New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Economics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Oeconomia Copernicana ca. 13.8
2 Energy Economics ca. 13.5
3 Quarterly Journal of Economics ca. 13.1
4 Journal of Economic Literature ca. 12.8
5 Journal of Finance ca. 12.2
- Annual Review of Economics ca. 12.2
7 Economic Geography ca. 11
8 Journal of Economic Perspectives ca. 10.1
9 Review of Economic Studies ca. 9.7
10 NBER Macroeconomics Annual ca. 9.6
11 American Economic Review ca. 9.5
12 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review ca. 9.3
- Energy Policy ca. 9.3
14 Economic Analysis and Policy ca. 9
15 Journal of Financial Economics ca. 8.8
16 Journal of Accounting & Economics ca. 7.8
17 Review of Economics and Statistics ca. 7.7
18 International Review of Economics & Finance ca. 7.6
- Review of Financial Studies ca. 7.6
20 Annual Review of Resource Economics ca. 7.5
21 Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice ca. 7.2
- Review of Finance ca. 7.2
23 American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics ca. 6.9
24 Food Policy ca. 6.8
- Journal of Transport Geography ca. 6.8
26 Ecological Economics ca. 6.7
27 Journal of Economic Surveys ca. 6.6
28 Transportation Research Part B-Methodological ca. 6.5
29 Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society ca. 6.4
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management ca. 6.4
- Journal of Political Economy ca. 6.4
32 Transport Policy ca. 6.2
- Value in Health ca. 6.2
- Econometrica ca. 6.2
- European Research on Management and Business Economics ca. 6.2
36 American Economic Journal-Applied Economics ca. 6.1
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics ca. 6.1
38 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money ca. 6
39 China Economic Review ca. 5.9
- Regional Studies ca. 5.9
- Small Business Economics ca. 5.9
42 International Journal of Forecasting ca. 5.7
- Borsa Istanbul Review ca. 5.7
44 Journal of Agricultural Economics ca. 5.5
- Economic Modelling ca. 5.5
46 Agricultural and Food Economics ca. 5.4
47 Journal of Commodity Markets ca. 5.2
- Socio-Economic Planning Sciences ca. 5.2
49 World Development ca. 5.1
- European Review of Agricultural Economics ca. 5.1
- American Economic Review-Insights ca. 5.1
52 Review of International Political Economy ca. 5
- Journal of Development Economics ca. 5
54 American Journal of Agricultural Economics ca. 4.9
55 Economic Policy ca. 4.8
- Asian Economic Policy Review ca. 4.8
57 Agricultural Economics ca. 4.7
- Journal of Econometrics ca. 4.7
- Pharmacoeconomics ca. 4.7
60 Industry and Innovation ca. 4.6
- Forest Policy and Economics ca. 4.6
- Journal of International Economics ca. 4.6
63 Journal of Labor Economics ca. 4.5
64 China Agricultural Economic Review ca. 4.4
- Emerging Markets Review ca. 4.4
- Eurasian Business Review ca. 4.4
67 Research in Transportation Economics ca. 4.2
- Journal of Human Resources ca. 4.2
69 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis ca. 4.1
- Journal of Monetary Economics ca. 4.1
- Journal of Agrarian Change ca. 4.1
- Econometrics Journal ca. 4.1
- Journal of Comparative Economics ca. 4.1
- Journal of Economic Geography ca. 4.1
- Journal of Financial Stability ca. 4.1
76 JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies ca. 4
- Journal of Urban Economics ca. 4
- Journal of Banking & Finance ca. 4
- Papers in Regional Science ca. 4
80 Work Employment and Society ca. 3.9
- Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance ca. 3.9
- Futures ca. 3.9
- Post-Soviet Affairs ca. 3.9
84 North American Journal of Economics and Finance ca. 3.8
- Journal of Health Economics ca. 3.8
- Economic Change and Restructuring ca. 3.8
- Economy and Society ca. 3.8
88 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy ca. 3.7
- Review of International Organizations ca. 3.7
90 Competition & Change ca. 3.6
- Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy ca. 3.6
- Journal of Asian Economics ca. 3.6
- Mathematical Finance ca. 3.6
94 Journal of the European Economic Association ca. 3.5
- Environmental & Resource Economics ca. 3.5
96 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies ca. 3.4
- Journal of Consumer Affairs ca. 3.4
- Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance ca. 3.4
- Health Economics Review ca. 3.4
- International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics ca. 3.4
- International Journal of Emerging Markets ca. 3.4
- Tourism Economics ca. 3.4
- Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics ca. 3.4
104 Economic Journal ca. 3.3
- Economics of Transportation ca. 3.3
- Emerging Markets Finance and Trade ca. 3.3
- Water Resources and Economics ca. 3.3
- Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics ca. 3.3
- Journal of Economic Policy Reform ca. 3.3
110 Journal of Public Economics ca. 3.2
111 World Trade Review ca. 3.1
- Economic Systems Research ca. 3.1
- Resource and Energy Economics ca. 3.1
- Technological and Economic Development of Economy ca. 3.1
- Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists ca. 3.1
- Economic Systems ca. 3.1
- European Journal of Health Economics ca. 3.1
- Journal of Housing Economics ca. 3.1
- Applied Health Economics and Health Policy ca. 3.1
120 Trimestre Economico ca. 3
- Environment and Development Economics ca. 3
- World Economy ca. 3
- European Journal of Political Economy ca. 3
- Socio-Economic Review ca. 3
125 Spatial Economic Analysis ca. 2.9
- China & World Economy ca. 2.9
- Journal of Business Economics and Management ca. 2.9
128 Journal of Policy Modeling ca. 2.8
- Oxford Economic Papers-New Series ca. 2.8
- Journal of Choice Modelling ca. 2.8
- New Political Economy ca. 2.8
- Energy Journal ca. 2.8
- Industrial and Corporate Change ca. 2.8
134 Journal of Applied Economics ca. 2.7
- Managerial and Decision Economics ca. 2.7
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ca. 2.7
137 Journal of Population Economics ca. 2.6
- Journal of the Economics of Ageing ca. 2.6
- Journal of the Japanese and International Economies ca. 2.6
- Amfiteatru Economic ca. 2.6
- Journal of Forecasting ca. 2.6
- Rand Journal of Economics ca. 2.6
- Regional Science and Urban Economics ca. 2.6
- Applied Economics ca. 2.6
145 Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie ca. 2.5
- QME-Quantitative Marketing and Economics ca. 2.5
- Real Estate Economics ca. 2.5
- Journal of Family and Economic Issues ca. 2.5
- Journal of Applied Econometrics ca. 2.5
- Journal of Empirical Finance ca. 2.5
- Journal of Evolutionary Economics ca. 2.5
152 Journal of Business & Economic Statistics ca. 2.4
- Economics of Innovation and New Technology ca. 2.4
- Review of Development Economics ca. 2.4
- Agribusiness ca. 2.4
- Annals of Regional Science ca. 2.4
- Journal of Institutional Economics ca. 2.4
- Journal of Regional Science ca. 2.4
- Journal of Competitiveness ca. 2.4
- Public Choice ca. 2.4
161 Journal of Productivity Analysis ca. 2.3
- Journal of Economic History ca. 2.3
- European Economic Review ca. 2.3
- American Economic Journal-Microeconomics ca. 2.3
- World Bank Economic Review ca. 2.3
- Quantitative Economics ca. 2.3
- Review of Keynesian Economics ca. 2.3
168 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty ca. 2.2
- Journal of Economic Psychology ca. 2.2
- Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie ca. 2.2
- Journal of Wine Economics ca. 2.2
- Economics & Politics ca. 2.2
173 Economica ca. 2.1
- Journal of Economics & Management Strategy ca. 2.1
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics ca. 2.1
- Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics ca. 2.1
- Computational Economics ca. 2.1
- Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics ca. 2.1
179 Labour Economics ca. 2
- Marine Resource Economics ca. 2
- Economics Letters ca. 2
- Explorations in Economic History ca. 2
- Economics & Human Biology ca. 2
- Economics of Education Review ca. 2
- Oxford Review of Economic Policy ca. 2
- Review of Economic Dynamics ca. 2
- Feminist Economics ca. 2
- Health Economics ca. 2
189 Journal of Money Credit and Banking ca. 1.9
- Inzinerine Ekonomika-Engineering Economics ca. 1.9
- Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis ca. 1.9
- Quantitative Finance ca. 1.9
- IMF Economic Review ca. 1.9
- Asian Journal of Technology Innovation ca. 1.9
- Cambridge Journal of Economics ca. 1.9
- Journal of Risk and Insurance ca. 1.9
- Land Economics ca. 1.9
- Empirical Economics ca. 1.9
- American Journal of Health Economics ca. 1.9
- Review of World Economics ca. 1.9
- Information Economics and Policy ca. 1.9
- Journal of Macroeconomics ca. 1.9
203 Journal of Cultural Economics ca. 1.8
- Journal of Development Studies ca. 1.8
- Economist-Netherlands ca. 1.8
- Review of International Economics ca. 1.8
- American Journal of Economics and Sociology ca. 1.8
- Insurance Mathematics & Economics ca. 1.8
- International Journal of Industrial Organization ca. 1.8
- Economic Development and Cultural Change ca. 1.8
- Journal of Cultural Economy ca. 1.8
- Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control ca. 1.8
- Journal of Financial Econometrics ca. 1.8
- Journal of International Trade & Economic Development ca. 1.8
- International Economic Review ca. 1.8
216 International Labour Review ca. 1.7
- Japan and the World Economy ca. 1.7
- Climate Change Economics ca. 1.7
- Review of Income and Wealth ca. 1.7
- ASTIN Bulletin-The Journal of the International Actuarial Association ca. 1.7
- Cliometrica ca. 1.7
- Journal of Sports Economics ca. 1.7
- Defence and Peace Economics ca. 1.7
- Kyklos ca. 1.7
- Journal of Behavioral Finance ca. 1.7
- Journal of Economics ca. 1.7
- Experimental Economics ca. 1.7
- Global Economic Review ca. 1.7
- Journal of Law & Economics ca. 1.7
230 Water Economics and Policy ca. 1.6
- Economic History Review ca. 1.6
- Economics-The Open Access Open-Assessment E-Journal ca. 1.6
- Education Finance and Policy ca. 1.6
- Journal of Economic Inequality ca. 1.6
- Economics of Transition and Institutional Change ca. 1.6
- Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika ca. 1.6
- Applied Economic Analysis ca. 1.6
238 International Journal of Health Economics and Management ca. 1.5
- International Tax and Public Finance ca. 1.5
- Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy ca. 1.5
- Economic and Labour Relations Review ca. 1.5
- Journal of Competition Law & Economics ca. 1.5
- Pacific Economic Review ca. 1.5
- European Journal of Law and Economics ca. 1.5
- Europe-Asia Studies ca. 1.5
- Journal of Industrial Economics ca. 1.5
- Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ca. 1.5
- Economic Inquiry ca. 1.5
- E & M Ekonomie A Management ca. 1.5
- Review of Economics of the Household ca. 1.5
251 Economic Development Quarterly ca. 1.4
- Politicka Ekonomie ca. 1.4
- Empirica ca. 1.4
- Scandinavian Journal of Economics ca. 1.4
- Applied Economics Letters ca. 1.4
- Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques ca. 1.4
- Economia Politica ca. 1.4
258 Australian Economic Papers ca. 1.3
- Theoretical Economics ca. 1.3
- Journal of Real Estate Research ca. 1.3
- Journal of African Economies ca. 1.3
- Developing Economies ca. 1.3
- Journal of World Trade ca. 1.3
- Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination ca. 1.3
- Post-Communist Economies ca. 1.3
- South African Journal of Economics ca. 1.3
- Journal of Pension Economics & Finance ca. 1.3
- International Review of Economics Education ca. 1.3
- Fiscal Studies ca. 1.3
- Social Choice and Welfare ca. 1.3
271 Journal of Regulatory Economics ca. 1.2
- Journal of Human Capital ca. 1.2
- Journal of Law Economics & Organization ca. 1.2
- Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics ca. 1.2
- Bulletin of Economic Research ca. 1.2
- Jahrbucher fuer Nationalokonomie und Statistik ca. 1.2
- Eastern European Economics ca. 1.2
- Economics of Governance ca. 1.2
- Economic Theory ca. 1.2
- Review of Derivatives Research ca. 1.2
- European Review of Economic History ca. 1.2
- Journal of Forest Economics ca. 1.2
- Scottish Journal of Political Economy ca. 1.2
- Singapore Economic Review ca. 1.2
- International Finance ca. 1.2
286 Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research ca. 1.1
- Journal of Demographic Economics ca. 1.1
- Economics and Philosophy ca. 1.1
- Journal of Economic Education ca. 1.1
- Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy ca. 1.1
- Journal of Economic Theory ca. 1.1
- German Economic Review ca. 1.1
- Portuguese Economic Journal ca. 1.1
- Games and Economic Behavior ca. 1.1
- Southern Economic Journal ca. 1.1
- Asian-Pacific Economic Literature ca. 1.1
297 Contemporary Economic Policy ca. 1
- Econometric Reviews ca. 1
- International Review of Law and Economics ca. 1
- Macroeconomic Dynamics ca. 1
- National Tax Journal ca. 1
- Journal of Economic Methodology ca. 1
- Review of Industrial Organization ca. 1
- Revista de Historia Economica ca. 1
305 Journal of Mathematical Economics ca. 0.9
- Canadian Journal of Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Economique ca. 0.9
- Journal of Public Economic Theory ca. 0.9
- Open Economies Review ca. 0.9
- Australian Economic Review ca. 0.9
- Journal of Post Keynesian Economics ca. 0.9
- Manchester School ca. 0.9
- Mathematics and Financial Economics ca. 0.9
- Journal of Economic Issues ca. 0.9
314 International Journal of Economic Theory ca. 0.8
- Metroeconomica ca. 0.8
- Prague Economic Papers ca. 0.8
- Revista de Economia Mundial ca. 0.8
- Economic Record ca. 0.8
- Panoeconomicus ca. 0.8
- Asian Economic Journal ca. 0.8
321 CESifo Economic Studies ca. 0.7
- Mathematical Social Sciences ca. 0.7
- Argumenta Oeconomica ca. 0.7
- Asian Economic Papers ca. 0.7
325 Econometric Theory ca. 0.6
- Review of Radical Political Economics ca. 0.6
- Revue d'Economie Politique ca. 0.6
- Hacienda Publica Espanola-Review of Public Economics ca. 0.6
- Series-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association ca. 0.6
- International Journal of Game Theory ca. 0.6
- Japanese Economic Review ca. 0.6
- History of Political Economy ca. 0.6
333 Investigacion Economica ca. 0.5
334 European Journal of the History of Economic Thought ca. 0.4
- Theory and Decision ca. 0.4
- Acta Oeconomica ca. 0.4
- Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics-Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte Staatswissenschaft ca. 0.4
338 Latin American Economic Review ca. 0.3
- Finanzarchiv ca. 0.3
340 Revue d'Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest ca. 0.1
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