Economy and Society

Aims & Scope

This radical interdisciplinary journal of theory and politics continues to be one of the most exciting and influential resources for scholars in the social sciences worldwide.

As one of the field’s leading scholarly refereed journals, Economy and Society plays a key role in promoting new debates and currents of social thought.

For over 40 years, the journal has explored the social sciences in the broadest interdisciplinary sense, in innovative articles from some of the world’s leading sociologists and anthropologists, political scientists, legal theorists, philosophers, economists and other renowned scholars.

In regular issues, and through issues devoted to special themes, Economy and Society covers questions ranging from economic governance to developments in the life sciences and beyond, and publishes major new work on current issues confronting progressive politics throughout Europe and the Americas, Africa, Australasia and the Pacific Rim.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.3
2024	4.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.343

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	103

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2917

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	401

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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 Arts and Humanities, Business, Management and Accounting, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Social Sciences, 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.

• Governing economic life

  Citation: 1715

  Authors: Peter, Nikolas

• 'The birth of bio-politics': Michel Foucault's lecture at the Collège de France on neo-liberal governmentality

  Citation: 1405

  Authors: Thomas

• Maximizing shareholder value: a new ideology for corporate governance

  Citation: 1363

  Authors: William, Mary

• Techniques of the body^∗

  Citation: 1208

  Authors: Marcel

• The death of the social? Re-figuring the territory of government

  Citation: 1066

  Authors: Nikolas

• The economy of qualities

  Citation: 980

  Authors: Michel, Cécile, Vololona

• Enacting the social

  Citation: 853

  Authors: John, John

• Economization, part 2: a research programme for the study of markets

  Citation: 756

  Authors: Koray, Michel

• Capitalism and cheap labour-power in South Africa: from segregation to apartheid¹

  Citation: 735

  Authors: Harold

• The age of responsibilization: on market-embedded morality

  Citation: 718

  Authors: Ronen

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