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Econ Journal Watch is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.4), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. Published by Fraser Institute.
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ISSN 1933-527XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Fraser Institute
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics and Econometrics | 555 / 755 | 26th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.4.
Econ Journal Watch is Q3 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 555 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Econ Journal Watch 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 1.4, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 26th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.251, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 19.
Econ Journal Watch is published by Fraser Institute. Its ISSN is 1933-527X.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
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.
Econ Journal Watch has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #693 of 744 Scopus journals in Economics and Econometrics.
Econ Journal Watch published 11 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 25. 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.
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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