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Theoretical Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.3), ABDC A*, ABS / AJG 4, WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by The Econometric Society.
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ISSN 1555-7561Verify ISSN ↗1933-6837Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: The Econometric Society
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) | 111 / 289 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.3.
Theoretical Economics is Q2 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all) (rank 111 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
Theoretical 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 2.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 61st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.295, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 43.
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Theoretical Economics is published by The Econometric Society. Its print ISSN is 1555-7561 and its online ISSN is 1933-6837.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A* in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Economic history.
It is graded 4 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.
Theoretical Economics has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 2.62 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #48 of 269 Scopus journals in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all).
Theoretical Economics published 45 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 62. 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 97 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (36.2%), Germany (9.6%) and United Kingdom (9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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