Economic Alternatives Scientific Journal Has Published Its Volume 3 for 2026

The UNWE presents Volume 3 for 2026 of the Scientific Journal Economic Alternatives. The journal is indexed in Scopus and it is ranked in Q3 by CiteScore. The issue contains 17 scientific articles by authors from more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, including scholars from the UNWE and other Bulgarian research institutions. The articles address current issues in fiscal and monetary policy, banking and financial stability, economic growth, international trade and investment and sustainable development. As of today, all publications are freely available online on the Economic Alternatives website.

International Visibility and Scientometric Indicators

Economic Alternatives has been indexed in Scopus since 2019. According to the latest Scopus data, the journal is in the third quartile /Q3/ by CiteScore in the category General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. It ranks 212th out of 289 journals in the category, with a 2025 CiteScore of 0.9. Its other indicators for 2025 are SJR of 0.143 and SNIP of 0.281.

According to SCImago Journal & Country Rank, the Journal has an h-index of 10 and falls into the fourth quartile /Q4/.

The difference compared to Scopus is due to the indicator used to rank the journals. Both rankings use Scopus data and the same subject category. The quartile in Scopus is determined by CiteScore, i.e. the average number of citations per publication over a four-year period. SCImago ranks journals by SJR, which also takes into account the prestige of the publications from which citations originate. A citation from a leading international journal carries more weight than a citation from a less-cited publication. By SJR, the journal is also higher in the rankings, with the indicator increasing from 0.130 in 2022 to 0.143 in 2025.

The Editorial Board’s next objective is to place greater emphasis, when selecting articles for publication, on their potential to be cited increasingly often by leading international journals.

Financial Valuation by SCImago

SCImago also calculates two indicators for the financial value of scientific journals. The first is the Estimated APC /Article Processing Charge/, which reflects the journal’s visibility, prestige and impact. For Economic Alternatives Journal, it is USD 2 338 per article for 2025. The second is the Estimated Financial Value. It is calculated by multiplying the estimated APC by the number of scientific articles published over the previous five years. For 2025 the value is USD 455 856 compared to USD 89,128 in 2022, representing an increase of more than fivefold over three years.

These indicators do not reflect an actual budget, but rather SCImago’s estimate of how much publication in a journal with such quality and visibility would cost. Economic Alternatives Journal does not charge publication fees and publishes all articles open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Thus, the authors from around the world publish free of charge in a journal whose value SCImago estimates at more than USD 2,300 per article. In this way, the UNWE directly contributes to the dissemination of high-ranking publications and to the development of the open science initiative.

“The growth in the Journal’s indicators is the result of the Editorial Board’s consistent work on the quality of peer review and the international profile of the authors. It is particularly valuable that we achieve this as a fully open-access journal with no article processing charges for authors”, commented the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Hristina Nikolova.

You can find the new Volume 3 of the Scientific Journal Economic Alternatives HERE.