Publication fees · October 2026

Economics & Econometrics journals in Scopus: publication fees

612 Economics & Econometrics journals in Scopus have a known publication fee. 24 charge nothing. Among those that charge, the median is US$3,290 and the range is US$52 to US$7,619.

612
journals in Scopus
US$3,290
median fee
24
charge nothing
516
in Q1 or Q2
9
fee covered under ONOS

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# Journal Fee (APC) In rupees Scopus 2-yr cites Also in
1 Carbon Neutrality
Springer
Free Q1 12.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
2 Petroleum Exploration and Development
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q1 12.5 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
3 Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
Springer Nature
Free Q2 8.3 ABS 1 · DOAJ
4 ZFW - Advances in Economic Geography
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Free Q1 5.2 WoS SSCI
5 BRQ Business Research Quarterly
Asociacion Cientifica de Economia y Direccion de la Empresa
Free Q1 4.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2 · DOAJ
6 Petroleum Science
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q1 4.7 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
7 Quantitative Economics
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Free Q1 3.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4 · DOAJ · ONOS
8 Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research
Springer Gabler
Free Q1 3.0 ABS 2 · DOAJ
9 Asian Review of Political Economy
Springer
Free Q2 3.0 DOAJ
10 Marine Development
Springer
Free Q2 2.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
11 Journal of Management Science and Engineering
KeAi Communications Co.
Free Q1 2.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
12 Theoretical Economics
The Econometric Society
Free Q2 2.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4 · DOAJ
13 Journal for Labour Market Research
Springer Nature
Free Q3 2.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
14 China Finance and Economic Review
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Free Q3 2.0 –
15 Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
SAGE Publications Inc.
Free Q1 1.5 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
16 Africa Spectrum
Deutsches Institut für Afrika-Forschung
Free Q1 1.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC C · DOAJ
17 Statistics, Politics and Policy
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Free Q2 1.3 –
18 Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik
De Gruyter
Free Q2 1.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
19 Nonprofit Policy Forum
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Free Q2 1.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
20 Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
De Gruyter
Free Q2 1.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · ABS 1
21 British Actuarial Journal
Cambridge University Press
Free Q4 1.1 ABDC B · ABS 1
22 German Economic Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Free Q2 1.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
23 Comparative Southeast European Studies
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Free Q1 0.5 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
24 Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Free Q1 0.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
25 Agro Bali
Panji Sakti University
US$52 … Q3 0.7 –
26 Revista Brasileira de Economia
Fundacao Getulio Vargas
US$68 … Q4 0.1 –
27 ECONOMICS - Innovative and Economics Research Journal
Sciendo
US$107 … Q1 3.1 DOAJ
28 Applied Computer Science
Polish Association for Knowledge Promotion
US$109 … Q2 2.1 DOAJ
29 Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural
Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
US$114 … Q2 0.9 ABDC C · DOAJ
30 Comparative Economic Research
Lodz University Press
US$150 … Q3 0.7 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
31 Accounting and Financial Control
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
US$210 … Q3 1.3 DOAJ
32 Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
Instytut Badan Gospodarczych/Institute of Economic Research (Poland)
US$215 … Q1 8.1 WoS ESCI
33 Scientific Papers of the University of Pardubice, Series D: Faculty of Economics and Administration
University of Pardubice
US$215 … Q2 2.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
34 Oeconomia Copernicana
Institute of Economic Research
US$218 … Q1 11.7 WoS SSCI · DOAJ
35 Agraris
Department of Agribusiness, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
US$250 … Q2 0.9 DOAJ
36 Business Systems Research
Sciendo
US$269 … Q2 1.5 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
37 Economia Agro-Alimentare
FrancoAngeli
US$269 … Q2 0.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
38 Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business
US$307 … Q3 0.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
39 Environmental Economics
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
US$318 … Q1 3.1 WoS ESCI · ABS 1 · DOAJ
40 Agricultural and Resource Economics
Institute of Eastern European Research and Consulting
US$323 … Q2 1.5 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
41 Space and Culture, India
ACCB Publishing
US$367 … Q2 0.8 DOAJ
42 Research on World Agricultural Economy
Nan Yang Academy of Sciences Pte. Ltd
US$400 … Q3 1.5 WoS ESCI
43 Journal of Distribution Science
KODISA Foundation
US$460 … Q3 0.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
44 Journal of Competitiveness
Tomas Bata University in Zlín
US$485 … Q1 3.0 WoS SSCI · ABS 2 · DOAJ
45 Journal of Digital Economy
KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
US$500 … Q1 5.8 ABDC B
46 Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
US$500 … Q2 0.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
47 Journal of Finance and Data Science
KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
US$550 … Q1 3.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · DOAJ
48 Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development
AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
US$575 … Q3 0.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
49 Agricultural Economics (Czech Republic)
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
US$609 … Q2 1.4 WoS SCIE, SSCI · DOAJ
50 Banks and Bank Systems
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
US$641 … Q1 3.8 WoS ESCI · ABS 1 · DOAJ
51 Journal of Business Economics and Management
Taylor & Francis Online
US$647 … Q2 3.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2 · DOAJ
52 International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences
Hipatia Editorial
US$647 … Q1 2.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
53 China Economic Quarterly International
KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
US$700 … Q1 3.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · DOAJ
54 Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences
AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
US$712 … Q3 2.4 ABS 1 · DOAJ
55 Technological and Economic Development of Economy
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
US$727 … Q1 3.7 WoS SSCI · DOAJ
56 Investment Management and Financial Innovations
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
US$738 … Q1 2.5 ABS 1
57 South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
AOSIS
US$793 … Q2 1.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC C · ABS 1 · DOAJ
58 China Geology
KeAi Communications Co.
US$800 … Q1 2.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
59 Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
US$834 … Q3 2.8 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
60 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja
Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
US$944 … Q1 4.5 ABS 1
61 Society and Economy
Akademiai Kiado
US$970 … Q2 1.8 ABDC C · DOAJ
62 International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
Wageningen Academic Publishers
US$1,078 … Q2 2.0 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
63 European Transport Studies
Elsevier Ltd
US$1,100 … Q4 1.6 DOAJ
64 Baltic Journal of Economics
Taylor & Francis Online
US$1,103 … Q3 2.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC C · ABS 1 · DOAJ
65 IZA Journal of Labor Policy
Laborwide
US$1,105 … Q3 0.0 –
66 Triple Helix
Brill Academic Publishers
US$1,140 … Q1 1.4 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
67 Cogent Economics and Finance
Taylor & Francis
US$1,165 … Q1 4.3 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1 · DOAJ
68 Regional Studies, Regional Science
Taylor & Francis Online
US$1,165 … Q1 2.6 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · DOAJ
69 Economics
Universitaet Kiel
US$1,187 … Q2 3.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · DOAJ
70 IZA Journal of Development and Migration
Laborwide
US$1,195 … Q1 0.0 –
71 IIMB Management Review
Elsevier
US$1,200 … Q2 2.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · DOAJ
72 Central Bank Review
Elsevier
US$1,200 … Q3 1.4 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · DOAJ
73 FinTech
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,207 … Q1 3.9 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
74 Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,250 … Q1 12.1 DOAJ · ONOS
75 Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,270 … Q1 4.9 DOAJ
76 European Research on Management and Business Economics
European Academy of Management and Business Economics (AEDEM) - Elsevier
US$1,350 … Q1 7.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · DOAJ · ONOS
77 Transnational Corporations Review
Taylor & Francis Online
US$1,400 … Q2 5.9 ABDC C · ABS 1 · DOAJ
78 Frontiers in Blockchain
Frontiers Media SA
US$1,418 … Q1 3.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
79 Frontiers in Environmental Economics
Frontiers Media SA
US$1,418 … Q3 2.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
80 Frontiers in Behavioral Economics
Frontiers Media SA
US$1,418 … Q3 1.9 DOAJ
81 Tourism and Hospitality
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,448 … Q2 2.9 DOAJ
82 Borsa Istanbul Review
Elsevier
US$1,500 … Q1 6.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · DOAJ
83 Asia and the Global Economy
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,500 … Q1 3.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
84 Journal of Policy Modeling
Elsevier
US$1,500 … Q1 2.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
85 She Ji
KeAi Communications Co.
US$1,500 … Q1 1.2 WoS ESCI · ABS 1 · DOAJ · ONOS
86 Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Columbia Data Analytics
US$1,500 … Q2 1.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
87 Journal of Applied Economics
Taylor & Francis Online
US$1,533 … Q1 4.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1 · DOAJ
88 IZA Journal of Labor Economics
Springer Nature
US$1,535 … Q3 0.0 ABDC A
89 Transport Economics and Management
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,540 … Q1 5.4 DOAJ
90 Journal of Economic Criminology
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,540 … Q1 4.3 DOAJ
91 Oxford Open Economics
Oxford University Press
US$1,575 … Q2 5.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
92 Agricultural and Food Economics
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
US$1,590 … Q1 5.3 WoS SCIE, SSCI · DOAJ
93 Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,630 … Q1 5.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ · ONOS
94 Journal of Government and Economics
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,650 … Q2 1.7 DOAJ
95 Trees, Forests and People
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,680 … Q1 3.3 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
96 Journal of Risk and Financial Management
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$1,689 … Q1 4.2 –
97 Econometrics
MDPI
US$1,689 … Q3 1.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1 · DOAJ
98 Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Western Agricultural Economics Association
US$1,691 … Q2 0.0 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2 · DOAJ
99 Latin American Journal of Central Banking
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,700 … Q2 2.2 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
100 Research in Globalization
Elsevier B.V.
US$1,760 … Q1 7.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
101 Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
SpringerOpen
US$1,790 … Q1 8.1 DOAJ · ONOS
102 Journal of Shipping and Trade
Springer
US$1,790 … Q1 5.0 DOAJ
103 European Journal of Futures Research
Springer Verlag
US$1,790 … Q1 2.9 WoS SSCI · DOAJ
104 Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$1,810 … Q2 2.4 WoS SSCI · ABS 1 · DOAJ
105 Q Open
Oxford Academic
US$1,882 … Q2 2.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · DOAJ
106 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Springer Nature
US$1,890 … Q1 5.2 WoS AHCI, SSCI · DOAJ · ONOS
107 International Review of Economics and Finance
Elsevier
US$1,930 … Q1 7.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2 · DOAJ
108 Games
MDPI
US$1,930 … Q3 0.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1 · DOAJ
109 Journal of Economic Structures
SpringerOpen
US$1,990 … Q1 7.3 DOAJ
110 Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,010 … Q1 10.9 DOAJ · ONOS
111 Geothermal Energy
Springer Science + Business Media
US$2,090 … Q1 5.1 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
112 Econometrics and Statistics
Elsevier
US$2,140 … Q1 1.2 WoS ESCI · ABDC B
113 Forecasting
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$2,172 … Q1 4.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
114 Economies
MDPI
US$2,172 … Q1 3.4 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · ABS 1 · DOAJ
115 Risks
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
US$2,172 … Q1 3.1 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
116 Journal of Innovation and Knowledge
Elsevier
US$2,200 … Q1 13.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC C · ABS 1 · DOAJ · ONOS
117 Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances
Elsevier Inc.
US$2,290 … Q1 5.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
118 Environment, Development and Sustainability
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
US$2,290 … Q1 4.8 WoS SCIE
119 Entrepreneurship Education
Springer
US$2,290 … Q1 2.5 –
120 European Actuarial Journal
Springer International Publishing
US$2,290 … Q2 1.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
121 Extremes
Springer
US$2,290 … Q2 1.0 WoS SCIE
122 ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research
Dove Medical Press Ltd
US$2,320 … Q1 2.0 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
123 Futures
Elsevier
US$2,370 … Q1 4.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
124 Development and Sustainability in Economics and Finance
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,370 … Q3 3.8 –
125 Eurasian Business Review
Springer International Publishing
US$2,390 … Q1 4.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
126 Eurasian Economic Review
Springer International Publishing
US$2,390 … Q1 4.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · ABS 1
127 Environmental and Resource Economics
Springer International Publishing
US$2,390 … Q1 4.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
128 Indian Economic Review
University of Delhi, School of Economics
US$2,390 … Q3 0.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC C
129 Economics of Transportation
Elsevier
US$2,400 … Q1 4.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
130 Value in Health Regional Issues
Elsevier Inc.
US$2,400 … Q2 0.7 WoS ESCI
131 Research in Transportation Economics
Elsevier
US$2,430 … Q1 2.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
132 Journal of Climate Finance
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,470 … Q1 7.1 –
133 Progress in Economic Geography
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,470 … Q2 5.1 –
134 npj Sustainable Agriculture
Springer Nature
US$2,490 … Q2 6.5 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
135 Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
Springer International Publishing
US$2,490 … Q2 3.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
136 Energy Systems
Springer Verlag
US$2,490 … Q1 2.8 WoS ESCI
137 European Journal of Law and Economics
Springer International Publishing
US$2,490 … Q1 2.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC C · ABS 1
138 Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
US$2,500 … Q2 1.7 WoS ESCI
139 Journal of Labor and Society
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,500 … Q1 0.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC C
140 Journal of Economic Asymmetries
Elsevier
US$2,570 … Q1 3.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
141 International Studies of Economics
John Wiley and Sons Inc
US$2,600 … Q2 1.6 WoS ESCI · DOAJ
142 Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
Cambridge University Press
US$2,600 … Q2 1.6 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1 · DOAJ
143 Research in Transportation Business and Management
Elsevier
US$2,620 … Q1 2.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC B
144 Sports Economics Review
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,630 … Q2 2.0 –
145 Journal of Economics and Business
Elsevier
US$2,640 … Q1 2.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
146 IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
US$2,645 … Q2 2.6 WoS ESCI
147 Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Cambridge University Press
US$2,660 … Q2 1.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · ABS 1 · DOAJ
148 Intereconomics
Springer International Publishing
US$2,690 … Q1 2.5 ABDC C · ABS 1 · DOAJ
149 Economics of Education Review
Elsevier
US$2,700 … Q2 2.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
150 Asian Economic Policy Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,710 … Q1 2.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC C
151 Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,710 … Q1 1.3 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
152 Forum for Health Economics and Policy
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q2 3.2 ABDC C · ABS 1
153 Review of Economics
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q3 1.8 ABDC C
154 Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q2 1.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
155 Economists' Voice
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q2 1.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
156 Journal of Globalization and Development
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q2 0.9 ABDC B · ABS 1
157 Basic Income Studies
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q3 0.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC C
158 Journal of Econometric Methods
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q2 0.8 ABDC B · ABS 1
159 Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q1 0.8 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
160 Journal of European Tort Law
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$2,712 … Q1 0.8 –
161 Asian Journal of Law and Economics
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$2,712 … Q3 0.8 WoS ESCI
162 Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q2 0.7 ABDC C · ABS 1
163 B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q4 0.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
164 Review of Law and Economics
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q3 0.6 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
165 B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q3 0.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
166 B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q4 0.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
167 Review of Network Economics
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q4 0.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
168 Journal of Time Series Econometrics
De Gruyter
US$2,712 … Q4 0.3 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
169 Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$2,712 … Q3 0.3 –
170 European Company and Financial Law Review
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$2,712 … Q1 0.3 WoS ESCI
171 Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
US$2,712 … Q4 0.2 –
172 Zeitschrift fur Unternehmensgeschichte
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
US$2,712 … Q2 0.0 ABS 1
173 Games and Economic Behavior
Elsevier
US$2,720 … Q3 1.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
174 Papers in Regional Science
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,740 … Q1 5.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3 · DOAJ
175 Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Elsevier
US$2,740 … Q1 3.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
176 Demography
Springer International Publishing
US$2,750 … Q1 2.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC A
177 Journal of Advanced Transportation
Hindawi
US$2,760 … Q1 2.2 WoS SCIE · ABDC B · DOAJ
178 Developing Economies
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,760 … Q3 0.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC B
179 Pacific Economic Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,760 … Q3 0.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
180 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
BioMed Central
US$2,790 … Q2 2.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC C · DOAJ
181 International Journal of Forecasting
Elsevier
US$2,800 … Q1 3.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
182 Asian Economic Journal
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,810 … Q3 0.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
183 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Elsevier
US$2,830 … Q2 1.7 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
184 China and World Economy
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,840 … Q1 2.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
185 Journal of Mathematical Economics
Elsevier
US$2,840 … Q3 1.3 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
186 Financial Management
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,850 … Q1 2.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
187 South African Journal of Economics
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,850 … Q3 1.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
188 Mathematical Social Sciences
Elsevier
US$2,850 … Q3 0.9 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
189 Global Finance Journal
Elsevier
US$2,860 … Q1 6.2 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
190 Economic Analysis and Policy
Elsevier
US$2,890 … Q1 7.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 1
191 Transport Policy
Elsevier
US$2,890 … Q1 5.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
192 Social Choice and Welfare
Springer International Publishing
US$2,890 … Q2 1.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
193 Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q1 4.0 ABDC A · ABS 3
194 Financial Accountability and Management
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q1 2.6 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
195 International Journal of Auditing
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 2.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
196 OPEC Energy Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 2.2 WoS ESCI · ABDC C
197 American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 2.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
198 Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q1 2.0 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
199 Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing
John Wiley and Sons Inc
US$2,900 … Q2 1.9 ABS 1
200 Financial Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 1.6 WoS ESCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
201 International Review of Finance
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 1.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC A
202 Australian Economic Papers
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 1.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
203 Bulletin of Economic Research
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q3 1.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
204 Asian-Pacific Economic Literature
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q3 1.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC C
205 Economic Papers
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q3 1.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC B
206 International Social Security Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
US$2,900 … Q2 1.0 WoS ESCI
207 Economic Notes
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q3 1.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
208 International Finance
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 1.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC B
209 Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q2 0.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
210 Australian Economic Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q3 0.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
211 Economic Affairs
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q3 0.7 WoS ESCI · ABDC C
212 Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
John Wiley and Sons Inc
US$2,900 … Q1 0.5 WoS SSCI
213 Economic Record
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,900 … Q3 0.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
214 Journal of Commodity Markets
Elsevier
US$2,910 … Q1 5.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
215 Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
Elsevier
US$2,930 … Q1 7.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
216 Economic Systems
Elsevier Science
US$2,930 … Q1 3.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
217 Journal of Empirical Finance
Elsevier
US$2,940 … Q2 2.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
218 Utilities Policy
Elsevier B.V.
US$2,950 … Q1 4.2 WoS SCIE, SSCI · ABS 1
219 Journal of Financial Markets
Elsevier
US$2,950 … Q2 2.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 3
220 Research in Economics
Elsevier
US$2,950 … Q3 1.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
221 Contemporary Economic Policy
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$2,970 … Q2 1.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
222 Journal of Transport Geography
Elsevier
US$2,990 … Q1 6.3 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
223 Review of International Organizations
Springer International Publishing
US$2,990 … Q1 5.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC C
224 Quantitative Marketing and Economics
Springer International Publishing
US$2,990 … Q2 4.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
225 Health Economics Review
Springer International Publishing
US$2,990 … Q2 3.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC C · DOAJ
226 Mind and Society
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
US$2,990 … Q1 2.2 –
227 Journal of Economics and Finance
Springer International Publishing
US$2,990 … Q2 2.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
228 International Review of Law and Economics
Elsevier
US$2,990 … Q2 1.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
229 AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis
Springer Nature
US$2,990 … Q1 1.6 WoS SCIE · ABDC C
230 Open Economies Review
Springer International Publishing
US$2,990 … Q2 1.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
231 Review of Economic Design
Springer International Publishing
US$2,990 … Q3 1.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
232 International Advances in Economic Research
Springer International Publishing
US$2,990 … Q3 1.1 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · ABS 1
233 Economics of Transition and Institutional Change
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,010 … Q2 1.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
234 Southern Economic Journal
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,010 … Q3 1.1 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
235 Economics Letters
Elsevier
US$3,030 … Q2 2.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
236 Journal of Economic Theory
Elsevier
US$3,030 … Q3 1.5 WoS SSCI · ABDC A* · ABS 4
237 North American Journal of Economics and Finance
Elsevier
US$3,050 … Q1 4.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
238 Emerging Markets Review
Elsevier
US$3,060 … Q1 3.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
239 Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft
Duncker und Humblot GmbH
US$3,060 … Q4 0.2 DOAJ
240 Japan and the World Economy
Elsevier
US$3,070 … Q2 2.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 1
241 Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
Oxford University Press
US$3,070 … Q2 1.3 WoS ESCI
242 Frontiers in Energy Research
Frontiers Media SA
US$3,077 … Q1 4.1 WoS SCIE · DOAJ
243 Journal of Multinational Financial Management
Elsevier
US$3,080 … Q1 3.9 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2
244 International Labour Review
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
US$3,090 … Q2 17.4 WoS SSCI · ABDC B · ABS 2 · DOAJ
245 Small Business Economics
Springer International Publishing
US$3,090 … Q1 5.6 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 3
246 Pacific Basin Finance Journal
Elsevier
US$3,090 … Q1 5.0 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 2
247 Journal of Choice Modelling
Elsevier
US$3,090 … Q1 3.8 WoS SSCI · ABDC A · ABS 1
248 Review of Evolutionary Political Economy
Springer Nature
US$3,090 … Q2 3.4 –
249 Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade
Springer International Publishing
US$3,090 … Q3 3.0 WoS ESCI · ABDC C · ABS 2
250 International Journal of Disclosure and Governance
Palgrave Macmillan
US$3,090 … Q1 2.9 WoS ESCI · ABDC B · ABS 2

The 250 lowest fees are in the table; the other 362 follow below. Cheapest first. Rupee amounts are estimates at a fixed exchange rate. Index data dated 2026-10-04.

The other 362 journals

Questions people ask

Where do these fees come from?

They are the article processing charge (APC) each publisher lists for open access publishing, as recorded by OpenAlex, which takes most of them from DOAJ. A publisher can change its price at any time, so confirm the amount on the journal’s own website before you submit.

Does paying a fee mean the journal is low quality?

No. Many respected open access journals charge an APC, and many weak journals charge very little. The fee tells you the cost, not the quality. Look at the journal’s Scopus quartile, Web of Science coverage and ABDC or ABS rating, which are on each journal’s page here.

Can I publish in these journals without paying?

Often, yes. Many journals are hybrid: the listed APC applies only if you choose open access, and the subscription route costs the author nothing. Authors at Indian institutions should also check the ONOS page, where the fee is covered for a set of journals.

How do I check that a journal is really in Scopus?

Every journal on this page is on the current Scopus source list held by this site, with its coverage years and quartile on its profile page. A journal’s own website saying “Scopus indexed” is not proof. Check the journal’s page here or the official Scopus source list.

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