Applied Economics is a peer-reviewed journal encouraging the application of economic analysis to specific problems in both the public and private sectors. It particularly fosters quantitative and empirical studies, the results of which are of use in the practical field, and thus helps to bring economic theory nearer to reality. Contributions which make use of the methods of mathematics, statistics and operations research will be welcomed, provided the conclusions are factual and properly explained. Applied Economics accepts the following types of article: original articles.
Please Note! If your submission is an Applied Economics Letter, please submit to Applied Economics Letters. Any Letters submitted to Applied Economics will be unsubmitted by the editorial office and your submission fee will not be refunded.
Endorsements
“As an area, applied economics is about the consideration of topics that are relevant to some group of economic decision makers. Once an important and interesting question has been determined the study needs to contain a discussion of the relevant economic theory and some data analysis using appropriate econometric methods. The journal Applied Economics fills an important place in the economics literature as it publishes more of these topic driven papers than almost all alternatives.” Clive Granger, 2003 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Research Professor, University of California, San Diego
“The great asset of Applied Economics is that it is completely open to any applied area not just the currently fashionable mainstream topics. As a result, when researching some specialised area I often find that the first or crucial paper was published there. ” Ron Smith, Professor of Applied Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London.
“Applied Economics has been publishing solid empirical studies across an impressively broad range of issues for four decades. It fills a unique niche in the research literature for the applied economist. Many happy returns of the day!” David Peel, Professor of Economics, University of Lancaster
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Peer review policy
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be single anonymized peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Journal metrics
Usage
744K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.2 (2023) 5 year IF
3.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.900 (2023) SNIP
0.590 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
56 days avg. from submission to first
decision
56 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
10 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
41% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Mark P. Taylor - Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA email: [email protected]
Co-Editor:
David A. Peel - Lancaster University, UK
Advisory Editors:
William J. Baumol - New York University, USA Jerry Hausman - MIT, USA Burton G. Malkiel - Princeton University, USA Richard E. Quandt - Princeton University, USA Ron Smith - London University, UK
Senior Associate Editors:
Ilias Filippou - Washington University in St. Louis, USA Liam Gallagher - Dublin City University, Ireland Dierk Herzer - Helmut Schmidt University, Germany Fredj Jawadi - University of Lille, France
Associate Editors:
Philip Arestis - University of Cambridge, UK Tsangyao Chang - Feng Chia University, Taiwan Jerry Coakley - University of Essex, UK Steven Cook - University of Wales, Swansea, UK Panicos Demetriades - University of Leicester, UK Stefan Dercon - University of Oxford, UK Dick van Dijk - Erasmus University, The Netherlands Rodrigo Fuentes - Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Emanuela Ghignoni - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Luis A Gil-Alana -School of Economics & Bus Admin., University of Navarra, Spain Swarnodeep Homroy - University of Groningen, Netherlands Yu Hsing - Southeastern Louisiana University, USA Emma Iglesias -University of A Coruña, Spain Chien-Chiang Lee- Nanchang University, China Kevin Lee - University of Leicester, UK Rigoberto Lopez - University of Connecticut, USA José Alberto Molina -University of Zaragoza, Spain Thanh Ngo - East Carolina University, USA Christopher J. Neely - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, USA Francesco Nucci - University of Rome ’La Sapienza’, Italy
Ivan Paya -Lancaster University, UK Gustavo Piga - University of Rome ’Tor Vergata’, Italy Stefan Reitz - Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany Philip Rothman - East Carolina University, USA Mandy Ryan - University of Aberdeen, UK C. Richard Shumway - Washington State University, USA Alan Sutherland - St. Andrews University, UK Mark Wohar - University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Yan (Alice) Xie - University of Michigan, Dearborn, USA Boniface Yemba - Marshall University, USA Jin E. Zhang - University of Otago, New Zealand Huiming Zhu - Hunan University, China
Founding Editor:
Maurice H. Peston - University of London, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Applied Economics is currently abstracted and indexed in ISI (Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Research Alerts), IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature), IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences), Business Periodicals Index and Wilson Business Abstracts, Elsevier GEOAbstracts, ABI Inform, Current Index to Statistics, CSA (Environmental Science and Pollution Management, Risk Abstracts, Ageline), Econlit, EBSCO (Business Source Corporate, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Corporate Resource Net, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection, TOC Premier), Economic Literature Database, OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, Emerald Abstracts (Emerald Management Reviews), Gale Responsive Databases Inc (Business and Management Practices, Business and Industry), ProQuest Periodical Abstracts,CAB Abstracts and Scopus.
Open access
Applied Economics is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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