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Virtual Economics

Virtual Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 16.3). Published by The London Academy of Science and Business.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 2657-4047Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: The London Academy of Science and Business

Scopus · Q1

16.3

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 1 of 1434 · 99th pctile

Indexed in

major index

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2019–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

16.3

SJR · SCImago

0.591

Q1 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q1 · 99th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Cultural Studies	1 / 1434	99th	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	3 / 744	99th	Q1
Mathematics (miscellaneous)	1 / 119	99th	Q1
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	5 / 283	98th	Q1
Health (social science)	7 / 387	98th	Q1
Computer Science (miscellaneous)	7 / 179	96th	Q1
Business and International Management	24 / 456	94th	Q1
Management Information Systems	8 / 143	94th	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	20 / 317	93rd	Q1

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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is Virtual Economics indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 16.3.

What quartile is Virtual Economics in Scopus?

Virtual Economics is Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 1 of 1434), Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 3 of 744) and Q1 in Mathematics (miscellaneous) (rank 1 of 119), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 9 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Virtual Economics?

Virtual Economics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 16.3, quartile Q1, 99th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.591, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 30.

Who publishes Virtual Economics and what is its ISSN?

Virtual Economics is published by The London Academy of Science and Business. Its ISSN is 2657-4047.

Is Virtual Economics in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Virtual Economics open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Virtual Economics? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Virtual Economics has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 3.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 16.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.

h-index

3.13

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

187

works indexed

3,281

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#18 of 1,309 Top 2% Cultural Studies

#51 of 703 Top 8% Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

#11 of 108 Top 11% Mathematics (miscellaneous)

Papers published per year

Virtual Economics published 23 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 30. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Business and Economic DevelopmentEconomic Issues in UkraineEconomic and Business Development StrategiesLabor Market and Education

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.

Who publishes in Virtual Economics? — latest 95 articles, 2021–2026

In its latest 95 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Poland (27.7%), Ukraine (17.5%) and Latvia (7.5%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Virtual Economics? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

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.

Scopus statusActive
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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 2657-4047 ↗

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