Journal of Economic Literature

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The Journal of Economic Literature is a peer-reviewed academic journal, published by the American Economic Association, that surveys the academic literature in economics. It was established by Arthur Smithies in 1963 as the Journal of Economic Abstracts,^[1][2] and is currently one of the highest ranked journals in economics.^[3] As a review journal, it mainly features essays and reviews of recent economic theories (as opposed to the latest research). The editor-in-chief is Steven Durlauf.^[1] In January 2022, the AEA announced that David Romer would become the editor beginning in July 2022.

Journal of Economic Literature

Discipline	Economics
Language	English
Edited by	Steven Durlauf
Publication details
Former name	Journal of Economic Abstracts
History	1963–present
Publisher	American Economic Association (United States)
Frequency	Quarterly
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Econ. Lit.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	JECLB3
ISSN	0022-0515
LCCN	73646621
JSTOR	00220515
OCLC no.	01788942
Links
Journal homepage Online archive

The journal originated a widely used classification system for publications in the field of economics.

See also

• JEL classification codes