Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Review of Economic Perspectives
ISSN 1213-2446 · eISSN 1804-1663 · Sciendo · Poland
Review of Economic Perspectives: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; review about 38 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Review of Economic Perspectives is published by Sciendo 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 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Economic Growth and Productivity, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Review of Economic Perspectives – Národohospodářský obzor (in Czech) is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal dealing with issues in economics and economic policy. Besides the focus on general matters being relevant to contemporary economies and societies, the journal also welcomes manuscripts of practical relevance for Central and Eastern European countries. Review of Economic Perspectives has freely continued the tradition of Obzor národohospodářský, a Czech economic journal, first issue of which was published in 1896 Since 2025, the journal has been owned and operated by the Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics.Topics of particular interest to the journal include, but are not limited to: economic growth, convergence, and development; international macroeconomics and open-economy issues; political economy and comparative economic systems, including the historical analysis of socialism and the transition from centrally planned to market economies; institutional economics and comparative institutional analysis; rule of law, governance, and corruption; social capital, values, attitudes and cultural determinants of economic behaviour; European integration and contemporary economic policy; and the economic challenges facing Central, Eastern, and wider European societies in the twenty-first century. Review of Economic Perspectives (RoEP) is an English-language, open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal. RoEP is indexed in both major world databases Web of Science / ESCI (Clarivate) and SCOPUS (Elsevier). The current impact factor is 0.4, which corresponds to Q4 in the area of Economics.Since 2011, the papers and issues of RoEP have been available on the international platform of Paradigm (formerly Sciendo) provided by de Gruyter.Journal informationOpen access, published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0) No submission fees and no article processing charges (APCs)Online submission: https://roep.mendelu.cz/Peer review: double-blind peer-reviewedRoEP is published twice a year (submissions are accepted throughout the year).Publisher: Mendel University in Brno (Czechia)ISSN 2694-7161 (Online)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editor-in-chief Jarko FidrmucPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Fiscal Policies and Political EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences4.9%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- transportation and logistics systemsSocial Sciences4.1%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 23Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 266 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 136 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 49 |
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 38 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
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 | — | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
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
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1213-2446
- Print ISSN
- 2694-7161
- Electronic ISSN
- 1804-1663
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Review of Economic Perspectives
What CAS zone is Review of Economic Perspectives in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Review of Economic Perspectives 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 Review of Economic Perspectives?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 22.
How long does peer review take at Review of Economic Perspectives?
Authors report an average review time of about 38 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 Review of Economic Perspectives?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Review of Economic Perspectives is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Review of Economic Perspectives open access, and what is the APC?
Review of Economic Perspectives is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .