Economics and Econometrics · 173 journals indexed
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 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).
- 1JAMA Network Open8.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical AssociationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2The Journal of Economic Perspectives7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3International Review of Economics & Finance7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 4Papers of the Regional Science Association5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6JAMA Health Forum4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical AssociationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 8Frontiers in Environmental Science4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Discover Sustainability4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Regional Science Policy & Practice3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 12Health and Quality of Life Outcomes3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Health Technology Assessment2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · NIHR Journals LibraryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 20Journal of Business Economics and Management3.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 21Economics & Sociology3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Centre of Sociological Research, Szczecin, PolandOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 22Technological and Economic Development of Economy3.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 23Economies3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 24Medical Principles and Practice2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Karger PublishersOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Problems and Perspectives in Management2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Business PerspectivesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
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- 27Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Future MedicineOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Engineering Economics1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Kaunas University of TechnologyOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 29South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · AOSISOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 30Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 31Agricultural and Resource Economics Review1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Clinical Medicine & Research1.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Marshfield ClinicOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 35Zeitschrift für schweizerische Statistik und Volkswirtschaft8.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 36Vikalpa The Journal for Decision Makers1.6 cites/paper · Q3 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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- 38Politická ekonomie1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Prague University of Economics and BusinessOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Investigaciones Geográficas0.9 cites/paper · Q3 · University of AlicanteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
“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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