ITS Journal Rankings · Field
Top Economics, Econometrics and Finance journals
1,830 ranked journals whose recent papers are mostly in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, compared only with each other.
There are 1,830 ranked Economics, Econometrics and Finance journals. Together they published 559,446 papers in 2021–2025, and the median journal published 155 papers. 68% of their papers are open access, and 447 of the journals (24%) are listed in DOAJ (see the open-access Economics, Econometrics and Finance journals). The table shows the top 100.
Some long-established journals are still having their field re-checked on their recent papers; they join this list automatically when that check is done.
| Rank | Journal | Score | Papers 2021–2025 | h-index | 2-yr mean citedness | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change Elsevier BV | 93.9 | 3,463 | 290 | 16.8 | 42% |
| #2 | Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Nature Portfolio | 93.6 | 1,219 | 480 | 15.6 | 12% |
| #3 | The Quarterly Journal of Economics Oxford University Press | 92.8 | 245 | 578 | 24.6 | 51% |
| #4 | American Economic Review American Economic Association | 92.7 | 624 | 600 | 15.1 | 30% |
| #5 | Energy Economics Elsevier BV | 92.7 | 3,424 | 295 | 13.9 | 39% |
| #6 | Pharmacological Reviews American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | 92.2 | 298 | 352 | 27.4 | 72% |
| #7 | Journal of Financial Economics Elsevier BV | 91.6 | 777 | 557 | 12.4 | 40% |
| #8 | The Journal of Finance Wiley | 91.5 | 540 | 664 | 13.1 | 53% |
| #9 | The Review of Economic Studies Oxford University Press | 91.2 | 529 | 352 | 15.9 | 51% |
| #10 | JAMA Network Open American Medical Association | 90.8 | 11,990 | 237 | 9.5 | 100% |
| #11 | Review of Financial Studies Oxford University Press | 89.5 | 530 | 397 | 11.8 | 35% |
| #12 | Resources Policy Elsevier BV | 89.2 | 3,432 | 182 | 10.7 | 23% |
| #13 | International Review of Financial Analysis Elsevier BV | 89.2 | 2,787 | 163 | 11.8 | 27% |
| #14 | Technology in Society Elsevier BV | 88.9 | 1,560 | 165 | 12.5 | 35% |
| #15 | Research Policy Elsevier BV | 88.1 | 863 | 405 | 8.2 | 68% |
| #16 | Econometrica Wiley | 87.8 | 518 | 554 | 8.1 | 57% |
| #17 | Finance research letters Elsevier BV | 86.5 | 6,660 | 175 | 6.5 | 25% |
| #18 | Journal of Political Economy University of Chicago Press | 86.3 | 644 | 497 | 6.3 | 28% |
| #19 | Journal of Economic Literature American Economic Association | 86.2 | 352 | 249 | 11.0 | 13% |
| #20 | Trends in Molecular Medicine Elsevier BV | 86.1 | 727 | 241 | 8.2 | 47% |
| #21 | International Review of Economics & Finance Elsevier BV | 85.6 | 2,699 | 129 | 8.1 | 56% |
| #22 | Molecular Aspects of Medicine Elsevier BV | 85.2 | 310 | 195 | 11.4 | 50% |
| #23 | Research in International Business and Finance Elsevier BV | 85.1 | 1,650 | 124 | 8.4 | 31% |
| #24 | The Review of Economics and Statistics The MIT Press | 84.5 | 635 | 370 | 5.5 | 46% |
| #25 | The Journal of Economic Perspectives American Economic Association | 84.4 | 248 | 376 | 8.4 | 100% |
| #26 | Journal of International Economics Elsevier BV | 84.2 | 565 | 265 | 6.4 | 47% |
| #27 | Journal of Banking & Finance Elsevier BV | 84.2 | 989 | 319 | 5.1 | 53% |
| #28 | Health Affairs Project HOPE | 83.9 | 1,254 | 281 | 4.9 | 42% |
| #29 | Regional Studies Routledge | 83.9 | 908 | 201 | 6.0 | 73% |
| #30 | Economic Analysis and Policy Elsevier BV | 83.5 | 1,665 | 107 | 7.4 | 22% |
| #31 | Frontiers in Environmental Science Frontiers Media | 83.4 | 6,724 | 130 | 5.1 | 100% |
| #32 | Environment Development and Sustainability Springer Science+Business Media | 83.4 | 5,996 | 138 | 5.0 | 21% |
| #33 | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Palgrave Macmillan | 83.0 | 5,669 | 112 | 5.4 | 100% |
| #34 | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Elsevier BV | 82.4 | 588 | 228 | 5.3 | 55% |
| #35 | Journal of Monetary Economics Elsevier BV | 82.4 | 495 | 279 | 5.1 | 44% |
| #36 | Journal of International Money and Finance Elsevier BV | 82.3 | 831 | 184 | 5.2 | 38% |
| #37 | Financial Innovation Springer Nature | 82.3 | 593 | 82 | 9.7 | 100% |
| #38 | Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money Elsevier BV | 82.0 | 722 | 113 | 7.0 | 45% |
| #39 | China Economic Review Elsevier BV | 81.9 | 847 | 139 | 5.8 | 15% |
| #40 | European Finance Review Oxford University Press | 81.9 | 231 | 131 | 10.6 | 62% |
| #41 | International Journal for Equity in Health BioMed Central | 81.9 | 1,390 | 136 | 5.2 | 100% |
| #42 | Socio-Economic Planning Sciences Elsevier BV | 81.8 | 1,133 | 109 | 6.2 | 39% |
| #43 | Journal of Development Economics Elsevier BV | 81.6 | 837 | 291 | 4.0 | 49% |
| #44 | Quality of Life Research Springer Science+Business Media | 81.5 | 1,390 | 227 | 3.9 | 66% |
| #45 | Journal of Public Economics Elsevier BV | 81.4 | 830 | 294 | 3.8 | 50% |
| #46 | Journal of Econometrics Elsevier BV | 81.3 | 891 | 343 | 3.5 | 61% |
| #47 | Health Policy Elsevier BV | 81.3 | 899 | 160 | 4.9 | 69% |
| #48 | Journal of Economic Surveys Wiley | 81.1 | 384 | 169 | 6.1 | 61% |
| #49 | European Economic Review Elsevier BV | 81.1 | 1,002 | 260 | 3.7 | 66% |
| #50 | Economic Modelling Elsevier BV | 81.1 | 1,640 | 165 | 4.1 | 34% |
| #51 | Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Elsevier BV | 81.0 | 841 | 108 | 6.0 | 36% |
| #52 | Climate Policy Taylor & Francis | 80.9 | 584 | 132 | 5.8 | 59% |
| #53 | Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Elsevier BV | 80.7 | 1,329 | 120 | 4.9 | 18% |
| #54 | Journal of Financial Stability Elsevier BV | 80.6 | 439 | 113 | 6.8 | 41% |
| #55 | Annual Review of Economics Annual Reviews | 80.4 | 145 | 130 | 12.8 | 84% |
| #56 | Journal of Urban Economics Elsevier BV | 80.4 | 314 | 202 | 5.5 | 48% |
| #57 | Africa’s development dynamics Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | 80.1 | 367 | 50 | 17.7 | 1% |
| #58 | Journal of the Knowledge Economy Springer Science+Business Media | 80.0 | 2,300 | 86 | 4.9 | 34% |
| #59 | Journal of Air Transport Management Elsevier BV | 79.7 | 682 | 125 | 4.9 | 36% |
| #60 | American Economic Journal Economic Policy American Economic Association | 79.7 | 331 | 138 | 6.1 | 34% |
| #61 | Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Cambridge University Press | 79.2 | 589 | 255 | 3.4 | 72% |
| #62 | Journal of risk and financial management Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | 79.2 | 3,076 | 90 | 4.2 | 100% |
| #63 | Energy & Environment SAGE Publishing | 79.1 | 831 | 72 | 6.1 | 19% |
| #64 | Natural Resources Forum Wiley | 79.0 | 454 | 80 | 6.8 | 44% |
| #65 | International Journal of Forecasting Elsevier BV | 78.9 | 543 | 188 | 3.8 | 51% |
| #66 | Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Science+Business Media | 78.9 | 516 | 160 | 4.2 | 66% |
| #67 | Economic Policy Oxford University Press | 78.8 | 217 | 145 | 6.6 | 29% |
| #68 | Current Problems in Cardiology Elsevier BV | 78.7 | 2,072 | 85 | 4.4 | 21% |
| #69 | Papers of the Regional Science Association Elsevier BV | 78.5 | 314 | 123 | 5.7 | 94% |
| #70 | Borsa Istanbul Review Elsevier BV | 78.4 | 555 | 73 | 6.2 | 100% |
| #71 | The North American Journal of Economics and Finance Elsevier BV | 78.4 | 951 | 91 | 4.6 | 20% |
| #72 | Current Opinion in Pharmacology Elsevier BV | 78.3 | 404 | 175 | 4.0 | 44% |
| #73 | Journal of the European Economic Association Oxford University Press | 78.3 | 332 | 176 | 4.4 | 57% |
| #74 | Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja Taylor & Francis | 78.3 | 981 | 91 | 4.5 | 100% |
| #75 | European Journal of Political Economy Elsevier BV | 78.2 | 523 | 142 | 4.0 | 52% |
| #76 | Global Finance Journal Elsevier BV | 78.0 | 455 | 76 | 6.1 | 28% |
| #77 | JAMA Health Forum American Medical Association | 78.0 | 1,591 | 59 | 5.3 | 100% |
| #78 | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management Taylor & Francis | 77.9 | 740 | 116 | 4.0 | 33% |
| #79 | PharmacoEconomics Adis, Springer Healthcare | 77.9 | 580 | 155 | 3.6 | 78% |
| #80 | Review of International Political Economy Routledge | 77.9 | 369 | 127 | 4.7 | 65% |
| #81 | Trends in Chemistry Elsevier BV | 77.7 | 619 | 97 | 4.5 | 26% |
| #82 | American Economic Journal Macroeconomics American Economic Association | 77.6 | 261 | 125 | 5.5 | 29% |
| #83 | Cogent Economics & Finance Cogent OA | 77.5 | 1,511 | 74 | 4.3 | 100% |
| #84 | Journal of Health Economics Elsevier BV | 77.4 | 469 | 211 | 3.2 | 55% |
| #85 | Economics Letters Elsevier BV | 77.3 | 2,344 | 199 | 2.4 | 39% |
| #86 | Journal of Applied Econometrics Wiley | 77.3 | 396 | 182 | 3.5 | 63% |
| #87 | Applied Economics Taylor & Francis | 76.8 | 3,293 | 162 | 2.3 | 15% |
| #88 | IMF Working Paper International Monetary Fund | 76.5 | 1,468 | 140 | 2.7 | 100% |
| #89 | Future Business Journal Springer Science+Business Media | 76.5 | 651 | 57 | 5.5 | 100% |
| #90 | International Journal of Finance & Economics Wiley | 76.3 | 927 | 85 | 3.7 | 51% |
| #91 | American Journal of Agricultural Economics Wiley | 76.2 | 444 | 235 | 2.8 | 57% |
| #92 | Oeconomia Copernicana Institute of Economic Research, Polish Economic Society Branch in Toruń, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management at Nicolaus | 76.2 | 204 | 47 | 11.5 | 100% |
| #93 | Journal of Economic Geography Oxford University Press | 76.1 | 247 | 154 | 4.1 | 64% |
| #94 | Emerging Markets Review Elsevier BV | 76.0 | 469 | 103 | 3.8 | 22% |
| #95 | The RAND Journal of Economics Wiley | 75.9 | 203 | 232 | 3.8 | 60% |
| #96 | The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Elsevier BV | 75.9 | 597 | 104 | 3.5 | 24% |
| #97 | European Journal of Finance Taylor & Francis | 75.9 | 418 | 85 | 4.5 | 52% |
| #98 | Oxford Economic Papers Oxford University Press | 75.9 | 253 | 152 | 4.0 | 55% |
| #99 | Journal of Asian Economics Elsevier BV | 75.8 | 635 | 90 | 3.7 | 12% |
| #100 | Economica Wiley | 75.8 | 274 | 253 | 3.0 | 71% |
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How the ITS Journal Score works
One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.
A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.
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