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Best open-access journals for Economics and Econometrics

The top Economics and Econometrics journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-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 free Journal Finder.

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  1. 1
    JAMA Network Open
    7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical Association
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    The Journal of Economic Perspectives
    6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic Association
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Heliyon
    6.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    International Review of Economics & Finance
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  5. 5
    Emerging Science Journal
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessScopus
  6. 6
    Papers of the Regional Science Association
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Palgrave Macmillan
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    JAMA Health Forum
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical Association
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Sustainable Futures
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Frontiers in Environmental Science
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Discover Sustainability
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Regional Science Policy & Practice
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  14. 14
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · World Health Organization
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Health Technology Assessment
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · NIHR Journals Library
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    GSA Today
    1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Geological Society of America
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  19. 19
    ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research
    1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Film-Philosophy
    0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Edinburgh University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  21. 21
    Cogent Economics & Finance
    3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Cogent OA
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  22. 22
    Journal of Business Economics and Management
    3.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  23. 23
    Technological and Economic Development of Economy
    2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  24. 24
    Economies
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  25. 25
    Economics & Sociology
    2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Centre of Sociological Research, Szczecin, Poland
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  26. 26
    Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
    2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Medical Principles and Practice
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Karger Publishers
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Problems and Perspectives in Management
    2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Business Perspectives
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  29. 29
    Journal of Medical Economics
    2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Informa
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Future Medicine
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Trials
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    Engineering Economics
    1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Kaunas University of Technology
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  34. 34
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
    1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  35. 35
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
    1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
    1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · AOSIS
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  37. 37
    Clinical Medicine & Research
    1.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Marshfield Clinic
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    Comptes Rendus Biologies
    0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Zeitschrift für schweizerische Statistik und Volkswirtschaft
    8.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  40. 40
    Ekonomika
    1.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Vilnius University
    Open AccessDOAJScopus

“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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