Journal profile · ECONOMICS
NBER Macroeconomics Annual
ISSN 0889-3365 · eISSN 1537-2642 · University of Chicago Press
NBER Macroeconomics Annual: CAS Zone 1 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 9.1; subscription journal; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NBER Macroeconomics Annual is published by University of Chicago Press and is in Zone 1 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). 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 37.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit organization that facilitates cutting-edge research on and analysis of major economic issues. It is nonpartisan and refrains from making policy recommendations, focusing instead on providing background studies and data that underlie decision-making in both the public and private sectors. Founded in New York City in 1920 and today headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the NBER is a network of more than 1,900 academic economists. These researchers are leaders in the field: 43 current or former NBER affiliates have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, and 13 have chaired the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Seven present and past board members have also been awarded a Nobel in Economics. The NBER is best known for its working paper series, which includes roughly 1,200 papers each year, and for the work of its Business Cycle Dating Committee, which identifies peaks and troughs in economic activity in the United States.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance16%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.6%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.6%
- Fiscal Policies and Political EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.8%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 9.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 11.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 4.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 336OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,452 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 24 | 2 | 46 |
| 2024 | 23 | 2 | 49 |
| 2023 | 23 | 6 | 401 |
| 2022 | 23 | 0 | 320 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4 | 446 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Article types accepted1
- working paperIn addition to working papers, the NBER disseminates affiliates’ latest findings through a range of free periodicals—the NBER Reporter, the NBER Digest, the Bul…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteSelf-archiving
- Self-archiving
Scope: latest research on important and policy-relevant topics in macroeconomics, including applied theory, empirical work, open-economy macroeconomics, and work on financial markets that bears on macroeconomics. Model summary
The NBER Macroeconomics Annual seeks to bring together the latest research on important and policy-relevant topics in macroeconomics.
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
- University of Chicago Press
- ISSN
- 0889-3365
- Electronic ISSN
- 1537-2642
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NBER Macroeconomics Annual
What CAS zone is NBER Macroeconomics Annual in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, NBER Macroeconomics Annual is in Zone 1 of Economics, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Economics; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of NBER Macroeconomics Annual?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 9.1; CiteScore 13.1, h-index 126.
Which databases index NBER Macroeconomics Annual?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NBER Macroeconomics Annual is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is NBER Macroeconomics Annual open access, and what is the APC?
NBER Macroeconomics Annual is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .