Journal profile
Open Economics
ISSN 2451-3458 · De Gruyter · Poland
Open Economics: fully open access; review about 28 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: The journal is closed for new submissions. Open Economics is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal, devoted to the publication of original research in all fields of Economics. The journal publishes research and review articles that cover all the areas of Economics, including Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Open Economics is published by De Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, together about 18.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal The journal is closed for new submissions.Open Economics is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal, devoted to the publication of original research in all fields of Economics. The journal publishes research and review articles that cover all the areas of Economics, including: Agricultural economics Behavioral economics Decision sciences Demographics Development economics Econometrics and quantitative methods Economics of Science Energy and natural resource economics Environmental and ecological economics Experimental economics Family, health and education economics Financial economics Game theory Growth theory Industrial organization Informal (labor) markets International economics Institutional economics Labor economics Law and economics Macroeconomics Microeconomics Monetary economics Organized crime Public choice Public finance Socioeconomics Statistics Transport and urban economics Welfare economics Similarity Check and Plagiarism Screening System The editorial board is aware of growing problem of plagiarism and makes everything to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. All submitted manuscripts are checked in Crosscheck (initiative between iThenticate and CrossRef®).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Friedrich SchneiderPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting7.3%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- Taxation and Compliance StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- scientometrics and bibliometrics researchDecision Sciences4.4%
- Efficiency Analysis Using DEADecision Sciences4.4%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitDOAJPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLC, Baidu Scholar, BazEkon, Cabells Journalytics, Chronos Hub, CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), CNPIEC - cnpLINKer, Dimensions, EBSCO Discovery Service, EconBiz, Google Scholar, J-Gate, Naver Academic, Naviga (Softweco), POL-index, Primo Central (ExLibris), ProQuest (relevant databases), Publons, QOAM (Quality Open Access Market), ReadCube, RePEc (Research Papers in Economics): IDEAS, EconPapers, Scilit, Semantic Scholar, Sherpa/RoMEO, Summon (ProQuest), TDNet, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory/ulrichsweb, WanFang Data, WorldCat (OCLC)
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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 49 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 79 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 77 |
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 28 weeksLetPub ·
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePlagiarism
- Plagiarism Similarity Check and Plagiarism Screening System
Plagiarism screening via Crosscheck (iThenticate and CrossRef) Model summary
The editorial board is aware of growing problem of plagiarism and makes everything to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. All submitted manuscripts are checked in Crosscheck (initiative between iThenticate and CrossRef®).
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
- De Gruyter
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2451-3458
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Open Economics
How long does peer review take at Open Economics?
Authors report an average review time of about 28 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 Open Economics?
The journal's website lists EconLit and DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Open Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Open Economics is a fully open-access 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: .