Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Review of Social Economy
ISSN 0034-6764 · eISSN 1470-1162 · Taylor & Francis
Review of Social Economy: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 271 days to acceptance (39 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 16 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Review of Social Economy is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Economic Theory and Institutions, Political Economy and Marxism and Economic Theory and Policy, together about 37.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Review of Social Economy aims to promote interdisciplinary perspectives on economic behaviour, institutions and outcomes at both micro and systemic levels, and to strengthen the connections between economics and related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, including philosophy, political science, and sociology. It seeks to provide a genuinely interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of such topics as the cognitive and normative influences on economic behaviour, institutions and outcomes; the embeddedness of economic action in social and political relations and structures; the influence of economic structures on social and political behaviour; and the principles of economic governance and organization and their relation with social and political factors. Theoretical and empirical inquiries, from a variety of methodological approaches, on the following topics are of particular interest: the relation between economics and ethical principles, the economic, ethical, and social implications of social policy, and economic factors related to social issues such as development, globalisation, consumerism, well-being, socio-economic insecurity, poverty, inequality, discrimination, power, and the environment. Papers that make social policy contributions and applied analyses focusing on specific countries are also welcome, but only if they make general conceptual, theoretical, empirical or methodological contributions. Contributors are strongly encouraged to use a style that is accessible to a broad, interdisciplinary audience. Scholars using more specialized languages and techniques should make their arguments and results more widely accessible. Editorial Policy: The Review of Social Economy is committed to no methodological or theoretical orthodoxy and evaluates submissions fitting its aim and scope based on the normal canons of scholarship, including the novelty and relevance of the contribution and the clarity and rigour of the arguments.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic Theory and InstitutionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences9.2%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.6%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences4.4%
- Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOEconLitPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, OCLC, IBSS, IBZ, ABC-Clio: America History and Life, Economic Literature Database, OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, Catholic Periodical Index, International Political Science Abstracts, PAIS
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) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.24Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 517OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.15%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 83,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,901 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 14 | 4 |
| 2025 | 16 | 6 | 13 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6 | 41 |
| 2022 | 18 | 10 | 201 |
| 2021 | 35 | 16 | 427 |
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 Crossref · to
271 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 215 days – 427 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (39 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 314 days
- Sample
- 39 articles with submission and acceptance dates (40 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 102 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Review of Social Economy is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability an…
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0034-6764
- Electronic ISSN
- 1470-1162
- Society / sponsor
- Association for Social Economics
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 84, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Review of Social Economy
What CAS zone is Review of Social Economy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Review of Social Economy is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Review of Social Economy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Review of Social Economy?
Based on the dates recorded on 39 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 271 days (interquartile range 215–427 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11%. 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 Social Economy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Review of Social Economy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Review of Social Economy open access, and what is the APC?
Review of Social Economy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .