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title: "Open access economics journals, 2023–2025"
description: "Of the 37,698 papers the 123 tracked economics journals published in 2023–2025, 50% are open access (diamond 0%, gold 1%, hybrid 33%, bronze 4% and green 12%). The open-access share went from 39% in 2017 to 50% in 2025."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/economics
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share_text: "Of the 37,698 papers the 123 tracked economics journals published in 2023–2025, 50% are open access (diamond 0%, gold 1%, hybrid 33%, bronze 4% and green 12%). The open-access share went from 39% in 2017 to 50% in 2025. (as of 2026-10-31)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-10-31T19:11:11+09:00
window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Open access in economics journals

The 123 tracked economics journals ranked by the share of their 2023–2025 papers that are open access, with each status's share. Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known.

By category: [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/finance.md) · [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/accounting.md) · [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/economics.md) · [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/management.md) · [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/marketing.md) · [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/information-systems.md) · [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/tourism-and-hospitality.md) · [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/operations-research.md) · [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/statistics.md) · [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/ai.md)

## Key findings

- Of the 37,698 papers the 123 tracked economics journals published in 2023–2025, 50% are open access (diamond 0%, gold 1%, hybrid 33%, bronze 4% and green 12%).
- The open-access share went from 39% in 2017 to 50% in 2025.
- The most open journal is Agricultural and Food Economics (100%), followed by Journal for Labour Market Research (100%) and Journal of Economic Structures (100%); the least open is Economic Analysis and Policy (18%).

*Tracked economics journals by open-access share of their 2023–2025 papers (OpenAlex)*

| # | Journal | Papers 2023–2025 | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | [Agricultural and Food Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/agricultural-and-food-economics.md) | 201 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | [Journal for Labour Market Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-for-labour-market-research.md) | 91 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | [Journal of Economic Structures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-structures.md) | 74 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | [SERIEs](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/series.md) | 54 | 96% | 0% | 0% | 91% | 2% | 4% | 4% |
| 5 | [Experimental Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/experimental-economics.md) | 123 | 88% | 0% | 0% | 78% | 5% | 5% | 12% |
| 6 | [Journal of Economic Growth](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-growth.md) | 39 | 79% | 0% | 0% | 56% | 3% | 21% | 21% |
| 7 | [Social Choice and Welfare](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/social-choice-and-welfare.md) | 188 | 76% | 0% | 0% | 51% | 1% | 24% | 24% |
| 8 | [Journal of Risk and Uncertainty](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-risk-and-uncertainty.md) | 69 | 74% | 0% | 0% | 59% | 3% | 12% | 26% |
| 9 | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 433 | 73% | 0% | 0% | 62% | 3% | 9% | 27% |
| 10 | [Environmental and Resource Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-and-resource-economics.md) | 292 | 73% | 0% | 0% | 59% | 3% | 11% | 27% |
| 11 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 477 | 73% | 0% | 0% | 60% | 2% | 10% | 27% |
| 12 | [The Journal of Economic Inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-economic-inequality.md) | 159 | 71% | 0% | 0% | 55% | 3% | 14% | 29% |
| 13 | [Economic Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-theory.md) | 203 | 71% | 0% | 0% | 43% | 1% | 27% | 29% |
| 14 | [European Journal of Law and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-law-and-economics.md) | 99 | 71% | 0% | 0% | 52% | 4% | 15% | 29% |
| 15 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 893 | 71% | 0% | 0% | 54% | 6% | 11% | 29% |
| 16 | [Italian Economic Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/italian-economic-journal.md) | 139 | 69% | 0% | 0% | 55% | 3% | 12% | 31% |
| 17 | [Labour Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/labour-economics.md) | 367 | 69% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 2% | 16% | 31% |
| 18 | [Review of Economics of the Household](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-economics-of-the-household.md) | 181 | 69% | 0% | 0% | 45% | 5% | 19% | 31% |
| 19 | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 366 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 43% | 7% | 18% | 33% |
| 20 | [International Tax and Public Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-tax-and-public-finance.md) | 162 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 49% | 4% | 14% | 33% |
| 21 | [Theory and Decision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/theory-and-decision.md) | 172 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 48% | 1% | 17% | 33% |
| 22 | [Journal of Economic Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-theory.md) | 353 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 39% | 8% | 20% | 33% |
| 23 | [Games and Economic Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/games-and-economic-behavior.md) | 461 | 66% | 0% | 0% | 39% | 5% | 23% | 34% |
| 24 | [Empirica](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/empirica.md) | 110 | 66% | 0% | 0% | 53% | 5% | 8% | 34% |
| 25 | [Constitutional Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/constitutional-political-economy.md) | 115 | 66% | 0% | 0% | 51% | 4% | 10% | 34% |
| 26 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 600 | 66% | 0% | 0% | 47% | 3% | 15% | 34% |
| 27 | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 446 | 66% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 7% | 9% | 34% |
| 28 | [International Journal of Game Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory.md) | 129 | 66% | 0% | 0% | 44% | 2% | 20% | 34% |
| 29 | [Review of Evolutionary Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-evolutionary-political-economy.md) | 73 | 66% | 0% | 0% | 51% | 4% | 11% | 34% |
| 30 | [Economia Politica](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economia-politica.md) | 101 | 65% | 0% | 0% | 53% | 4% | 8% | 35% |
| 31 | [Information Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-economics-and-policy.md) | 72 | 65% | 0% | 0% | 44% | 7% | 14% | 35% |
| 32 | [Economics of Disasters and Climate Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-of-disasters-and-climate-change.md) | 66 | 65% | 0% | 0% | 41% | 11% | 14% | 35% |
| 33 | [Journal of Productivity Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-productivity-analysis.md) | 134 | 65% | 0% | 0% | 46% | 7% | 12% | 35% |
| 34 | [Journal of Economic Psychology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-psychology.md) | 165 | 65% | 0% | 0% | 47% | 7% | 11% | 35% |
| 35 | [Journal of Cultural Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-cultural-economics.md) | 98 | 64% | 0% | 0% | 45% | 5% | 14% | 36% |
| 36 | [Journal of Population Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-population-economics.md) | 212 | 64% | 0% | 0% | 47% | 2% | 15% | 36% |
| 37 | [Economic Theory Bulletin](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-theory-bulletin.md) | 64 | 64% | 0% | 0% | 39% | 2% | 23% | 36% |
| 38 | [Resource and Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resource-and-energy-economics.md) | 105 | 64% | 0% | 0% | 48% | 5% | 11% | 36% |
| 39 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 1,169 | 63% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 3% | 20% | 37% |
| 40 | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | 318 | 63% | 0% | 0% | 42% | 3% | 18% | 37% |
| 41 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 878 | 63% | 0% | 0% | 49% | 4% | 10% | 37% |
| 42 | [Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-interaction-and-coordination.md) | 92 | 63% | 0% | 0% | 49% | 2% | 12% | 37% |
| 43 | [Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-dynamics-and-control.md) | 381 | 63% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 4% | 27% | 37% |
| 44 | [Japanese Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/japanese-economic-review.md) | 101 | 62% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 16% | 7% | 38% |
| 45 | [Mathematical Social Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mathematical-social-sciences.md) | 191 | 62% | 0% | 0% | 39% | 7% | 17% | 38% |
| 46 | [Journal of Evolutionary Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-evolutionary-economics.md) | 111 | 62% | 0% | 0% | 48% | 2% | 13% | 38% |
| 47 | [Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-behavioral-and-experimental-economics.md) | 405 | 61% | 0% | 0% | 47% | 2% | 12% | 39% |
| 48 | [Journal of Mathematical Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-mathematical-economics.md) | 254 | 61% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 6% | 21% | 39% |
| 49 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 324 | 61% | 0% | 0% | 38% | 12% | 11% | 39% |
| 50 | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 501 | 61% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 5% | 16% | 39% |
| 51 | [International Journal of Forecasting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-forecasting.md) | 270 | 61% | 0% | 0% | 41% | 3% | 16% | 39% |
| 52 | [Journal of Econometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-econometrics.md) | 559 | 61% | 0% | 0% | 29% | 8% | 24% | 39% |
| 53 | [International Review of Law and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-law-and-economics.md) | 106 | 59% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 7% | 22% | 41% |
| 54 | [Comparative Economic Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/comparative-economic-studies.md) | 63 | 59% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 11% | 17% | 41% |
| 55 | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | 520 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 37% | 3% | 18% | 42% |
| 56 | [Journal of the Japanese and International Economies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-japanese-and-international-economies.md) | 76 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 29% | 12% | 17% | 42% |
| 57 | [Review of Industrial Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-industrial-organization.md) | 146 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 3% | 14% | 42% |
| 58 | [Journal of Choice Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-choice-modelling.md) | 108 | 56% | 0% | 0% | 43% | 4% | 10% | 44% |
| 59 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 1,518 | 56% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 3% | 22% | 44% |
| 60 | [International Review of Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics.md) | 104 | 56% | 0% | 0% | 38% | 3% | 15% | 44% |
| 61 | [The Annals of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-annals-of-regional-science.md) | 241 | 55% | 0% | 0% | 45% | 5% | 5% | 45% |
| 62 | [Economics of Education Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-of-education-review.md) | 271 | 55% | 0% | 0% | 42% | 1% | 11% | 45% |
| 63 | [Explorations in Economic History](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/explorations-in-economic-history.md) | 144 | 55% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 5% | 10% | 45% |
| 64 | [Journal of Regulatory Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-regulatory-economics.md) | 50 | 54% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 4% | 18% | 46% |
| 65 | [Review of World Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-world-economics.md) | 127 | 54% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 1% | 20% | 46% |
| 66 | [International Journal of Industrial Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-industrial-organization.md) | 187 | 53% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 4% | 16% | 47% |
| 67 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 1,345 | 53% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 4% | 10% | 47% |
| 68 | [Journal of Labor Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-labor-research.md) | 35 | 51% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 9% | 26% | 49% |
| 69 | [Eastern Economic Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/eastern-economic-journal.md) | 82 | 51% | 0% | 0% | 18% | 16% | 17% | 49% |
| 70 | [Open Economies Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/open-economies-review.md) | 141 | 51% | 0% | 0% | 39% | 4% | 9% | 49% |
| 71 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 341 | 51% | 1% | 0% | 31% | 3% | 16% | 49% |
| 72 | [Journal of Housing Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-housing-economics.md) | 114 | 50% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 3% | 14% | 50% |
| 73 | [Portuguese Economic Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/portuguese-economic-journal.md) | 46 | 50% | 0% | 0% | 26% | 13% | 11% | 50% |
| 74 | [Regional Science and Urban Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/regional-science-and-urban-economics.md) | 191 | 50% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 3% | 17% | 50% |
| 75 | [Journal of Monetary Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-monetary-economics.md) | 310 | 50% | 1% | 0% | 30% | 2% | 17% | 50% |
| 76 | [Journal of Macroeconomics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-macroeconomics.md) | 149 | 50% | 0% | 0% | 26% | 7% | 17% | 50% |
| 77 | [Empirical Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/empirical-economics.md) | 489 | 49% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 6% | 8% | 51% |
| 78 | [Review of Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-economic-dynamics.md) | 126 | 49% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 6% | 23% | 51% |
| 79 | [Journal of Urban Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-urban-economics.md) | 164 | 49% | 0% | 0% | 34% | 2% | 12% | 51% |
| 80 | [Review of Economic Design](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-economic-design.md) | 68 | 49% | 0% | 0% | 29% | 4% | 15% | 51% |
| 81 | [Journal of Economics Race and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economics-race-and-policy.md) | 67 | 48% | 0% | 0% | 21% | 15% | 12% | 52% |
| 82 | [Journal of Business Cycle Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-cycle-research.md) | 38 | 47% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 8% | 8% | 53% |
| 83 | [Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/letters-in-spatial-and-resource-sciences.md) | 103 | 47% | 0% | 0% | 26% | 10% | 11% | 53% |
| 84 | [Environmental Economics and Policy Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/environmental-economics-and-policy-studies.md) | 101 | 47% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 6% | 8% | 53% |
| 85 | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 512 | 46% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 2% | 14% | 54% |
| 86 | [Eurasian economic review :](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/eurasian-economic-review.md) | 224 | 46% | 0% | 0% | 38% | 4% | 4% | 54% |
| 87 | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | 365 | 45% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 2% | 10% | 55% |
| 88 | [Journal of Industry Competition and Trade](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-industry-competition-and-trade.md) | 64 | 45% | 0% | 2% | 28% | 6% | 9% | 55% |
| 89 | [International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-economics.md) | 208 | 45% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| 90 | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | 1,123 | 44% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 3% | 6% | 56% |
| 91 | [Journal of Family and Economic Issues](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-family-and-economic-issues.md) | 178 | 44% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 7% | 6% | 56% |
| 92 | [Research in Transportation Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-economics.md) | 307 | 44% | 0% | 0% | 37% | 1% | 6% | 56% |
| 93 | [Journal of Comparative Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-comparative-economics.md) | 173 | 43% | 1% | 0% | 25% | 2% | 16% | 57% |
| 94 | [The Journal of Economic Asymmetries](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-economic-asymmetries.md) | 149 | 43% | 0% | 0% | 23% | 1% | 19% | 57% |
| 95 | [International Advances in Economic Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-advances-in-economic-research.md) | 77 | 43% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 1% | 6% | 57% |
| 96 | [Maritime Economics & Logistics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/maritime-economics-logistics.md) | 87 | 43% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 8% | 13% | 57% |
| 97 | [Journal of Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economics.md) | 106 | 42% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 4% | 7% | 58% |
| 98 | [Japan and the World Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/japan-and-the-world-economy.md) | 81 | 42% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 11% | 11% | 58% |
| 99 | [Utilities Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/utilities-policy.md) | 518 | 41% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 2% | 6% | 59% |
| 100 | [Mineral Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mineral-economics.md) | 217 | 41% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 6% | 4% | 59% |
| 101 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2,283 | 40% | 0% | 0% | 28% | 2% | 11% | 60% |
| 102 | [Research in Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-economics.md) | 140 | 40% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 6% | 9% | 60% |
| 103 | [Transport Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transport-policy.md) | 989 | 40% | 0% | 0% | 29% | 3% | 7% | 60% |
| 104 | [The Review of Austrian Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-review-of-austrian-economics.md) | 98 | 40% | 0% | 0% | 27% | 5% | 8% | 60% |
| 105 | [Economics of Governance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-of-governance.md) | 53 | 40% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 6% | 9% | 60% |
| 106 | [Economic Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-systems.md) | 207 | 38% | 0% | 0% | 24% | 2% | 12% | 62% |
| 107 | [World Development Perspectives](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development-perspectives.md) | 223 | 36% | 0% | 0% | 29% | 3% | 4% | 64% |
| 108 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 1,031 | 35% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 2% | 9% | 65% |
| 109 | [IMF Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/imf-economic-review.md) | 100 | 35% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 8% | 26% | 65% |
| 110 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 474 | 34% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 20% | 3% | 66% |
| 111 | [Atlantic Economic Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/atlantic-economic-journal.md) | 84 | 31% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 10% | 5% | 69% |
| 112 | [Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-journal-of-regional-science.md) | 133 | 31% | 0% | 0% | 15% | 10% | 6% | 69% |
| 113 | [Computational Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-economics.md) | 858 | 31% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 3% | 8% | 69% |
| 114 | [International Economics and Economic Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-economics-and-economic-policy.md) | 143 | 30% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 1% | 6% | 70% |
| 115 | [Indian Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/indian-economic-review.md) | 101 | 29% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 71% |
| 116 | [Journal of Policy Modeling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-policy-modeling.md) | 270 | 29% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 2% | 6% | 71% |
| 117 | [Journal of Quantitative Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-quantitative-economics.md) | 157 | 25% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 75% |
| 118 | [Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-economics.md) | 140 | 24% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 15% | 4% | 76% |
| 119 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 2,238 | 21% | 0% | 0% | 13% | 1% | 7% | 79% |
| 120 | [China Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/china-economic-review.md) | 571 | 21% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 1% | 15% | 79% |
| 121 | [Journal of Asian Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-asian-economics.md) | 405 | 20% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 17% | 80% |
| 122 | [Indian Journal of Labour Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/indian-journal-of-labour-economics.md) | 181 | 19% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 7% | 4% | 81% |
| 123 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 1,219 | 18% | 0% | 0% | 14% | 0% | 4% | 82% |

## By year

*All tracked economics journals: papers per year by open-access status*

| Year | Papers | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2017 | 10,274 | 39% | 0% | 1% | 7% | 7% | 24% | 61% |
| 2018 | 10,637 | 40% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 7% | 25% | 60% |
| 2019 | 10,660 | 41% | 0% | 1% | 9% | 7% | 23% | 59% |
| 2020 | 11,595 | 45% | 0% | 1% | 13% | 8% | 23% | 55% |
| 2021 | 11,843 | 48% | 0% | 1% | 19% | 9% | 19% | 52% |
| 2022 | 11,713 | 52% | 0% | 1% | 24% | 10% | 18% | 48% |
| 2023 | 12,106 | 48% | 0% | 1% | 27% | 7% | 14% | 52% |
| 2024 | 12,607 | 51% | 0% | 1% | 35% | 4% | 12% | 49% |
| 2025 | 12,985 | 50% | 0% | 1% | 37% | 1% | 11% | 50% |
| 2026 (so far) | 11,496 | 50% | 0% | 1% | 37% | 2% | 10% | 50% |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Open access in economics journals. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/economics

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-rankings-open-access-economics,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Open access in economics journals},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/economics}},
  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).