Journal profile
American Economic Review
American Economic Review is published by American Economic Association under ISSN 0002-8282. It holds an h-index of 600 across 10,039 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 15.31, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Economic theories and models, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | American Economic Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0002-8282 |
| All ISSNs | 0002-8282, 1944-7981 |
| Indexed works | 10,039 |
| Total citations | 1,755,957 |
| h-index | 600 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 15.31 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Economic theories and models · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Monetary Policy and Economic Impact · Economic Theory and Policy · Economic Growth and Productivity |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Credit Rationing in Markets with Imperfect Information
- Authors
- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Andrew Weiss
- Year
- 1981
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 393-410
IEEE
J. E. Stiglitz, A. Weiss "Credit Rationing in Markets with Imperfect Information," American Economic Review, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 393-410, 1981, doi: 10.7916/d8v12ft1.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for American Economic Review against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Stiglitz, J. E., & Weiss, A. (1981). Credit Rationing in Markets with Imperfect Information. American Economic Review, 71(3), 393-410. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8v12ft1
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{stiglitz1981,
author = {Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Weiss},
title = {Credit Rationing in Markets with Imperfect Information},
journal = {American Economic Review},
volume = {71},
number = {3},
pages = {393--410},
year = {1981},
issn = {0002-8282},
doi = {10.7916/d8v12ft1}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. American Economic Review records 10,039 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
American Economic Review carries an h-index of 600, which is above 93% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,755,957 citations across 10,039 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 15.31.
American Economic Association is the only publisher of this title in the set covered here, so check its own author guidance for reference style.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about American Economic Review
What is the ISSN of American Economic Review?
The linking ISSN is 0002-8282. The journal also carries 1944-7981, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes American Economic Review?
American Economic Association publishes it. Check the journal's own author guidance rather than a general publisher template, because reference style is set per title.
Is American Economic Review open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from American Economic Review in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key stiglitz1981 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does American Economic Review use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 393 to 410, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is American Economic Review?
Its h-index is 600, above 93% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,755,957 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 15.31. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does American Economic Review have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 600 and a two-year mean citedness of 15.31 across 10,039 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.