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Best open-access journals for Economics

The top Economics journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from an 88,000-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
    Energy Strategy Reviews
    10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  2. 2
    Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity
    9.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  3. 3
    The Lancet Global Health
    8.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    JAMA Network Open
    7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical Association
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    PLoS Medicine
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Public Library of Science
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    The Journal of Economic Perspectives
    6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic Association
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    International Review of Economics & Finance
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  8. 8
    Global Heart
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Globalization and Health
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Human Resources for Health
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Emerging Science Journal
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessScopus
  12. 12
    Papers of the Regional Science Association
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Palgrave Macmillan
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Sustainability
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    JAMA Health Forum
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical Association
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Journal of Global Information Management
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · IGI Global
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  17. 17
    Logistics
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  18. 18
    Journal of Global Health
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Edinburgh University Global Health Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    BMC Medical Research Methodology
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  21. 21
    International Journal for Equity in Health
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Sustainable Futures
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Frontiers in Environmental Science
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Clinical and Translational Science
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Discover Sustainability
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Health Research Policy and Systems
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    BMJ Global Health
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJ
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Annals of Global Health
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Regional Science Policy & Practice
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Forecasting
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  31. 31
    BMC Health Services Research
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  33. 33
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · World Health Organization
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    BMC Primary Care
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    European Journal of General Practice
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Health Policy and Planning
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    British Journal of Political Science
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Health Technology Assessment
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · NIHR Journals Library
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“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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