A+ : Top journals

Econometrica 100 96.78 100
Quarterly Journal of Economics 72.41 58.11 98.83
Review of Economic Studies 53.02 45.15 64.33
Journal of Political Economy 51.34 65.19 66.86
Journal of Finance 38.33 – –
Journal of Monetary Economics 37.91 36.41 46.10
American Economic Review 36.14 100 75.93
Journal of Economic Theory 34.58 58.76 34.41
Journal of Econometrics 25.99 54.91 21.15
Games and Economic Behavior 21.24 35.49 32.55

A: Excellent journals
International Economic Review 39.44 23.04 15.59
Journal of Financial Economics 30.97 9.89 15.01
Review of Financial Studies 30.39 – –
Journal of Economic Growth 29.45 – –
Journal of International Economics 22.87 7.84 11.40
Review of Economics and Statistics 20.11 28.02 16.28
Journal of Labor Economics 19.21 12.76 17.35
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 17.66 38.41 14.81
Journal of Public Economics 17.10 19.77 16.28
Economic Journal 16.78 20.71 11.89
Economic Theory 15.30 22.43 18.23
RAND Journal of Economics 14.11 11.44 20.08
Econometric Theory 11.78 45.85 16.08
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 11.16 14.54 10.53
Journal of Mathematical Economics 10.63 7.64 10.04

B+: Very good journals                Value KMS
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 16.92 5.58
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 14.87 –
Marketing Science 14.81 –
Accounting Review 13.28 –
Review of Accounting Studies 12.83 –
Journal of Accounting Research 12.29 –
Journal of Financial Intermediation 11.35 –
Review of Economic Dynamics 10.71 –
Macroeconomic Dynamics 10.66 –
Journal of Financial Markets 10.34 –
Social Choice and Welfare 10.22 6.89
Journal of Consumer Research 9.89 –
Journal of Economic Geography 9.70 –
Journal of Marketing Research 9.44 –
Journal of Time Series Analysis 9.40 –
Journal of Human Resources 9.25 21.34
World Bank Economic Review 8.67 5.68
Journal of Applied Econometrics 8.56 16.59
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 8.55 7.05
European Economic Review 8.53 23.76

B: Good journals Value KMS
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 12.12 2.09
Journal of Law and Economics 11.24 3.90
Journal of Marketing 8.30 –
Accounting, Organizations and Society 8.21 –
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 7.78 11.85
Journal of Development Economics 7.65 5.50
Economic Inquiry 7.40 6.03
Financial Management 6.93 –
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 6.79 4.05
Management Science 6.65 –
International Journal of Forecasting 6.56 –
National Tax Journal 6.33 3.87
Journal of Corporate Finance 6.14 –
Industrial Relations 6.08 –
Journal of Urban Economics 6.07 4.37
Journal of Industrial Economics 6.03 3.85
Contemporary Accounting Research 5.93 –
Journal of Business 5.78 –
Journal of the American Statistical Association 5.48 –
Explorations in Economic History 5.32 2.97
Scandinavian Journal of Economics 5.26 10.66
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 5.16 8.35
Economica 5.13 4.56
Oxford Economic Papers 4.90 3.71
Canadian Journal of Economics 4.63 5.09
Journal of Comparative Economics 4.21 3.36
IMF Staff Papers 4.10 5.12
International Journal of Industrial Organization 4.07 4.26
Journal of Population Economics 4.01 2.41
Economics Letters 3.86 18.73

C+: Solid journals       Value KMS
Journal of Accounting and Economics 16.38 0.76
Economics and Philosophy 12.37 0.78
Journal of Health Economics 8.67 1.60
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 8.06 1.38
Academic Management Review 5.20 –
Administrative Science Quarterly 5.19 –
Mathematical Finance 5.15 –
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 5.14 –
Industrial and Labor Relations Review 5.05 –
Economic History Review 4.84 1.27
Auditing: A Journal of Practise and Theory 4.64 –
Resource and Energy Economics 4.61 0.76
Regional Science and Urban Economics 4.48 1.59
Strategic Management Journal 4.43 –
Finance and Stochastics 4.38 –
Economic Development and Cultural Change 4.12 0.66
Financial Analysts Journal 4.02 –
World Bank Research Observer 3.72 0.93
International Tax and Public Finance 3.63 –
Energy Journal 3.51 0.92
Population and Development Review 3.51 –
Research-Technology Management 3.48 –
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 3.47 –
Public Choice 3.30 4.95
Academy of Management Journal 3.21 –
Labour Economics 3.14 –
Review of Income and Wealth 3.10 1.74
Information Economics and Policy 3.05 –
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 3.05 0.76
Land Economics 3.03 5.14
Journal of Economic History 2.78 3.78
International Journal of Game Theory 2.72 6.09
Journal of Banking and Finance 2.49 2.62
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 2.38 6.19
World Development 2.02 3.22
Oxford Review of Economic Policy 2.01 1.64
The World Economy 1.40 1.34
Scottish Journal of Political Economy 1.38 1.84
Review of Industrial Organization 1.35 0.87
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 1.30 2.01