Economics and Econometrics · 733 journals indexed
Best journals for Economics and Econometrics
The top Economics and Econometrics journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. 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).
- 1New England Journal of Medicine28.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Massachusetts Medical SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2The Quarterly Journal of Economics17.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3The Review of Economic Studies15.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Technological Forecasting and Social Change14.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5American Economic Review13.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 8Journal of Economic Literature10.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10JAMA Network Open8.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical AssociationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12The Journal of Economic Perspectives7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15International Review of Economics & Finance7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 19Journal of Political Economy5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Chicago PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 25The Journal of Technology Transfer5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 28Papers of the Regional Science Association5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 34Small Business Economics4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 35Journal of Environmental Economics and Management4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 37JAMA Health Forum4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical AssociationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb 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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