Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Journal of Economic Methodology
ISSN 1350-178X · eISSN 1469-9427 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Economic Methodology: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.88; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 372 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Economic Methodology is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Economic Theory and Institutions, Economic theories and models and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, together about 44% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Economic Methodology is a peer-reviewed research journal in economic methodology and philosophy of economics as well as cognate areas of inquiry related to these fields. The Journal distinguishes between methodology (which concerns the relationship between economics and broad questions about scientific knowledge) and methods (which involve particular techniques relevant to practitioners in a specific field of economics) and reserves the pages of the Journal for authors and readers with broader epistemic interests. The scope of The Journal of Economic Methodology covers economic methodology and philosophy of economics, but within this scope it encourages diversity in approach and in topic. The Journal considers research from a number of different perspectives, including historical and sociological, and publishes work from any area of economic inquiry as long as it contains a significant epistemological or methodological component. The Journal carries articles on traditional topics within economic methodology and philosophy of economics but also encompasses various subjects from the philosophy of natural or social science to areas of philosophical inquiry such as ethics, as long as they have a direct bearing on debates within the two primary fields of inquiry. The aim is to publish significant research in these fields and to stimulate, as well as serve as a forum for, substantive discussion of recent developments. For example, The Journal of Economic Methodology has published papers that address key issues such as: methodological analysis of the theory and practice of contemporary economics; topics in the philosophical foundations of economics (either traditional or recent); the methodological writings and practice of early economic theorists; original contributions and new interpretations of traditional debates in economic methodology; traditional topics in the philosophy of science (e.g. causality, explanation, testing, confirmation, etc.) that are relevant to debates within economic methodology; recent developments in the philosophy of science, science studies or other scientific disciplines that have significant bearing on economic knowledge; studies that take a rhetorical, sociological, science studies or economic approach to methodological questions about economics; developments in the tools, instruments and technologies of research in economics that have potential methodological implications. Peer-reviewed research articles constitute t
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 9, United States 6, Italy 4, Hong Kong, China 2, Netherlands 2 (31 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 Finance24.1%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences8.1%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities6.8%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences6.6%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Complex Systems and Time Series AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.9%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
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 | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEEconLitPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, OCLC, RePEc, Economic Literature Database, IBZ, IBSS, OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online
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
- 0.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.54Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.89Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 387OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.19%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 83,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,100 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 37 | 9 | 35 |
| 2024 | 23 | 10 | 35 |
| 2023 | 25 | 14 | 77 |
| 2022 | 26 | 11 | 459 |
| 2021 | 46 | 22 | 490 |
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
372 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 280 days – 489 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (49 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 385 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (73 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)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 102 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 128 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher 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. Model summary
Journal of Economic Methodology 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 discoverabi…
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
- 1350-178X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-9427
- Society / sponsor
- International Network for Economic Method
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Economic Methodology
What CAS zone is Journal of Economic Methodology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Economic Methodology is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Economic Methodology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.88; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Economic Methodology?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 372 days (interquartile range 280–489 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16%. 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 Journal of Economic Methodology based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (9), United States (6) and Italy (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Economic Methodology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Economic Methodology is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Economic Methodology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Economic Methodology 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: .