Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Latin American Economic Review
ISSN 2198-3526 · eISSN 2196-436X · Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas · Mexico
Latin American Economic Review: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.26; fully open access; no APC; review about 36 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Latin American Economic Review is published by Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas 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 Income, Poverty, and Inequality, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact and Economic Theory and Policy, together about 22.6% 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)
Aims and scopesLatin American Economic Review (LAER) is the leading general interest economics journal on topics relevant to Latin America. The journal welcomes high-quality theoretical and quantitative research papers on economic, social and political-economy issues with a regional focus on Latin America. Articles presenting new data bases or describing structural reforms within a rigorous theoretical framework will also be considered. A few (illustrative) examples of topics that may be of special interest to LAER include: development, labor, health, poverty, informal sector, corruption, crime, drug policy, social mobility, price controls, energy and environmental policy, natural resources, and technology transfer. Theoretical research and work on empirical finance are welcome as long as they address an original research question relevant to the Latin American regions. Special Issue, 50th Anniversary of the Division of Economics of CIDELAER will publish a Special Issue in a wide variety of topics to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Division of Economics of CIDE. The special issue will portray original contributions of distinguished alumni and former faculty of the Division. Isabel Melguizo (CIDE) and Ericka Rascón (CIDE) will be the guest editors for the special issue. Read more on the issue in the announcement. Past Volumes (2014-2019)For articles published before 2020, please visit Springer Open.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences8.1%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Taxation and Compliance StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
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
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.26LetPub ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,020Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 171 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 54 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 84 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics
- Authorship Drivers of Bank Credit Evolution in Mexican Regions during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Luis Fernando Colunga Ramos, Carlos David Peláez Gómez 1-46 PDF
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Post-publication discussions and corrections Model summary
Post-publication discussions and corrections
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
- Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
- Country or region
- Mexico
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2198-3526
- Electronic ISSN
- 2196-436X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Latin American Economic Review
What CAS zone is Latin American Economic Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Latin American 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 4 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Latin American Economic Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.26; CiteScore 1, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Latin American Economic Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 36 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Latin American Economic Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Latin American Economic Review is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Latin American Economic Review open access, and what is the APC?
Latin American Economic Review is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .