Economics research that reaches past the faculty walls.
A European double-blind peer-reviewed journal for theoretical and empirical work in economic theory, applied economics, econometrics, development, monetary and fiscal policy. Open access since 2013, with a decision in about four weeks.
Six commitments behind every accepted paper
These are published policies, not promises — each one is documented on the journal site.
Open access
Every article is published under a CC BY licence, free to read and reuse with attribution.
Read the licence → 02You keep your copyright
Authors retain unrestricted copyright and publishing rights. You do not sign your work away to appear here.
See copyright terms → 03Abstracting & indexing
Article metadata is supplied to EconLit, DOAJ, RePEc, EconPapers, BASE, EZB and ProQuest Summon.
See all services → 04A permanent link
Each published article gets a stable link, so citations keep resolving years from now.
How stable links work → 05Digital archiving
Published work is preserved in the Expert Journals Repository, article by article.
Read the policy → 06Self-archiving
Our deposit policy is registered in the Sherpa/RoMEO directory, so repositories know the rules.
Check the policy →Go straight to what you came for
Volume 13, Issue 1 is online
Read the latest economics research — free, no account, no paywall. Browse earlier volumes to see the kind of work we publish before you submit.
What happens after you send your article
Four stages, in order. The Guide for Authors explains each one in full.
Prepare your manuscript
Check the aims and scope, then format your paper following the Guide for Authors.
Submit through the platform
Create an account or log in on the submission site and upload your manuscript there.
Three-stage review
Plagiarism screening, then editorial screening, then double-anonymised review by at least two external reviewers.
Publication and indexing
On acceptance a 150 EUR publication fee applies; your article then appears open access with a stable link and is sent to indexing services.
Send your article to Expert Journal of Economics
Submissions are handled on our editorial platform. Log in, or create an author account in a couple of minutes. Authors unable to pay the publication fee may request a waiver before final publication.