Journal profile · Mathematics-Statistics and Probability
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
ISSN 2235-6282 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 266 days to acceptance (26 articles, last 24 months); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics is published by Springer Nature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Global Financial Crisis and Policies and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, together about 29.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 1864, the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes contributions to any field of economics. It reaches an international audience through worldwide open access. Owned and funded by the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, SJES is committed to a high-quality and efficient review process with a first-round response time of typically less than two months. SJES particularly welcomes contributions from early-career researchers. As a journal of economics, SJES does not publish contributions in pure statistics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mathematics-Statistics and Probability
Editor-in-chief Marius BruPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Switzerland 12, United States 5, United Kingdom 2, Spain 1, Norway 1 (22 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 Finance18.8%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- German Economic Analysis & PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Probability | Q2 | 96/303 | 68th |
| Economics and Econometrics | Q2 | 317/755 | 58th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 138OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 315,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 395 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 430 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 587 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 650 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 748 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 624 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 531 |
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
263 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 195 days – 303 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 49 days (25 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 331 days
- Sample
- 25 articles with submission and acceptance dates (28 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Article types accepted3
- conference key noteConference key noteLength not stated
- literature reviewLiterature reviewLength not stated
- original articleOriginal articleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories where community expectation exists. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative C…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2235-6282
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
How long does peer review take at Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics?
Based on the dates recorded on 26 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 266 days (interquartile range 199–343 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Switzerland (12), United States (5) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics open access, and what is the APC?
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .