Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
ISSN 2501-1960 · eISSN 2501-3165 · Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iaşi / Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi Publishing house · Romania
Scientific Annals of Economics and Business: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 47 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scientific Annals of Economics and Business is published by Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iaşi / Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi Publishing house 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, Market Dynamics and Volatility and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, together about 25% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Online Submission On behalf of the editorial board of the Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, we are pleased to inform you that we are continuously accepting manuscripts for the next issues. The Journal, founded in 1954, is published four times a year (in March, June, September, and December), under the sponsorship of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, the oldest higher education institution in Romania, a place of excellence and innovation in education and research established in 1860. Until 2015, the Journal was published under the name Analele ştiinţifice ale Universităţii "Al.I. Cuza" din Iaşi. Ştiinţe economice. The Journal is indexed by Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Core Collection – Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus, EBSCO, and EconLit (The American Economic Association’s electronic bibliography). It is fully available on Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), ERIH PLUS, Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), and Scirus. In addition, the Journal is included in Cabell's Directories, Index Copernicus, Online Catalogue of the ZBW - German National Library of Economics (ECONIS), International Consortium for Advancement of Academic Publication (ICAAP), Electronic Journals Library, Knowledge Base Social Sciences in Eastern Europe, Scientific Commons, ZDB (Zeitschriftendatenbank - German Union Catalogue of Serials), Intute: Social Science (SOSIG - Social Science Information Gateway), New Jour, GESIS SocioGuide, Genamics Journalseek, Catalogo Italiano dei Periodici (ACNP), Google Scholar, and ResearchGate. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts to be reviewed for possible publication in the Journal. It publishes articles in all areas of economics, business, and related disciplines. The paper must be an original, unpublished work written in English (British or American) that is not currently under review by other journals. There are no submission or publication costs for authors. Manuscripts should follow the journal's formatting style. The papers should not exceed 30 pages, including figures and references, and an author is only allowed to publish one paper per issue. Detailed background information on the submission of papers and review process can be found in the Submission section. The manuscripts are to be submitted electronically via the Journal’s website, which offers a fully online manuscript submission and tracking system. Following submission, the author(s) track
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 8, Italy 5, Spain 4, United States 3, Japan 2 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.7%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.4%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.8%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.7%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
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 ScienceEconLitPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 59Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 542 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 3 |
| 2025 | 47 | 47 | 44 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 98 |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | 178 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 223 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 265 |
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 10 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- preprint; other journal
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Model summary
All accepted papers are published on an Open Access basis. There are no submission or publication costs for authors. Authors will need to sign a License of publishing. The Open Access License is based on the Creative Commons license. The non-commercial use of the article will be governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License as currently displaye…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Policy
The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process.
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
- Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iaşi / Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi Publishing house
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2501-1960
- Electronic ISSN
- 2501-3165
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 73 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
What CAS zone is Scientific Annals of Economics and Business in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Scientific Annals of Economics and Business 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.
How long does peer review take at Scientific Annals of Economics and Business?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Scientific Annals of Economics and Business?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Scientific Annals of Economics and Business based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (8), Italy (5) and Spain (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Scientific Annals of Economics and Business?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Scientific Annals of Economics and Business is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Scientific Annals of Economics and Business open access, and what is the APC?
Scientific Annals of Economics and Business 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: .