Best journals for Economics
The top 40 of 1,869 Economics journals, ranked with primary-Economics journals first, then by Scimago quartile and OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1The Quarterly Journal of Economics23.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2The Review of Economic Studies17.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Technological Forecasting and Social Change17.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 5American Economic Review16.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7Journal of Innovation & Knowledge13.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 11Review of Financial Studies13.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management12.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 14Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity12.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 15International Review of Financial Analysis12.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 17Journal of Economic Literature11.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Review of Managerial Science11.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
- 19Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science11.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
- 20International Journal of Operations & Production Management11.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 27Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management10.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 28International Journal of Production Economics10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Journal of Management Information Systems9.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Supply Chain Management An International Journal9.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 35European Journal of Innovation Management9.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 36The Journal of Economic Perspectives9.1 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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