The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Last updated ISSN 0033-5533
The Quarterly Journal of Economics is published by Oxford University Press in economics, econometrics and finance. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $7,619.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Quarterly Journal of Economics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Economic Theory and Institutions
- Economic theories and models
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Political Economy and Marxism
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Global trade and economics
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0033-5533, 1531-4650 |
| Subject area | Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $7,619 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 6,724 |
| Publishing since | 1886 |
| Journal website | qje.oxfordjournals.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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