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The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Economics, finance and management
Among the 50 economics, finance and management journals in this index it has the 5th highest h-index and the 1st highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 194 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 88% |
| United Kingdom | 21% |
| Germany | 8% |
| Canada | 7% |
| France | 5% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 98% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Labor market dynamics and wage inequality | 9% |
| Monetary Policy and Economic Impact | 7% |
| Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics | 4% |
| School Choice and Performance | 3% |
| Global trade and economics | 3% |
| Healthcare Policy and Management | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Generative AI at Work (2024, 1 002 citations)
- Logs with Zeros? Some Problems and Solutions (2023, 994 citations)
- The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data (2023, 352 citations)
- Cognitive Uncertainty (2023, 258 citations)
- New Frontiers: The Origins and Content of New Work, 1940–2018 (2024, 178 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0033-5533):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- American Economic Review
- The Economic Journal
- Journal of Political Economy
- Econometrica
- American Sociological Review
- Economics of Education Review
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