Social and Economic Studies

ISSN 0037-7651 · 2662-8988

Publisher: Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, The University of the West Indies

Scopus · Q4ABDC C

Is Social and Economic Studies indexed in Scopus? Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–2024; 1977-1986; 1974, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.1.

Is Social and Economic Studies 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 Social and Economic Studies? It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.

Is Social and Economic Studies open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

0.1

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

2nd percentile

ABDC rating

JQL 2025

Indexed in

major indexes

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2008–2024; 1977-1986; 1974

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

0.1

Best quartile

Q4 · 2nd pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Social Sciences (all)	278 / 286	2nd	Q4
Economics and Econometrics	747 / 755	1st	Q4

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Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)

Not listed in Web of Science.

ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025

Rating

Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022

Year of inception

1953

Field of research

Applied economics (3801)

Publisher (per ABDC)

Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, The University of the West Indies

C = a recognised quality journal in its field.

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FT50Financial Times research list

Not listed in FT50.

UT DallasUTD top-100 business research

Not listed in UT Dallas.

ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)

Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.

Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ ABDC list ↗

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