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Best Economics and Econometrics journals

754 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Economics and Econometrics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 189 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Journal of Innovation and Knowledge 24.7 99th Q1 SSCI C Yes
2 Quarterly Journal of Economics 23.8 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
3 Resources, Conservation and Recycling 23.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 22.3 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
5 Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 21.9 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
6 Journal of Economic Literature 21.9 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
7 Energy Economics 21.8 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
8 Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship 21.7 99th Q1 – – Yes
9 Annual Review of Economics 21.3 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
10 Economic Analysis and Policy 20.9 98th Q1 SSCI A No
11 Journal of Financial Economics 20.7 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Resources Policy 20.3 98th Q1 – B No
13 American Economic Review 19.6 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
14 International Journal of Production Economics 19.5 98th Q1 SCIE A No
15 Journal of International Business Studies 17.6 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
16 Electronic Markets 16.8 97th Q1 SSCI A No
17 Journal of Finance 16.8 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
18 Review of Finance 16 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
19 Economic Geography 15.9 97th Q1 SSCI A No
20 Journal of Business Ethics 15.9 97th Q1 SSCI A No
21 Review of Economic Studies 15.7 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
22 Journal of Economic Perspectives 15.4 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
23 International Journal of Consumer Studies 15 97th Q1 SSCI A No
24 European Research on Management and Business Economics 15 96th Q1 SSCI A Yes
25 Internet Research 14.8 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
26 Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances 14.7 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
27 Small Business Economics 14.2 96th Q1 SSCI A No
28 Journal of Economic Surveys 14.1 96th Q1 SSCI A No
29 Journal of Family Business Strategy 14.1 96th Q1 SSCI B No
30 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja 14 96th Q1 – – No
31 Journal of Consumer Research 13.9 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
32 International Review of Financial Analysis 13.8 95th Q1 SSCI A No
33 Journal of Accounting Research 13.4 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
34 Econometrica 13.2 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
35 Review of Financial Studies 13.2 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
36 Borsa Istanbul Review 13.1 95th Q1 SSCI B Yes
37 NBER Macroeconomics Annual 13.1 95th Q1 SSCI A No
38 World Bank Research Observer 12.8 95th Q1 SSCI B No
39 Telecommunications Policy 12.7 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
40 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 12.6 94th Q1 SSCI A No
41 Ecological Economics 12.4 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
42 Annual Review of Resource Economics 12.3 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
43 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 11.9 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI C No
44 Journal of Accounting and Economics 11.7 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
45 Environment, Development and Sustainability 11.6 94th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Australasian Marketing Journal 11.5 93rd Q1 ESCI A No
47 Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 11.4 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
48 Food Policy 11 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
49 Journal of Economics and Development 11 93rd Q1 ESCI C Yes
50 Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 11 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
51 Journal of Marketing Research 11 93rd Q1 SSCI A* No
52 Journal of Political Economy 11 93rd Q1 SSCI A* No
53 Review of International Political Economy 11 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
54 BRQ Business Research Quarterly 10.4 92nd Q1 SSCI B Yes
55 Journal of Corporate Finance 10.3 92nd Q1 SSCI A* No
56 China Agricultural Economic Review 10.2 92nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
57 Global Finance Journal 10.2 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
58 International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 10 92nd Q1 ESCI B No
59 Review of Economics and Statistics 10 92nd Q1 SSCI A* No
60 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 9.8 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
61 American Journal of Agricultural Economics 9.8 91st Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
62 Econometrics Journal 9.8 91st Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
63 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 9.8 91st Q1 SSCI A* No
64 Annual Review of Financial Economics 9.7 91st Q1 SSCI B No
65 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 9.7 91st Q1 SSCI B No
66 International Journal of Ethics and Systems 9.7 91st Q1 ESCI C No
67 Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 9.7 91st Q1 SSCI B No
68 Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy 9.4 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
69 Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 9.4 90th Q1 – – Yes
70 Economic Change and Restructuring 9.3 90th Q1 SSCI B No
71 World Development 9.3 90th Q1 SSCI A* No
72 Journal of Urban Economics 9.2 90th Q1 SSCI A* No
73 Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility 9.1 90th Q1 SSCI – No
74 Journal of Agricultural Economics 9 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
75 Work, Employment and Society 9 90th Q1 SSCI A No
76 International Journal of Finance and Economics 9 89th Q1 SSCI B No
77 Journal of Public Policy and Marketing 9 89th Q1 SSCI A No
78 Journal of Human Resources 8.8 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
79 Financial Management 8.7 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
80 Marine Policy 8.7 89th Q1 SSCI A No
81 Review of International Organizations 8.7 89th Q1 SSCI C No
82 Economic Policy 8.6 89th Q1 SSCI A No
83 International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 8.6 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
84 Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 8.5 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
85 Journal of Commodity Markets 8.5 88th Q1 SSCI A No
86 Journal of Labor Economics 8.5 88th Q1 SSCI A* No
87 Economic Modelling 8.4 88th Q1 SSCI A No
88 Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 8.4 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
89 International Review of Economics and Finance 8.3 88th Q1 SSCI A Yes
90 Journal of Social Entrepreneurship 8.3 88th Q1 ESCI B No
91 Green Finance 8.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
92 Journal of Development Economics 8.2 87th Q1 SSCI A* No
93 Annals of Financial Economics 8.2 87th Q1 ESCI – No
94 Journal of Consumer Culture 8.2 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
95 Utilities Policy 8.2 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
96 China Economic Review 8.1 87th Q1 SSCI A No
97 Science Technology and Human Values 8.1 87th Q1 SSCI A No
98 Journal of Climate Finance 8.1 87th Q1 – – No
99 Foundations and Trends in Finance 8 86th Q1 – B No
100 Journal of Banking and Finance 8 86th Q1 SSCI A* No
101 Journal of Common Market Studies 8 86th Q1 SSCI B No
102 Journal of the Knowledge Economy 8 86th Q1 – C No
103 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 8 86th Q1 SCIE – No
104 Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy 7.9 86th Q1 – – Yes
105 Emerging Markets Review 7.8 86th Q1 SSCI A No
106 Energy Systems 7.8 86th Q1 ESCI – No
107 Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 7.7 85th Q1 SSCI A No
108 Journal of Multinational Financial Management 7.7 85th Q1 SSCI B No
109 Forest Policy and Economics 7.6 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
110 Post-Soviet Affairs 7.6 85th Q1 SSCI B No
111 Qualitative Research in Financial Markets 7.5 85th Q1 ESCI B No
112 Accounting Review 7.5 85th Q1 SSCI A* No
113 Forum Scientiae Oeconomia 7.5 85th Q1 – – Yes
114 Business Ethics Quarterly 7.5 84th Q1 SSCI A No
115 Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice 7.5 84th Q1 SSCI B No
116 Pacific Basin Finance Journal 7.4 84th Q1 SSCI A No
117 Contemporary Accounting Research 7.3 84th Q1 SSCI A* No
118 Journal of Econometrics 7.3 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
119 Journal of Business Economics 7.2 84th Q1 ESCI B No
120 Journal of Enterprising Communities 7.2 84th Q1 ESCI C No
121 Economic Journal 7.2 84th Q1 SSCI A* No
122 International Journal of Market Research 7.1 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
123 International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research 7.1 83rd Q1 ESCI B No
124 Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 7.1 83rd Q1 ESCI C No
125 Journal of Economic Geography 7.1 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
126 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 7.1 83rd Q1 SSCI A* No
127 Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences 7 83rd Q1 ESCI C No
128 North American Journal of Economics and Finance 7 83rd Q1 SSCI B No
129 Journal of Financial Intermediation 7 82nd Q1 SSCI A* No
130 Eurasian Geography and Economics 6.8 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
131 European Review of Agricultural Economics 6.8 82nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
132 Journal of Family and Economic Issues 6.7 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
133 Journal of Innovation Economics and Management 6.7 82nd Q1 ESCI C No
134 Environmental and Resource Economics 6.6 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
135 International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 6.6 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
136 Journal of International Money and Finance 6.6 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
137 Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom) 6.6 81st Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
138 Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 6.5 81st Q1 SSCI B No
139 Journal of International Economics 6.5 81st Q1 SSCI A* No
140 Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 6.5 81st Q1 SSCI B No
141 Journal of Finance and Data Science 6.5 81st Q1 ESCI B Yes
142 Agricultural and Food Economics 6.5 81st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
143 Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 6.4 81st Q1 SCIE, SSCI C No
144 Journal of Economic Growth 6.4 80th Q1 SSCI A* No
145 Economy and Society 6.3 80th Q1 SSCI A No
146 Journal of Economics and Business 6.3 80th Q1 ESCI B No
147 Resource and Energy Economics 6.3 80th Q1 SSCI A No
148 Frontiers in Energy Research 6.3 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
149 ZFW - Advances in Economic Geography 6.3 80th Q1 SSCI – No
150 International Journal of Electronic Commerce 6.2 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
151 Journal of Monetary Economics 6.2 80th Q1 SSCI A* No
152 Economic Systems 6.1 79th Q1 SSCI B No
153 Regional Science and Urban Economics 6.1 79th Q1 SSCI A No
154 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 6 79th Q1 SSCI B No
155 Economic Systems Research 6 79th Q1 SSCI B No
156 Environment and Development Economics 6 79th Q1 SSCI B No
157 Journal of Comparative Economics 6 79th Q1 SSCI A No
158 Studies in Economics and Finance 6 79th Q1 ESCI B No
159 Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 5.9 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
160 Cogent Economics and Finance 5.9 78th Q1 ESCI B Yes
161 Journal of Industrial and Business Economics 5.9 78th Q1 ESCI B No
162 Journal of Capital Markets Studies 5.9 78th Q1 – – Yes
163 Journal of Geographical Systems 5.9 78th Q1 SSCI – No
164 Climate Change Economics 5.8 78th Q1 SSCI B No
165 Information Economics and Policy 5.8 78th Q1 SSCI A No
166 Space Policy 5.8 78th Q1 SSCI – No
167 Agribusiness 5.7 77th Q1 SCIE, SSCI C No
168 Journal of Global Economic Analysis 5.7 77th Q1 ESCI B No
169 Mathematical Finance 5.7 77th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
170 Journal of Advanced Transportation 5.6 77th Q1 SCIE B Yes
171 Journal of Policy Modeling 5.6 77th Q1 SSCI A No
172 Journal of Public Economics 5.6 77th Q1 SSCI A* No
173 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 5.6 77th Q1 SSCI A No
174 World Economy 5.6 77th Q1 SSCI A No
175 Econometrics and Statistics 5.6 76th Q1 ESCI B No
176 Journal of Consumer Policy 5.5 76th Q1 ESCI C No
177 Marketing Letters 5.5 76th Q1 SSCI A No
178 Journal of Economic Structures 5.5 76th Q1 – – Yes
179 Journal of Risk and Financial Management 5.5 76th Q1 – – No
180 Energy Journal 5.4 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
181 International Journal of Disclosure and Governance 5.4 76th Q1 ESCI B No
182 Journal of Applied Econometrics 5.4 76th Q1 SSCI A* No
183 Auditing 5.3 75th Q1 SSCI A* No
184 Feminist Economics 5.3 75th Q1 SSCI A No
185 Resources Science 5.3 75th Q1 – – Yes
186 International Journal of Social Economics 5.2 75th Q1 ESCI B No
187 Quantitative Economics 5.2 75th Q1 SSCI A* Yes
188 Journal of Forecasting 5.1 75th Q1 SSCI A No
189 Journal of Population Economics 5.1 75th Q1 SSCI A* No
190 International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing 5.1 74th Q2 ESCI B No
191 World Bank Economic Review 5.1 74th Q2 SSCI A No
192 Asian Journal of Technology Innovation 5.1 74th Q2 SSCI – No
193 Water Resources and Economics 5.1 74th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
194 Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 5 74th Q2 SSCI A No
195 Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 5 74th Q2 ESCI – No
196 Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction 4.9 74th Q2 ESCI C No
197 Foundations and Trends in Econometrics 4.9 73rd Q2 – C No
198 Journal of Asian Economics 4.9 73rd Q2 SSCI B No
199 Journal of Economic Psychology 4.9 73rd Q2 SSCI A No
200 Journal of the Association for Consumer Research 4.9 73rd Q2 ESCI B No
201 Portuguese Economic Journal 4.9 73rd Q2 SSCI C No
202 Economic and Political Studies 4.9 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
203 Journal of International Logistics and Trade 4.9 73rd Q2 – – Yes
204 Journal of International Studies 4.9 73rd Q2 – – No
205 OPEC Energy Review 4.9 72nd Q2 ESCI C No
206 Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 4.8 72nd Q2 ESCI B No
207 Journal of Financial Services Research 4.8 72nd Q2 SSCI A No
208 Oxford Review of Economic Policy 4.8 72nd Q2 SSCI A No
209 Review of Corporate Finance Studies 4.8 72nd Q2 ESCI A* No
210 Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship 4.8 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
211 IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation 4.8 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
212 Consumption Markets and Culture 4.8 71st Q2 SSCI B No
213 Journal of Business Economics and Management 4.8 71st Q2 SSCI B Yes
214 International Journal of Development Issues 4.7 71st Q2 – C No
215 Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 4.7 71st Q2 SSCI A* No
216 MIS Quarterly Executive 4.7 71st Q2 SSCI A No
217 Review of Economic Dynamics 4.7 71st Q2 SSCI A* No
218 Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 4.7 71st Q2 SSCI B No
219 Economia Politica 4.7 71st Q2 SSCI – No
220 Cambridge Journal of Economics 4.6 70th Q2 SSCI A No
221 Industrial and Corporate Change 4.6 70th Q2 SSCI A No
222 Labour Economics 4.6 70th Q2 SSCI A* No
223 Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 4.6 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
224 Conflict Management and Peace Science 4.5 70th Q2 SSCI B No
225 European Journal of Political Economy 4.5 70th Q2 SSCI A No
226 Journal of Financial Econometrics 4.5 70th Q2 SSCI A* No
227 Review of Keynesian Economics 4.5 70th Q2 SSCI C No
228 Defence and Peace Economics 4.5 69th Q2 SSCI B No
229 European Economic Review 4.5 69th Q2 SSCI A* No
230 Post-Communist Economies 4.5 69th Q2 SSCI B No
231 Review of Income and Wealth 4.5 69th Q2 SSCI A No
232 Review of Social Economy 4.5 69th Q2 ESCI B No
233 Data Science in Finance and Economics 4.5 69th Q2 ESCI – No
234 Empirica 4.4 69th Q2 SSCI B No
235 Applied Economics 4.4 68th Q2 SSCI A No
236 Financial Analysts Journal 4.4 68th Q2 SSCI A No
237 Journal of Financial Markets 4.4 68th Q2 SSCI A* No
238 Review of Economics of the Household 4.4 68th Q2 SSCI A No
239 Environmental Economics 4.4 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
240 International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems 4.4 68th Q2 ESCI – No
241 Work in the Global Economy 4.4 68th Q2 – – No
242 World Development Perspectives 4.4 68th Q2 ESCI – No
243 Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy 4.4 67th Q2 ESCI – No
244 Agricultural Finance Review 4.3 67th Q2 ESCI C No
245 Engineering Economics 4.3 67th Q2 SSCI B No
246 RAND Journal of Economics 4.3 67th Q2 SSCI A* No
247 Regional Studies, Regional Science 4.3 67th Q2 ESCI A Yes
248 Singapore Economic Review 4.3 67th Q2 SSCI B No
249 Journal of Economic History 4.3 67th Q2 AHCI, SSCI A* No
250 Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 4.2 66th Q2 SSCI A* No
251 Journal of Risk and Insurance 4.2 66th Q2 SSCI A No
252 Journal of the Economics of Ageing 4.2 66th Q2 SSCI B No
253 Transnational Corporations Review 4.2 66th Q2 – C Yes
254 Stata Journal 4.2 66th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
255 Energy Research Letters 4.1 66th Q2 – C No
256 Journal of Evolutionary Economics 4.1 66th Q2 SSCI A No
257 Journal of Financial Economic Policy 4.1 66th Q2 ESCI B No
258 Dynamic Games and Applications 4.1 65th Q2 SCIE B No
259 Economic Inquiry 4.1 65th Q2 SSCI A No
260 Empirical Economics 4.1 65th Q2 SSCI A No
261 Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 4.1 65th Q2 SSCI A* No
262 Review of Asset Pricing Studies 4.1 65th Q2 ESCI A* No
263 Public Choice 4 65th Q2 SSCI A No
264 Global Policy 4 65th Q2 SSCI – No
265 Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning 4 64th Q2 ESCI B No
266 New England Journal of Entrepreneurship 4 64th Q2 – C Yes
267 Risk Management 4 64th Q2 SSCI C No
268 World Trade Review 4 64th Q2 SSCI C No
269 Foundations and Trends in Marketing 4 64th Q2 ESCI – No
270 Marine Resource Economics 3.9 64th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
271 International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics 3.9 64th Q2 ESCI – No
272 Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy 3.9 64th Q2 ESCI – No
273 Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics 3.9 63rd Q2 SSCI B No
274 AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis 3.9 63rd Q2 SCIE C No
275 Contemporary Economic Policy 3.9 63rd Q2 SSCI B No
276 Real Estate Economics 3.9 63rd Q2 SSCI A No
277 Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 3.8 63rd Q2 SSCI A No
278 Journal of Empirical Finance 3.8 63rd Q2 SSCI A No
279 Journal of Entrepreneurship 3.8 63rd Q2 ESCI C No
280 Economica 3.8 62nd Q2 SSCI A No
281 Comparative Economic Studies 3.7 62nd Q2 ESCI B No
282 Economics and Business Review 3.7 62nd Q2 ESCI C Yes
283 International Journal of the Economics of Business 3.7 62nd Q2 ESCI B No
284 Journal of Banking Regulation 3.7 62nd Q2 ESCI C No
285 Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 3.7 62nd Q2 SSCI A* No
286 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 3.7 62nd Q2 SSCI A* No
287 Review of Evolutionary Political Economy 3.7 62nd Q2 – – No
288 Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 3.7 61st Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
289 Economics of Education Review 3.7 61st Q2 SSCI A No
290 ASTIN Bulletin 3.6 61st Q2 SCIE, SSCI A* No
291 Investment Analysts Journal 3.6 61st Q2 SSCI B No
292 Judgment and Decision Making 3.6 61st Q2 SSCI A Yes
293 Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 3.6 61st Q2 ESCI C No
294 Review of Regional Research 3.6 61st Q2 ESCI – No
295 International Review of Finance 3.6 60th Q2 SSCI A No
296 Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 3.6 60th Q2 SSCI B No
297 Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society 3.6 60th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
298 Economic History Review 3.6 60th Q2 AHCI, SSCI A* No
299 Journal of Futures Markets 3.6 60th Q2 SSCI A No
300 Economic Development Quarterly 3.5 60th Q2 SSCI B No

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