The Journal of Economic Perspectives
ISSN 0895-3309 · American Economic Association · United States · active 1987–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 8.6
- SJR
- 8.181
- h-index
- 377
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, The Journal of Economic Perspectives is Q1 in Economics and Econometrics (#20 of 744 journals).
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Economics and Econometrics | Q1 | #20 of 744 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 10.62
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 33
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
The Journal of Economic Perspectives is Q1 in Economics and Econometrics (2025 edition, #20 of 744 journals), with SJR 8.181 (Scimago) and an h-index of 377 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is The Journal of Economic Perspectives a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag The Journal of Economic Perspectives. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is The Journal of Economic Perspectives indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, The Journal of Economic Perspectives appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of The Journal of Economic Perspectives?
Papers in The Journal of Economic Perspectives are cited about 8.6 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 377. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is The Journal of Economic Perspectives (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, The Journal of Economic Perspectives is Q1 in Economics and Econometrics (#20 of 744 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; The Journal of Economic Perspectives is cited about 8.6 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 377.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of The Journal of Economic Perspectives?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for The Journal of Economic Perspectives. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is The Journal of Economic Perspectives open access?
Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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