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Academic Journals

General Topics, Most-Widely Cited or Read

Top Picks: Widely-read, highly-respected journals on general topics	*American Economic Review (AER)*	Established in 1911. Journal of the American Economic Association.
	*Econometrica*	Established in 1933. Journal of the Econometric Society.
	*Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP)*	Currently the most-read economics journal, bridging the gap between the general interest press and academic economics. Publication of the American Economic Association.
	*Journal of Economic Theory (JET)*	Maintained by New York University and Cornell University. Recent issues available online. Published by Elsevier.
	*Journal of Political Economy (JPE)*	Established 1892. Maintained by the University of Chicago. Issues from 1892-1922 are available online free from Jstor as a demo.
	*Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE)*	Established 1886. Maintained by Harvard University and available through the MIT Press. Many articles available free at Repec.
	*Review of Economic Studies (REStud)*	Established 1933. Maintained at University College, London. Many articles available free of charge on site or through Repec.
*Additional widely-read journals on general topics*
	*Journal of Public Economics*	Published by Elsevier. Some issues available online.
	*Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)*	Established 1969. Publication of the American Economic Association.
	*International Economic Review (IER)*	Established 1960. Maintained by the University of Pennsylvania.
	*Economic Inquiry (EI)*	Established 1962. Formerly known as the Western Economic Journal. Western Economic Association International and the Oxford University Press.

Academic Journals

Special Topics, by subject

*Econometrics and Statistics*	*Econometrica*	Established in 1933. Journal of the Econometric Society.
	*Journal of Applied Econometrics (JAE)*	On line issues since 1994. Publication of Queen's University.
	*Journal of Econometrics*	Published by Elsevier. Some papers available online.
	*Review of Economics and Statistics (RESTAT)*	Maintained by Harvard University.
*Finance*	*Journal of Financial Economics (JFE)*	Maintained at the University of Rochester.
*Finance*	*Journal of Financial Economics (JFE)*	On line papers since 1997. Published by Elsevier. Edited at the U. of Rochester. Information, submissions, back issues at *Main JFE site*.
*Labor Economics*	*Journal of Labor Economics (JLE)*	Maintained by the University of Chicago.
*Labor Economics*	*Journal of Labor Research*	Maintained by the Locke Institute and George Mason University.
*Law and Economics*	*Journal of Law and Economics (JLE)*	Published semiannually. Maintained by the University of Chicago. Established in 1958.
	*Journal of Legal Studies (JLS)*	Published semiannually. Maintained by the University of Chicago. Established in 1972.
	*Supreme Court Economic Review*	Maintained by the University of Chicago.
	*American Law and Economics Review*	Published twice a year since 1999 by the American Law and Economics Association and the Oxford University Press.
*Monetary Economics*	*Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking (JMCB)*	On line issues since 1996. Published by Ohio State U. Press. Information, submissions, back issues: *JMCB*
*Monetary Economics*	*Journal of Monetary Economics (JME)*	Maintained at the University of Rochester. Now includes the Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy.
*Regional Publications*	*Southern Economic Journal*	Publication of the Southern Economic Association.
*Regional Publications*	*Eastern Economic Journal*	Publication of the Eastern Economic Association.
*Miscellaneous Specialties*	*American Political Science Review*	Established 1906. Publication of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Cambridge University Press.
	*Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics*	Quarterly analysis of contemporary issues in the mainstream of economics from an Austrian perspective.
	*Journal of Economic Education (JEE)*	Maintained at Indiana University.

Working Paper Series

Government and Private Institutions

*Working Paper Series*	*NBER Working Papers*	National Bureau of Economic Research. Top notch research working papers. See also their *other NBER publications*.
	*Federal Reserve Working Papers and more:* *St. Louis Fed* *Richmond Fed* *Cleveland Fed*	Quality working papers by several regional Federal Reserve Banks with research divisions.
	*BLS Working Papers*	Bureau of Labor Statistics working paper series, covering topics such as measurement issues for the CPI, the poverty line, etc.
	*BEA Working Papers*	Bureau of Economic Analysis: Analyses of measurement of income and price series such as NIPA, GNP, CPI, etc.

Private and Government

Respected and widely read:

*Private*	*The Independent Review*	Respected publication on political economy, supported by the Independent Institute. Online free after a few issues.
	*The Cato Journal*	Interdisciplinary publication on public policy, supported by the Cato Institute. Publisher till 1979 of Literature of Liberty articles after which publication was continued through the Institute for Humane Studies.
	*The Hoover Institute*	Research on International Affairs.
	*NBER*	National Bureau of Economic Research
*Government*
	*Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)*	Policy analysis and the Economic Report of the President.
	*Economic Quarterly*	Richmond Fed Research Division publication. Quality research publication and working papers, pdf files.
	*Economic Review*	Cleveland Fed Research Division publication. Quality research publication and working papers, pdf files.
	*Survey of Current Business*	Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) publication.
	*Federal Reserve*	Federal Reserve System
	*Congressional Budget Office (CBO)*	Documents and data pertaining to Federal spending, revenue, budget, and projections as prepared by Congress. Current year, plus historical data, some since mid-1950s.

Collections of Online Journals and Resources

Ratings, Lists, and Subscription Services Online.

*Journal Ratings and Lists*	*ISI Journal Citation Reports*	Objective annual rankings of journals. See the Social Sciences section for a comprehensive list of economics journals.
*Journal Ratings and Lists*	*Economics Journals on the Web*	Comprehensive list of links to economics journals, arranged alphabetically. Maintained by John Kane at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego.
*Online and library resource sites*	*Online Journal Storage Archive (JSTOR)*	JSTOR is an online journal repository. It supplies hundreds of academic journals to libraries, schools, and other subscribers. To read JSTOR articles free, your best bet is a university library if you have access to one. Online subscriptions to many of the best journals are available for individuals for as little as $25 a year, depending on the journal or association. You may also sometimes be able to receive by postal mail a free printed copy of any specific article by contacting the professor, university, department, or specific journal or association.
	*Research Papers in Economics (REPEC)*	REPEC is a searchable online paper repository that supplies links to thousands of working papers and journal articles. Articles are often supplied free of charge by the author or publisher.
	*Science Direct/Economics Direct*	Online articles in various fields. Maintained by Elsevier.

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