The following table appeared in Kalaitzidakis, P. T. P. Mamueas and T. Stengos (2003).
"Rankings of Academic Journals and Institutions in Economics". Journal of the
European Econonomic Association, December 2003, pp. 1349:
Rank/Journal |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
1 American Economic Review |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
2 Econometrica |
88.27 |
43.79 |
42.96 |
71.59 |
96.78 |
3 Journal of Political Economy |
74.42 |
48.74 |
49.40 |
75.86 |
65.19 |
4 Journal of Economic Theory |
27.94 |
37.72 |
27.08 |
50.02 |
58.76 |
5 Quarterly Journal of Economics |
45.98 |
53.78 |
52.08 |
69.83 |
58.11 |
6 Journal of Econometrics |
27.55 |
37.44 |
32.24 |
36.05 |
54.91 |
7 Econometric Theory |
4.33 |
10.36 |
7.74 |
17.48 |
45.85 |
8 Review of Economic Studies |
26.79 |
19.98 |
19.64 |
34.76 |
45.15 |
9 Journal of Business and Economic Statistics |
10.98 |
17.65 |
14.88 |
20.51 |
38.41 |
10 Journal of Monetary Economics |
20.67 |
25.58 |
24.21 |
34.14 |
36.41 |
11 Games and Economic Behavior |
4.58 |
19.42 |
16.67 |
33.61 |
35.49 |
12 Journal of Economic Perspectives |
17.59 |
44.07 |
43.06 |
37.43 |
34.26 |
13 Review of Economics and Statistics |
25.90 |
24.93 |
24.90 |
24.44 |
28.02 |
14 European Economic Review |
13.81 |
31.28 |
30.85 |
23.17 |
23.76 |
15 International Economic Review |
12.37 |
14.19 |
14.19 |
18.49 |
23.04 |
16 Economic Theory |
2.93 |
11.39 |
10.32 |
22.11 |
22.43 |
17 Journal of Human Resources |
12.37 |
13.45 |
13.10 |
17.64 |
21.34 |
18 Economic Journal |
28.23 |
36.60 |
36.31 |
20.49 |
20.71 |
19 Journal of Public Economics |
15.97 |
23.16 |
19.54 |
22.42 |
19.77 |
20 Journal of Economic Literature |
17.00 |
28.29 |
28.47 |
19.73 |
18.78 |
21 Economics Letters |
10.33 |
17.09 |
14.09 |
11.44 |
18.73 |
22 Journal of Applied Econometrics |
4.58 |
9.52 |
8.53 |
9.74 |
16.59 |
23 Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control |
7.07 |
13.35 |
10.12 |
11.40 |
14.54 |
24 Journal of Labor Economics |
8.15 |
10.36 |
9.72 |
15.00 |
12.76 |
25 Journal of Environmental Economi |
12.80 |
23.53 |
25.00 |
12.83 |
11.85 |
26 Rand Journal of Economics |
11.55 |
13.26 |
11.01 |
12.98 |
11.44 |
27 Scandinavian Journal of Economics |
3.77 |
12.79 |
12.50 |
10.95 |
10.66 |
28 Journal of Financial Economics |
29.74 |
16.43 |
10.22 |
12.62 |
9.89 |
29 Oxford Bulletin of Economics and |
6.86 |
7.19 |
6.65 |
4.92 |
8.35 |
30 Journal of International Economics |
9.31 |
12.98 |
11.81 |
8.87 |
7.84 |
31 Journal of Mathematical Economics |
4.64 |
3.73 |
2.28 |
4.57 |
7.64 |
32 Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization |
7.76 |
10.36 |
6.55 |
7.03 |
7.05 |
33 Social Choice and Welfare |
2.66 |
5.14 |
3.17 |
5.20 |
6.89 |
34 American Journal of Agricultural |
20.14 |
26.70 |
17.66 |
6.15 |
6.19 |
35 International Journal of Game Theory |
4.24 |
3.73 |
2.78 |
5.12 |
6.09 |
36 Economic Inquiry |
7.60 |
8.31 |
8.13 |
6.92 |
6.03 |
37 World Bank Economic Review |
3.97 |
7.84 |
8.23 |
9.08 |
5.68 |
38 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty |
4.26 |
5.23 |
3.27 |
3.79 |
5.58 |
39 Journal of Development Economics |
7.86 |
12.61 |
11.81 |
7.14 |
5.50 |
40 Land Economics |
8.11 |
13.45 |
10.91 |
5.42 |
5.14 |
41 International Monetary Fund Staff Papers |
4.34 |
7.84 |
7.34 |
6.22 |
5.12 |
42 Canadian Journal of EconomicsRevue Canadienne
dEconomique |
6.18 |
8.68 |
7.14 |
4.47 |
5.09 |
43 Public Choice |
9.68 |
7.47 |
4.76 |
6.14 |
4.95 |
44 Theory and Decision |
2.63 |
1.68 |
1.49 |
2.31 |
4.90 |
45 Economica |
9.17 |
6.16 |
5.85 |
4.12 |
4.56 |
46 Journal of Urban Economics |
8.75 |
9.71 |
7.54 |
4.11 |
4.37 |
47 International Journal of Industrial Organization |
3.48 |
7.28 |
6.75 |
4.22 |
4.26 |
48 Journal of Law Economics and Organization |
5.35 |
4.39 |
3.97 |
7.63 |
4.05 |
49 Journal of Law and Economics |
17.56 |
6.91 |
4.76 |
5.90 |
3.90 |
50 National Tax Journal |
5.58 |
6.72 |
2.88 |
3.55 |
3.87 |
51 Journal of Industrial Economics |
5.52 |
6.72 |
6.15 |
3.59 |
3.85 |
52 Journal of Economic History |
8.19 |
7.19 |
4.56 |
6.14 |
3.78 |
53 Oxford Economic Papers |
6.47 |
9.71 |
7.64 |
3.90 |
3.71 |
54 Journal of Comparative Economics |
2.72 |
7.10 |
4.96 |
5.48 |
3.36 |
55 World Development |
15.65 |
19.05 |
12.00 |
3.02 |
3.22 |
56 Southern Economic Journal |
7.18 |
8.78 |
8.53 |
2.61 |
3.09 |