Economics · 470 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Economics
The top Economics 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).
- 1Journal of Innovation & Knowledge11.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 2Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity10.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 3The Journal of Economic Perspectives7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4International Review of Economics & Finance7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 5Papers of the Regional Science Association5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 8Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 9Discover Sustainability4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Regional Science Policy & Practice3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Forecasting3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 12Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 14European Journal of Risk Regulation2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Electronic Journal of Probability1.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Mathematical StatisticsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 18Administrative Sciences5.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 20Journal of Business Economics and Management3.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 21Systems3.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Economics & Sociology3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Centre of Sociological Research, Szczecin, PolandOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 23Technological and Economic Development of Economy3.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 24Economies3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 25International Journal of Financial Studies2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 26Risks2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 27Problems and Perspectives in Management2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Business PerspectivesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 28Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 29Investment Management and Financial Innovations2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Business PerspectivesOpen AccessScopus
- 30Engineering Economics1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Kaunas University of TechnologyOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 31South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · AOSISOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 32Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 33Agricultural and Resource Economics Review1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Czech Academy of Agricultural SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 35Journal of Economic Integration1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Sejong UniversityOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 37Electronic Communications in Probability0.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Institute of Mathematical StatisticsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 38Zeitschrift für schweizerische Statistik und Volkswirtschaft8.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 39South African Journal of Business Management2.5 cites/paper · Q3 · AOSISOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 40Journal of Governance and Regulation2.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Publishing house "Virtus Interpress"Open AccessScopus
“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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