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Journal of Economic Psychology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.9), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 0167-4870Verify ISSN ↗1872-7719Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Cost to publish: About US$3,710 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 224 / 1530 | 85th | Q1 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 199 / 755 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Applied Psychology | 87 / 258 | 66th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1981–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.9.
Journal of Economic Psychology is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 224 of 1530), Q2 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 199 of 755) and Q2 in Applied Psychology (rank 87 of 258), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Economic Psychology 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 4.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.316, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 131.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,710 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 Economic Psychology is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 0167-4870 and its online ISSN is 1872-7719.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A 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 Psychology (General) field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Economic Psychology has an h-index of 184 and a 2-year mean of 2.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #140 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Journal of Economic Psychology published 46 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 94. 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 92 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Germany (18.6%), United States (17%) and United Kingdom (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.4 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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