JOURNAL METRICS

Web of Science

IF 2025: 0.7
IF 5-year 2025: N/A (indexed since 2025)
JCI 2025: 0.20
Q4 by JIF (23.70, # 478/626) in: Economics
Q4 by JCI (20.81, # 497/627) in: Economics
Q4 by JIF (13.2, # 281/323) in: Business
Q4 by JCI (18.98, # 263/324) in: Business

Submission statistics

Average time for initial manuscript evaluation: 30 days
Average time for reviewing manuscripts: 60 days
Average time an article is published: 90-180 days

2025

published articles: 33

rejection rate (%): 71%

1. of authors (co-authors): 77 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 18
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 59 of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 23

Countries of origin of authors in 2025: France, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States.

number of reviewers: 65   (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 44 (68%)
            incl. domestic reviewers:  21 (32%)

2024

published articles: 34

rejection rate (%): 45%

of authors (co-authors): 73 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 13 (18%)
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 60 (82%) of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 25 (34%)

Countries of origins of authors in 2024: 

           Poland
           Germany
           Columbia
           France
           Hungary
           Ghana
           Turkey
           Spain
           Indonesia

number of reviewers:  90 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers:  61%
            incl. domestic reviewers:   39%

2023

published articles: 28

rejection rate (%): 50%

of authors (co-authors): 71 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 3 (4%)
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 68 (96%) of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 25 (35%)

Countries of origins of authors in 2023: 

            Germany: 1
            Malta: 1
            Iceland: 1
            Poland: 68
           

number of reviewers:  109 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers:  45%
            incl. domestic reviewers:   55%

2022

published articles: 24

rejection rate (%): 53%

of authors (co-authors): 47 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 43%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 57% of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 63%

Countries of origins of authors in 2022: 

            Czechia: 1
            France: 1
            Germany: 1
            Marocco: 1
            Nigeria: 8
            Poland: 27
            South Africa: 6
            Spain: 1
            Viet Nam: 1

number of reviewers:  57 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers:  40%
            incl. domestic reviewers:   60%

2021

published articles: 25

rejection rate (%): 49%

no. of authors (co-authors): 49 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 65%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 35%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 16%

Countries of origins of authors in 2021: 

          Cyprus: 2
          Germany: 2
          Hungary: 1
          Indonesia: 2
          Israel: 1
          Jordan: 1
          Kazakhstan: 4
          Nigeria: 7
          Oman: 1
          Poland: 17
          South Africa: 7
          United Arab Emirates: 2
          Vietnam: 2

number of reviewers:   (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers:  51%
            incl. domestic reviewers:   49%

2020

published articles: 25

rejection rate (%): 36%

no. of authors (co-authors):  35 (100%)

           incl. foreign authors: 37%
           incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 22%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: %

Countries of origins of authors in 2020: 

           China: 2
           Germany: 1
           Nigeria: 1
           Poland: 22
           Spain: 2
           Taiwan: 2

number of reviewers:  42 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers:  48%
            incl. domestic reviewers:   52 %