New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Economics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Journal of Financial Economics47.588
2 Quarterly Journal of Economics33.960
3 American Economic Review28.958
4 Annual Review of Economics25.640
5 Journal of Finance25.033
6 Review of Finance23.427
7 Energy Economics22.435
8 Journal of Econometrics21.109
9 Review of Financial Studies21.047
10 Energy Policy20.175
11 Journal of Economic Perspectives19.374
12 Oeconomia Copernicana16.135
13 Review of Economic Studies15.201
14 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review14.791
15 International Journal of Forecasting14.712
16 European Research on Management and Business Economics14.466
17 Annual Review of Resource Economics14.458
18 Econometrica13.706
19 Journal of Economic Literature13.263
20 Journal of Political Economy12.841
21 Borsa Istanbul Review12.818
22 Economic Analysis and Policy12.721
23 Journal of the Knowledge Economy12.374
24 Ecological Economics12.049
25 Structural Change and Economic Dynamics11.772
26 Transport Policy11.698
27 Transportation Research Part B-Methodological11.483
28 Journal of Accounting & Economics11.438
29 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences11.006
30 Journal of Urban Economics10.946
31 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money10.898
32 Food Policy10.716
33 Economic Geography10.578
34 World Development10.015
35 Review of Economics and Statistics9.803
36 China Economic Review9.715
37 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja9.702
38 Journal of Development Economics9.664
39 Journal of Transport Geography9.604
40 Journal of Banking & Finance9.569
41 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy9.542
42 International Review of Economics & Finance9.530
43 Econometrics Journal9.425
44 Journal of Monetary Economics9.370
45 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance9.316
46 Economic Modelling9.207
47 Small Business Economics9.118
48 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management9.073
49 Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society8.682
50 Journal of International Economics8.608
51 Journal of the European Economic Association8.550
52 Journal of Financial Stability8.539
53 Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice8.254
54 Journal of Labor Economics8.189
55 Emerging Markets Review8.094
56 American Economic Review-Insights7.966
57 Journal of Economic Surveys7.759
58 China Agricultural Economic Review7.742
59 Research in Transportation Economics7.663
60 Forest Policy and Economics7.381
61 Rand Journal of Economics7.361
62 Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance7.284
63 Futures7.177
64 Journal of Health Economics7.109
65 Pharmacoeconomics7.024
66 International Journal of Emerging Markets6.980
67 Technological and Economic Development of Economy6.959
68 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis6.956
69 North American Journal of Economics and Finance6.951
70 Regional Studies6.893
71 Economic Journal6.826
72 Regional Science and Urban Economics6.737
73 American Economic Journal-Economic Policy6.613
74 Industry and Innovation6.603
75 Journal of Public Economics6.570
76 Information Economics and Policy6.467
77 American Economic Journal-Applied Economics6.444
78 New Political Economy6.431
79 Journal of Comparative Economics6.415
80 Journal of Commodity Markets6.405
81 Environmental & Resource Economics6.327
82 Agricultural and Food Economics6.246
83 Economy and Society6.140
84 Economic Change and Restructuring6.121
85 Eurasian Business Review6.113
86 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization6.106
87 American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics6.100
88 Journal of Empirical Finance5.874
89 Quantitative Economics5.787
90 Resource and Energy Economics5.774
91 Review of International Political Economy5.737
92 Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy5.733
93 Journal of Choice Modelling5.658
94 Journal of Agricultural Economics5.642
95 European Economic Review5.629
96 Journal of Business Economics and Management5.617
97 Oxford Review of Economic Policy5.606
98 Journal of Economic Geography5.584
99 Journal of Asian Economics5.578
100 Review of Economic Dynamics5.534
101 Labour Economics5.481
102 Tourism Economics5.463
103 European Journal of Health Economics5.421
104 Journal of the Japanese and International Economies5.403
105 Economic Systems5.381
106 Work Employment and Society5.366
107 Journal of Consumer Affairs5.349
108 Journal of Economic Inequality5.333
109 Journal of Policy Modeling5.271
110 China & World Economy5.167
111 Journal of Applied Econometrics5.157
112 Industrial and Corporate Change5.155
113 European Review of Agricultural Economics5.127
114 American Journal of Agricultural Economics5.067
115 Experimental Economics5.036
116 Post-Soviet Affairs4.992
117 Health Economics Review4.897
118 Water Resources and Economics4.838
119 Agricultural Economics4.803
120 Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics4.769
121 Emerging Markets Finance and Trade4.760
122 Journal of Economic Psychology4.747
123 Applied Health Economics and Health Policy4.716
124 Review of International Organizations4.699
125 JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies4.672
126 Journal of Competitiveness4.664
127 Climate Change Economics4.610
128 European Journal of Political Economy4.605
129 QME-Quantitative Marketing and Economics4.534
130 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty4.490
131 Journal of Family and Economic Issues4.459
132 International Labour Review4.447
133 Economic Policy4.428
134 Journal of Population Economics4.417
135 NBER Macroeconomics Annual4.359
136 Economics of Education Review4.326
137 Energy Journal4.317
138 Managerial and Decision Economics4.288
139 Asian Economic Policy Review4.284
- Journal of Economic Policy Reform4.284
141 Economics & Human Biology4.281
142 Competition & Change4.279
143 Papers in Regional Science4.216
144 Journal of International Trade & Economic Development4.215
145 Health Economics4.190
146 IMF Economic Review4.177
147 International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics4.164
148 Feminist Economics4.157
149 Mathematical Finance4.152
150 Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control4.137
151 Socio-Economic Review4.077
152 Inzinerine Ekonomika-Engineering Economics4.069
153 Journal of Law & Economics4.060
154 Journal of Financial Econometrics4.009
155 Empirica4.007
156 Applied Economic Analysis3.959
157 World Economy3.954
158 Cambridge Journal of Economics3.922
159 Economic and Labour Relations Review3.811
160 Economic Inquiry3.792
161 Economics Letters3.777
162 Journal of Business & Economic Statistics3.767
163 Journal of the Economics of Ageing3.764
164 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics3.759
165 Journal of Housing Economics3.749
166 Journal of Regional Science3.739
167 Journal of Macroeconomics3.728
168 Journal of Applied Economics3.719
169 Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics3.689
170 World Bank Economic Review3.665
171 Annals of Regional Science3.658
172 Journal of Forecasting3.655
173 American Journal of Health Economics3.640
174 Amfiteatru Economic3.605
175 Journal of Agrarian Change3.590
176 Economia Politica3.558
177 Review of Development Economics3.545
178 Portuguese Economic Journal3.427
179 Economic Systems Research3.387
180 Economica3.369
181 ASTIN Bulletin-The Journal of the International Actuarial Association3.353
182 Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists3.319
183 Review of Economics of the Household3.307
184 Economics of Innovation and New Technology3.274
185 Real Estate Economics3.256
186 Applied Economics3.244
187 Journal of Productivity Analysis3.227
188 Economic Development and Cultural Change3.225
189 Empirical Economics3.213
190 International Journal of Industrial Organization3.149
191 Journal of Economic Theory3.136
192 Post-Communist Economies3.069
193 Theoretical Economics3.060
194 Economics of Transportation3.058
195 American Economic Journal-Microeconomics3.057
196 Journal of Risk and Insurance3.028
197 Environment and Development Economics3.016
198 Education Finance and Policy3.015
199 Journal of Industrial Economics3.000
200 Asian Journal of Technology Innovation2.983
201 Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics2.949
202 Journal of Behavioral Finance2.936
203 Journal of Economic History2.935
204 Quantitative Finance2.923
205 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics2.920
206 Journal of Sports Economics2.909
207 Marine Resource Economics2.907
208 Insurance Mathematics & Economics2.894
209 Journal of Evolutionary Economics2.851
- Fiscal Studies2.851
211 Journal of Money Credit and Banking2.833
212 Review of Income and Wealth2.831
213 Spatial Economic Analysis2.822
214 International Economic Review2.811
215 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies2.755
216 Japan and the World Economy2.742
217 Agribusiness2.715
218 International Journal of Health Economics and Management2.708
219 Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques2.700
220 Journal of Cultural Economy2.694
221 Journal of Regulatory Economics2.683
222 Contemporary Economic Policy2.672
223 Games and Economic Behavior2.669
224 Journal of Economic Methodology2.667
- Journal of Law Economics & Organization2.667
226 Oxford Economic Papers-New Series2.657
227 Review of World Economics2.645
228 Journal of Institutional Economics2.637
229 Scandinavian Journal of Economics2.629
230 Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics2.620
231 Public Choice2.587
232 Journal of Cultural Economics2.567
233 Defence and Peace Economics2.548
234 National Tax Journal2.516
235 Journal of Human Resources2.514
236 Canadian Journal of Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Economique2.494
237 Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy2.430
238 International Tax and Public Finance2.429
239 Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie2.427
240 Journal of Real Estate Research2.424
241 Open Economies Review2.419
242 Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis2.415
243 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management2.401
244 Explorations in Economic History2.383
245 Computational Economics2.375
246 Review of Keynesian Economics2.369
247 Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie2.358
248 Land Economics2.340
249 Journal of Development Studies2.292
250 Eastern European Economics2.286
251 International Finance2.280
252 Economics & Politics2.213
253 Review of International Economics2.209
254 South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences2.204
255 Economic Development Quarterly2.183
256 European Review of Economic History2.173
257 Journal of Pension Economics & Finance2.160
258 European Journal of Law and Economics2.157
259 Journal of Human Capital2.147
260 Economic Theory2.120
261 Journal of African Economies2.101
262 Kyklos2.096
263 German Economic Review2.086
264 Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika2.082
265 Bulletin of Economic Research2.076
266 Economics of Transition and Institutional Change2.061
267 Economics of Governance2.014
268 Mathematics and Financial Economics2.000
269 Journal of Economic Education1.970
270 Pacific Economic Review1.940
271 Southern Economic Journal1.906
272 Singapore Economic Review1.888
273 International Review of Law and Economics1.857
274 Applied Economics Letters1.850
275 Global Economic Review1.839
276 International Review of Economics Education1.827
277 Journal of Post Keynesian Economics1.777
278 Journal of Competition Law & Economics1.776
279 Australian Economic Papers1.746
280 Economics-The Open Access Open-Assessment E-Journal1.735
281 E & M Ekonomie A Management1.725
282 Prague Economic Papers1.712
283 Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination1.708
284 Journal of Economics & Management Strategy1.707
285 Cliometrica1.700
286 Review of Industrial Organization1.696
287 Journal of Public Economic Theory1.672
288 Econometric Reviews1.667
289 South African Journal of Economics1.662
290 Economist-Netherlands1.656
291 Jahrbucher fuer Nationalokonomie und Statistik1.604
292 Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics1.585
293 Japanese Economic Review1.583
294 CESifo Economic Studies1.581
295 Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy1.569
296 Series-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association1.543
297 Metroeconomica1.530
298 World Trade Review1.520
299 Review of Derivatives Research1.500
300 Australian Economic Review1.447
301 Australian Economic History Review1.400
302 Journal of Mathematical Economics1.393
303 Economic History Review1.385
304 American Journal of Economics and Sociology1.383
305 Acta Oeconomica1.373
306 Journal of Economic Issues1.351
307 Journal of Wine Economics1.346
308 Argumenta Oeconomica1.340
309 Theory and Decision1.332
310 Economics and Philosophy1.318
311 Social Choice and Welfare1.313
312 Journal of Demographic Economics1.312
- Water Economics and Policy1.312
314 Scottish Journal of Political Economy1.267
315 Macroeconomic Dynamics1.256
316 Econometric Theory1.240
317 Mathematical Social Sciences1.198
318 Politicka Ekonomie1.154
319 Panoeconomicus1.129
320 Manchester School1.114
321 Asian Economic Papers1.078
322 Trimestre Economico1.059
323 International Journal of Economic Theory1.000
- Journal of World Trade1.000
325 Review of Radical Political Economics0.979
326 Europe-Asia Studies0.970
327 History of Political Economy0.939
328 Asian-Pacific Economic Literature0.910
329 Asian Economic Journal0.885
330 Journal of Economics0.863
331 Investigacion Economica0.828
332 Revue d'Economie Politique0.823
333 International Journal of Game Theory0.801
334 Journal of Forest Economics0.800
335 European Journal of the History of Economic Thought0.796
336 Finanzarchiv0.778
337 Revista de Historia Economica0.743
338 Economic Record0.742
339 Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research0.741
340 Value in Health0.524
341 Developing Economies0.455
342 Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics0.447
343 Revista de Economia Mundial0.423
344 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics-Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte Staatswissenschaft0.409
345 CEPAL Review0.359
346 Revue d'Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest0.089
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