2017 Top Journals in Economics Ranked by h5-index

Date: 2017-09-13

To help researchers and publishers learn more about open access (OA) journals, the team of Open Access Library released the latest version of rankings for open access journals in August 2017. The basic benchmark used in the OA journals rankings is the h5-index from Google Scholar Metrics (June 2017). We can view a journal’s ranking by selecting proper research keywords or typing the title/specific research area in the search box directly.


The h5-index for the journal Modern Economy published by SCIRP is 15, ranked 12th in the top open access journals matching Economics.


Rankings Journal Title Publisher h5-index
1. European Economic Review University of Pretoria 43
2. Journal of Economic Geography International Agency for Development of Culture, Education and Science 43
3. American Journal of Agricultural Economics International Agency for Development of Culture, Education and Science 39
4. Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 38
5. Theoretical Economics Econometric Society 30
6. Oxford Review of Economic Policy International Agency for Development of Culture, Education and Science 26
7. Oxford Economic Papers International Agency for Development of Culture, Education and Science 25
8. Economica Academy of the Economic Studies of Moldova 25
9. Economic and Industrial Democracy SAGE Publications Ltd 21
10. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy EconJournals 18
11. Economics Bulletin Economics Bulletin 18
12. Modern Economy Scientific Research Publishing 15
13. Economic Analysis and Policy Elsevier BV 15
14. Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural 15
15. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics Cambridge University Press 15
16. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies Taylor and Francis Ltd. 15
17. Amfiteatru Economic Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest 15
18. Revista de Economia Política Editora 34 14
19. Construction Economics and Building UTS ePRESS 14
20. Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences Scholarlink Resource Centre 13
21. Economics & Sociology (Ternopil) Centre of Sociological Research 13
22. Contemporary Economics University of Finance and Management, Warsaw 12
23. International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 12
24. AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics Czech University of Life Sciences 11
25. China Agricultural Economic Review Emarald Group Publishing Ltd 11
26. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD) 11
27. Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science University of Oradea 11
28. Revista de Economía Mundial Universidad de Huelva 11
29. Revista de Economía Institucional Universidad Externado de Colombia 11
30. Revista de Economía Crítica Asociación Cultural de Economía Crítica 10
31. Research in Applied Economics Macrothink Institute 10
32. Economic Annals Faculty of Economics, Belgrade 10
33. Economic Affairs New Delhi Publisher 10
34. Revista Brasileira de Economia Fundacao Getúlio Vargas 10
35. Economics Development Analysis Journal Universitas Negeri Semarang 10
36. American Journal of Economics Scientific & Academic Publishing 10
37. Estudos Economicos Universidade de Sao Paulo 9
38. Nova Economia Federal University of Minas Gerais 9
39. Economia Aplicada Universidade de Sao Paulo 9
40. Studies in Agricultural Economics Research Institute of Agricultural Economics 9
41. Cuadernos de Economía Universidad Nacional de Colombia 9
42. Econometrics MDPI AG 9
43. Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics Association for Sustainable Education, Research and Science(ASERS) 9
44. Economics Research International Hindawi Publishing Corporation 9
45. Theoretical Economics Letters Scientific Research Publishing 8*
46. Low Carbon Economy Scientific Research Publishing 8
47. Econ Journal Watch Institute of Spontaneous Order Economics 8
48. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Series V: Economic Sciences Transilvania University Press 8
49. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review Cracow University of Economics 8
50. European Journal of Economic Studies Academic Publishing House Researcher 8

* The h5-index for this journal is calculated based on the citations statistics from Google Scholar.


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