Journal profile · ECONOMICS
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
ISSN 0034-6527 · eISSN 1467-937X · Oxford University Press
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES: CAS Zone 1 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 9.52; hybrid open access; APC about USD 6,530; 107 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES is published by Oxford University 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 Economic theories and models, Economic Theory and Policy and Economic Theory and Institutions, together about 33.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 1933 by a group of young British and American economists, The Review of Economic Studies aims to encourage research in theoretical and applied economics, especially by young economists. Today it is widely recognised as one of the core top-five economics journals. The Review is essential reading for economists and has a reputation for publishing path-breaking papers in theoretical and applied economics. The Review is committed to continuing to publish strong papers in all areas of economics. The Editors aim to provide an efficient and high-quality review process to the Review's authors. Where articles are sent out for full review, authors receive careful reports and feedback. Since 1989 The Review has held annual May Meetings to offer young students in economics and finance the chance to present their research to audiences in Europe. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 9.7 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 10.1 Economics (Rank by Impact Factor) 9/626 2025 Cited Half-Life 17 years 2025 Immediacy Index 1.3 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.05484 2025 Article Influence Score 13.201 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 15.7 Economics And Econometrics (Rank by CiteScore) 21/755 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 7.045 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 1,015,654 About metrics Abstracting & Indexing Services The Review of Economic Studies is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services: AgeLine Database (AARP) AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library) Business ASAP (Thomson Gale) CSA Biological Sciences Database (CSA/CIG) CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database (CSA/CIG) Current Contents (Thomson ISI) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Thomson ISI) Ecology Abstracts (Elsevier) Expanded Academic ASAP (Thomson Gale) Family Index GEOBASE/Geographical & Geological Abstracts (Elsevier) IBR & IBZ: International Bibliographies of Periodical Literature (KG Saur) IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences InfoTrac Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Thomson ISI) Journal of Economic Literature/EconLit (AEA) Mathematical Reviews/MathSciNet/Current Mathematical Publications (AMS) OMNIFILE Full Text Mega Edition (OMNIFILE) Proquest 5000 (ProQuest) Proquest Discovery (ProQuest) Proquest Platinum (ProQuest) Proquest Research Library (ProQuest) Proquest Social Science Journals (ProQuest) RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Science Research Abstracts Soci
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance19.3%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.6%
- Economic Theory and InstitutionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Auction Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences5.4%
- Game Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences4.4%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
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 1 |
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: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMathSciNetEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, AGRICOLA, 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
- 9.52LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 15.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 10.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 15.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 15.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 23.62LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 7.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 369OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,131OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 16.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 103LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,015,654Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,323 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 94 | 57 | 364 |
| 2025 | 107 | 52 | 620 |
| 2024 | 116 | 64 | 4,374 |
| 2023 | 117 | 53 | 5,510 |
| 2022 | 85 | 39 | 4,998 |
| 2021 | 104 | 60 | 6,227 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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 | GBP 4,952 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 350 / USD 600 / EUR 525 | — | — |
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)
- Colour charges
- GBP 350
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 websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- Data availability
Data access policy requires some authors to provide supplementary data files. Model summary
The Review of Economic Studies has a data access policy which requires some authors to provide supplementary data files for publication alongside their articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Licence
Copyright permissions for third-party material must be cleared and paid for by the author. Model summary
Upon receipt of accepted manuscripts at Oxford Journals authors will be invited to complete an online copyright licence to publish form. Please note that by submitting an article for publication you confirm that you are the corresponding/submitting author and that Oxford University Press ("OUP") may retain your email address for the purpose of communicating with you about the article. You agree to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Third-Party Content in Open Access papers
Open access option available for authors; open access charge applies. Model summary
If you will be publishing your paper under an Open Access licence but it contains material for which you do not have Open Access re-use permissions, please state this clearly by supplying the following credit line alongside the material: Title of content Author, Original publication, year of original publication, by permission of [rights holder] This image/content is not covered by the terms of th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
Authors retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels, and this does not prevent submission to the journal. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If accepted, the authors are required to update the status of any preprint, including your published paper’s DOI, as described on our Author Self-Archiv…
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0034-6527
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-937X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 93, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
What CAS zone is REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES is in Zone 1 of Economics, and in Zone 1 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 REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 9.52; CiteScore 15.7, h-index 369.
Which databases index REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MathSciNet, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES open access, and what is the APC?
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 6,530.
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: .