Journal of Demographic Economics

Journal of Demographic Economics is published by Cambridge University Press 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 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies, together about 30.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Demographic Economics ISSN: 2054-0892 (Print), 2054-0906 (Online) Frequency: 4 issues per year Now included in the Thomson Reuters SSCI ®Demographic variables such as fertility, mortality, migration and family structures notably respond to economic incentives and in turn affect the economic development of societies. Journal of Demographic Economics welcomes both empirical and theoretical papers on issues relevant to Demographic Economics with a preference for combining abstract economic or demographic models together with data to highlight major mechanisms.The journal was first published in 1929 as Bulletin de l’Institut des Sciences Economiques. It later became known as Louvain Economic Review, and continued till 2014 to publish under this title. In 2015, it moved to Cambridge University Press, increased its international character and changed its focus exclusively to demographic economics. The journal will become fully Gold Open Access with the 2026 Volume, and all papers accepted after March 10, 2025 will be published on an Open Access basis.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief David de la CroixPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 11, France 4, India 2, Germany 2, Italy 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

1.02LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

2.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.38LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.72LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

28OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

76OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.37OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

9.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

45.61%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

13LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISSN

2054-0892

Electronic ISSN

2054-0906

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website