Journal of Population Economics

The Journal of Population Economics is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research on economic and demographic problems. It is the official journal of the European Society of Population Economics and is published by Springer Science+Business Media in collaboration with POP at UNU-MERIT and the Global Labor Organization.[1] It was established in 1987 by Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT), who remains the editor-in-chief.[1]

Journal of Population Economics
DisciplinePopulation economics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byKlaus F. Zimmermann
Publication details
History1988-present
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the European Society of Population Economics, POP at UNU-MERIT and the Global Labor Organization
FrequencyQuarterly
Hybrid
1.470 (2013)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Popul. Econ.
Indexing
CODENJPECEW
ISSN0933-1433 (print)
1432-1475 (web)
LCCN91658531
JSTOR09331433
OCLC no.729540780
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Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus, EconLit, CAB International, CAB Abstracts, and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences.[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 1.470.[3] As of August 2013, the journal was ranked by h-index 74th out of 2,153 economics journals listed in RePEc.[4]

Kuznets Prize

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Since 1995, the journal awards the "Kuznets Prize", named after the 1971 Nobel Prize laureate Simon Kuznets, a pioneer in populations economics, for the best article published in the journal.[5] The editors judge the best papers, originally for a three-year period and since 2014 annually.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Journal of Population Economics". UNU-MERIT. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  2. ^ "Journal of Population Economics". Springer Science+Business Media. 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "Journal of Population Economics". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014.
  4. ^ IDEAS/RePEc h-index for Journals, retrieved March 13, 2015
  5. ^ a b "Kuznets Prize". Journal of Population Economics. UNU-MERIT. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
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