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission. Your data availability statement should be included in your manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Wiley's Preprints Policy statement for subscription/hybrid open access journals
Growth and Change will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Submission and Peer Review Process
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://authors.wiley.com/journal/GROW For help with submissions, please contact: growthandchange@wiley.com This journal does not charge submission fees. Article Preparation Support Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Wiley's Preprints Policy statement for subscription/hybrid open access journals
Growth and Change will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
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
- 0017-4815
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-2257
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 57, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Growth and Change
What CAS zone is Growth and Change in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Growth and Change is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Development Studies / Regional & Urban Planning. 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 Growth and Change?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.22; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 91.
How long does peer review take at Growth and Change?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 196 days (interquartile range 116–404 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8% (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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Growth and Change?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Keywords: ≤ 7; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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 Growth and Change?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Growth and Change is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Growth and Change open access, and what is the APC?
Growth and Change is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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: .