Manchester School

Aims & Scope

The Manchester School was first published more than eighty years ago and has become a distinguished, internationally recognised, general economics journal.

The journal publishes high-quality research covering all areas of the economics discipline, although the editors particularly encourage original contributions, or authoritative surveys, in the fields of microeconomics (including industrial organisation and game theory), macroeconomics, econometrics (both theory and applied) and labour economics.

Consistent with the strategic aim of enhancing the international standing of the journal to a general economics readership, we will only consider publishing manuscripts that make a significant contribution from either a theoretical or empirical perspective, in terms of originality, rigour and reach.

In particular, we do not wish to publish manuscripts which replicate existing results and/or are limited in scope/applicability and thus more suitable to regional and/or specialised field journals.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1
2024	0.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13246

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	127

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.425

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	48

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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.

• Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour

  Citation: 5262

  Authors: W. ARTHUR

• Trade Liberalisation and “Revealed” Comparative Advantage¹

  Citation: 2324

  Authors: Bela

• The profitability of european banks: a cross‐sectional and dynamic panel analysis

  Citation: 398

  Authors: John, Phil, John O. S.

• INFRASTRUCTURE, LONG‐RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CAUSALITY TESTS FOR COINTEGRATED PANELS

  Citation: 271

  Authors: DAVID, PETER

• BANK COMPETITION, CONCENTRATION AND EFFICIENCY IN THE SINGLE EUROPEAN MARKET*

  Citation: 238

  Authors: BARBARA, CLAUDIA

• PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A DISAGGREGATED ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES*

  Citation: 208

  Authors: NILOY, M. EMRANUL, DENISE R.

• Optimal Monetary Policy Inertia

  Citation: 194

  Authors: Michael

• ON TESTING FOR UNBIASEDNESS AND EFFICIENCY OF FORECASTS*

  Citation: 191

  Authors: K., D. A.

• Patent Licensing: The Inside Story

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Morton I., Yair

• ‘Footloose’ Multinationals?

  Citation: 165

  Authors: Holger, Eric

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