About this journal
Aims and scope
International Review of Applied Economics is devoted to the practical applications of economic ideas. Applied economics is widely interpreted to embrace empirical work and the application of economics to the evaluation and development of economic policies. The interaction between empirical work and economic policy is an important feature of the journal.
The Journal is peer reviewed and international in scope. Articles that draw lessons from the experience of one country for the benefit of others, or that seek to make cross-country comparisons are particularly welcomed. Contributions which discuss policy issues from theoretical positions neglected in other journals are also encouraged. Although the International Review of Applied Economics associates itself broadly with the non-neoclassical tradition, it is does not identify itself with any specific theoretical or political position.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 87K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.9 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.925 (2023) SNIP
- 0.467 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 10 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 63 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 15 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 9% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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Journal metrics in brief
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Managing Editor:
Jonathan Michie - Kellogg College, University of Oxford, UK
Associate Editor:
Maura Sheehan - Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
Editorial Board:
Philip Arestis - University of Cambridge, UK
Michael Ash - University of Massachusetts, USA
Deepankar Basu - University of Massachusetts, USA
Ron Smith - Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Editorial Advisory Board:
R. Blecker - American University, Washington DC, USA
P. Dunne - University of Cape Town, South Africa
A. K. Dutt - University of Notre Dame, USA
G. Dymski - University of Leeds, UK
H. Hagemann - Universität Hohenheim, Germany
G. Hodgson - University of Hertfordshire, UK
M. Itoh - University of Tokyo, Japan
P. N. Junankar - University of New South Wales, Australia
W. Milberg - New School for Social Research, New York, USA
P. Petit - Centre d'Économie de l'Université Paris-Nord (Paris XIII), France
R. Pollin - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
S. Rosenberg - Roosevelt University, Chicago, USA
H. Schenk - Utrecht University, The Netherlands
J. Schor - Harvard University, USA
T. Skouras - The Economic University of Athens, Greece
T. Weisskopf - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Abstracting and indexing
International Review of Applied Economics is currently noted in: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Sociological Abstracts), EBSCO (Business Source Corporate, Business Source Premier, Corporate Resource Net, TOC Premier, TOPICsearch), Econlit, Elsevier GEOAbstracts, INSPEC, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Journal of Economic Literature, OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, SCOPUS and Web of Science (ESCI).
Open access
International Review of 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.
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- 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)
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