Applied Economics

Aims & Scope

Applied Economics is a peer-reviewed journal encouraging the application of economic analysis to specific problems in both the public and private sectors.

It particularly fosters quantitative and empirical studies, the results of which are of use in the practical field, and thus helps to bring economic theory nearer to reality.

Contributions which make use of the methods of mathematics, statistics and operations research will be welcomed, provided the conclusions are factual and properly explained.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1
2024	1.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.616

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9408

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3748

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The saving and investment nexus for China: evidence from cointegration tests

  Citation: 2213

  Authors: Paresh Kumar

• Does globalization affect growth? Evidence from a new index of globalization

  Citation: 2194

  Authors: Axel

• Tourism as a long-run economic growth factor: the Spanish case

  Citation: 1016

  Authors: Jacint, Manuel

• The economics of BitCoin price formation

  Citation: 767

  Authors: Pavel, Miroslava, d’Artis

• Oil price shocks and real GDP growth: empirical evidence for some OECD countries

  Citation: 542

  Authors: Rebeca, Marcelo

• Tests for causality between integrated variables using asymptotic and bootstrap distributions: theory and application

  Citation: 474

  Authors: R. Scott, Abdulnasser

• Predicting entrepreneurial behaviour: a test of the theory of planned behaviour

  Citation: 459

  Authors: Teemu, Marco, Erno T.

• Bootstrapping the autoregressive distributed lag test for cointegration

  Citation: 417

  Authors: Robert, Chung Yan, Soo Khoon

• Evaluating credit risk and loan performance in online Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending

  Citation: 376

  Authors: Riza, Yanbin, Benjamas, Min

• A gravity model analysis of international migration to North America

  Citation: 345

  Authors: David, Victor Iwuagwu, Bobby

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