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B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.8), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. Published by De Gruyter.
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ISSN 1935-1704Verify ISSN ↗2194-6124Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: De Gruyter
Cost to publish: About US$2,712 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) | 220 / 289 | 24th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present (also 2001–2003), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.8.
B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics is Q4 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) (rank 220 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.8, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 24th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.187, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,712 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics is published by De Gruyter. Its print ISSN is 1935-1704 and its online ISSN is 2194-6124.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Economic history.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Economics, Econometrics and Statistics field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 0.38 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #209 of 269 Scopus journals in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all).
B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 43. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (17.3%), China (12.3%) and Italy (11%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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