Forum for Social Economics

Aims & Scope

The Forum for Social Economics, founded in 1971, is a high-quality peer-reviewed (double-blind), international academic journal sponsored by the Association for Social Economics (ASE).

It is committed to the development of social economics as a values-based, complex and policy-oriented science in the service of the common good.

The Forum Editors invite the submission of stimulating, original and clearly-written academic research papers (7,500 words maximum) on: a) The factual features of the socioeconomic problems of our age, such as the state of communities, economic and financial crises, institutional and technological change, poverty/inequality, terrorism, conflict and climate change as well as gender, class and ethnic issues - and how they impact on a reasonable understanding of the world we live in; b) Alternative perspectives on measures and models of socioeconomic performance.

These include approaches that endogenize social facts, well-being, quality of life, standard living, provisioning, ecological sustainability, trust, institutional functioning, happiness and/or human development as well as social network analysis, agent-based modelling and complexity economics; c) Policy issues, with an emphasis on how collective agents - governments, public agencies, unions and other private groups an organizations - can and do affect coordination, cooperation, performance, justice, equity and trust.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14894

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	201

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.359

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

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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 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.

• Financial inclusion research around the world: A review

  Citation: 278

  Authors: Peterson K.

• Trust in online social networks: A multifaceted perspective

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Sonja, Sofie

• Africa: On the Rise, but to Where?

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Franklin

• The New Economics of Labor Migration: Beware of Neoclassicals Bearing Gifts

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Alexandre

• Multidimensional Poverty in Germany: A Capability Approach

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Nicole

• A glimpse of father becker in action in a government setting

  Citation: 34

  Authors: George

• All Myth and Ceremony? Examining the Causes and Logic of the Mission Shift in Microfinance from Microenterprise Credit to Financial Inclusion

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Philip, Sophia

• Why Meso? On “Aggregation” and “Emergence”, and Why and How the Meso Level is Essential in Social Economics

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Wolfram

• Multidimensional Poverty Reduction Among Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Sabina, Christoph, Gisela, Ana

• What is Socioeconomics? An Overview of Theories, Methods, and Themes in the Field

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Simon Niklas

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