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Handbook of Defense Economics
Handbook of Defense Economics is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1574-0013Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Handbook of Defense Economics indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2007 (also 1995)).
What is the impact factor of Handbook of Defense Economics?
Handbook of Defense Economics has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Handbook of Defense Economics and what is its ISSN?
Handbook of Defense Economics is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 1574-0013.
Is Handbook of Defense Economics in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Handbook of Defense Economics open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Handbook of Defense Economics for 2 years, between 1995 and 2007, with 11 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2007, 19 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 44 works and 1,585 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2007, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2007, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Handbook of Defense Economics? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Handbook of Defense Economics has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Handbook of Defense Economics published 21 papers in 2007; its busiest recent year was 1995 with 23. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Handbook of Defense Economics? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2007. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2007
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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