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Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics
Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics is rated ABDC C, DOAJ. Published by University of Karachi.
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ISSN 0254-9204Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Karachi
ABDC COpen Access
C
ABDC rating
2
Indexed in
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ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1982
Field of research
Applied economics (3801)
Publisher (per ABDC)
University of Karachi
C = a recognised quality journal in its field.
View this source on ABDC Not listed in: Scopus, Web of Science, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics indexed in Scopus?
No — Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics is not currently indexed in Scopus.
What is the impact factor of Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics?
Pakistan Journal of Applied 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 Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics and what is its ISSN?
Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics is published by University of Karachi. Its ISSN is 0254-9204.
Is Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
What is the ABDC rating of Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics?
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
Is Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics open access?
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
How well cited is Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics has an h-index of 9 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
9
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
9
i10-index
123
works indexed
344
total citations
Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics published 8 papers in 2019; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 17. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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 Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Not in the Scopus source list. 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 statusNot in the Scopus source list
- 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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