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Top "A" Journals in Economics (Ordered by 2021 Five-Year JIF)

Quarterly Journal of Economics

4 issues/year
5-Year Impact Factor: 27.285
CiteScore: 21.3
Note: Issue Embargo 12-months
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Recent: "Landings, Soft and Hard: The Federal Reserve, 1965–2022" (2023)

4 issues/year
5-Year Impact Factor: 15.656
CiteScore: 18.6
American Economic Review
Recent: "Globalization and Pandemics" (2023)

12 issues/year
5-Year Impact Factor: 11.668
CiteScore: 12.1
Journal of Political Economy
Recent: "What Do Employee Referral Programs Do? Measuring the Direct and Overall Effects of a Management Practice" (2023)

6 issues/year
5-Year Impact Factor: 11.087
CiteScore: 10.9
Econometrica
Recent: "Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics" (2023)

6 issues/year
5-Year Impact Factor: 8.252
CiteScore: 7.9
Review of Economic Studies
Recent: "Mortgage Refinancing, Consumer Spending, and Competition: Evidence from the Home Affordable Refinance Program" (2023)

4 issues/year
5-Year Impact Factor: 8.409
CiteScore: 7.8
Note: Issue Embargo 12-months
Review of Economics and Statistics
Recent: "Making a Market: Infrastructure, Integration, and the Rise of Innovation" (2023)

5 issues/year
5-Year Impact Factor: 7.953
CiteScore: 8.3
Note: Issue Embargo 12-months
Annual Review of Economics
Recent: "Antitrust Reform: An Economic Perspective" (2023)

1 issue/year
5-Year Impact Factor: 8.280
CiteScore:

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Journal of Economic Theory

Quantitative Economics