Journal of Economic Literature

American Economic Association
American Economic Association
ISSN: 00220515, 23288175

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SCImago
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Impact factor
11.5
SJR
11.092
CiteScore
17.8
Categories
Economics and Econometrics
Areas
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Years of issue
1981, 1984, 1986, 1996-2025
journal names
Journal of Economic Literature
J ECON LIT
Publications
1 677
Citations
132 463
h-index
170
Top-3 citing journals
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SSRN Electronic Journal (18593 citations)
Sustainability
Sustainability (818 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (57 publications)
Princeton University
Princeton University (27 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (459 publications)
United Kingdom (56 publications)
Italy (32 publications)

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United Kingdom, 56, 3.34%
Italy, 32, 1.91%
Canada, 21, 1.25%
France, 16, 0.95%
Germany, 14, 0.83%
Australia, 13, 0.78%
Belgium, 13, 0.78%
Spain, 9, 0.54%
Netherlands, 7, 0.42%
China, 6, 0.36%
Austria, 6, 0.36%
Israel, 6, 0.36%
Turkey, 6, 0.36%
Denmark, 4, 0.24%
Republic of Korea, 4, 0.24%
Russia, 3, 0.18%
Sweden, 3, 0.18%
Iraq, 2, 0.12%
New Zealand, 2, 0.12%
UAE, 2, 0.12%
Singapore, 2, 0.12%
Finland, 2, 0.12%
Switzerland, 2, 0.12%
Japan, 2, 0.12%
Argentina, 1, 0.06%
Hungary, 1, 0.06%
India, 1, 0.06%
Colombia, 1, 0.06%
Slovenia, 1, 0.06%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.06%
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United Kingdom, 10, 3.09%
Canada, 9, 2.78%
Italy, 8, 2.47%
Germany, 6, 1.85%
France, 5, 1.54%
Spain, 4, 1.23%
China, 3, 0.93%
Australia, 2, 0.62%
Austria, 2, 0.62%
Belgium, 2, 0.62%
Denmark, 2, 0.62%
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Turkey, 2, 0.62%
Russia, 1, 0.31%
Israel, 1, 0.31%
UAE, 1, 0.31%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.31%
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