Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Journal of Economic Surveys
ISSN 0950-0804 · eISSN 1467-6419 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Economic Surveys: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.46; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,250; median 183 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 12% (journal website); 97 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Economic Surveys is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Economic theories and models, together about 26.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Because economics is specialized, communication amongst economists and between economists and other disciplines is challenging, yet increasingly essential. The Journal of Economic Surveys seeks to improve the communication of new ideas and to inform economists of recent developments beyond their immediate specialization. We encourage the submission of the highest quality meta-analyses on specific empirical questions, phenomena, and interventions as well as broader meta-research summarizing what we know about economics research. We welcome papers that survey economic researchers and related scholars on topics relevant to our aims and scope. We also welcome scientometric studies of specific economics research fields. Surveys and scientometrics should be broad, methodologically rigorous with relevance to policy, outstanding research questions or in generating new questions. We welcome papers from all areas of economics, from traditional economic fields to emerging areas and applications of economic modelling and reasoning. We are also open to specific highly related areas in finance and psychology. We welcome proposals for special thematic issues. However, such issues should not include individual papers with significant overlap in coverage. RePEc Aggregate Rankings List The Journal of Economic Surveys is included in the RePEc aggregate rankings list, please click here to see the current rankings. ABDC Journal List The Journal of Economic Surveys is also rated as a 'A' class journal in the Australian Business Deans Council ABDC Journal List. The Council seeks to list journals relevant to Australian business academics and group them into four categories (A*, A, B & C.) To read more about the council and the listing, please click here. Keywords Economics, economic, surveys, journal, econometrics, economic, history, business, finance, banking, monetary, markets, structure, institutions, regulation, asset, analysis, derivatives, exchange, international, corporate, reviews, periodical, book. Abstracting and Indexing Information ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) American Business Law Journal (Academy of Legal Studies in Business) Business Premium Collection (ProQuest) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) Current Index to Statistics (ASA/IMS) EconLit (AEA) GEOBASE (Elsevier) Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) Periodical Index Online (ProQuest) Proquest Business Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editor-in-chief Brian LuceyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 16%); most named United Kingdom 7, Mainland China 6, United States 4, Germany 4, India 2 (38 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.8%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
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: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher 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
- 6.46LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 14.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 181OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,048OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50.24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 86LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 86Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 676,607Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,776 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 118 | 49 | 72 |
| 2025 | 97 | 52 | 455 |
| 2024 | 77 | 53 | 1,310 |
| 2023 | 65 | 50 | 1,603 |
| 2022 | 62 | 42 | 1,984 |
| 2021 | 83 | 37 | 3,635 |
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
183 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 287 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 206 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (215 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) 2025
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 218 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 22 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 4,250 / EUR 3,570 / GBP 2,830 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 15,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- hypothesisSurvey articles should: Be 20-30 journal pages in length (10,000-15,000 words) depending on the breadth of the topic. Be accessible to the non-specialist reader…Length not stated
- meta-analysisSurvey articles should: Be 20-30 journal pages in length (10,000-15,000 words) depending on the breadth of the topic. Be accessible to the non-specialist reader…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- perspectiveSurvey articles should: Be 20-30 journal pages in length (10,000-15,000 words) depending on the breadth of the topic. Be accessible to the non-specialist reader…Length not stated
- surveySurvey articles should: Be 20-30 journal pages in length (10,000-15,000 words) depending on the breadth of the topic. Be accessible to the non-specialist reader…main text ≤ 15,000 words
- systematic reviewSurvey articles should: Be 20-30 journal pages in length (10,000-15,000 words) depending on the breadth of the topic. Be accessible to the non-specialist reader…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Generated Content
Content created by artificial intelligence is discouraged, unless part of formal research design or methods, and is not permitted without clear description of the content that was created and the name of the model or tool. Its use must be described, transparently and in detail, in the Methods or Acknowledgements section. Tools that are used to improve spelling, grammar, and general editing are not…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- 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. Authors should not add or remove authors upon acceptance of a paper without the permission of an Editor in Chief, to whom they should provide a clear and full explanation of the reasons change…
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.
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. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. 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/JOES. For help with submissions, please contact: JOES.office@wiley.com. This journal does not charge submission fees or page charges. Article Preparation Support Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. The Journal of Economic Surveys 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
- 0950-0804
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-6419
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 40, Issue 4 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Economic Surveys
What CAS zone is Journal of Economic Surveys in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Economic Surveys is in Zone 2 of Economics, and in Zone 2 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 Surveys?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.46; CiteScore 14.1, h-index 181.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Economic Surveys?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 183 days (interquartile range 84–287 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12% (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 Journal of Economic Surveys?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 15,000 words; Reference style: APA; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Economic Surveys based?
Of the 38 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 6 (about 16%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (7), Mainland China (6) and United States (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Economic Surveys?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Economic Surveys is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Economic Surveys open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Economic Surveys is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,250.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .