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Journal of Applied Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.9), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 1, WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor & Francis Online.
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ISSN 1514-0326Verify ISSN ↗1667-6726Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) | 70 / 289 | 75th | Q1 |
Not listed in: FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.9.
Journal of Applied Economics is Q1 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) (rank 70 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Applied 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 3.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 75th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.624, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 35.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,533 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.
Journal of Applied Economics is published by Taylor & Francis Online. Its print ISSN is 1514-0326 and its online ISSN is 1667-6726.
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 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Economics, Econometrics and Statistics field, unchanged from 2021.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Applied Economics has an h-index of 56 and a 2-year mean of 4.51 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #14 of 269 Scopus journals in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all).
Journal of Applied Economics published 69 papers in 2025. 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 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (27.9%), Romania (8.1%) and United States (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.8 per 1,000 papers). 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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