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| Discipline | Economics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Esteban Rossi-Hansberg |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1892–present |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press for the University of Chicago Department of Economics and theUniversity of Chicago Booth School of Business |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 9.103 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt | |
| ISO 4 | J. Political Econ. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | JLPEAR |
| ISSN | 0022-3808 (print) 1537-534X (web) |
| LCCN | 08001721 |
| JSTOR | 00223808 |
| OCLC no. | 300934604 |
| Links | |
TheJournal of Political Economy is a monthly peer-reviewedacademic journal published by theUniversity of Chicago Press. Established byJames Laurence Laughlin in 1892, it covers boththeoretical andempirical economics.[1] In the past, the journal published quarterly from its introduction through 1905, ten issues per volume from 1906 through 1921, and bimonthly from 1922 through 2019. Theeditor-in-chief isEsteban Rossi-Hansberg (University of Chicago).
It is considered one of the top five journals in economics.[2]
In 2023, University of Chicago Press announced the establishment ofJournal of Political Economy Microeconomics (JPE Micro) andJournal of Political Economy Macroeconomics (JPE Macro), two new journals that are vertically integrated with the Journal of Political Economy.
The journal is abstracted and indexed inEBSCO,ProQuest,EconLit,[3]Research Papers in Economics,Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, and theSocial Sciences Citation Index. According to theJournal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020impact factor of 9.103, ranking it 4/376 journals in the category "Economics".[4]
The journal is department-owned University of Chicago journal.[5]
Among the most influential papers that appeared in theJournal of Political Economy are:[6]