JOURNAL METRICS

Web of Science

IF 2025: 4.8
IF 5-year 2025: 3.3
JCI 2025: 1.14
Q1 by JIF (90.8, #58/626) in: Economics
Q1 by JCI (84.61, #97/627) in: Economics

Scopus

CiteScore 2025: 7.8
SJR 2025: 0.807
SNIP 2025: 1.295
Q1 (97th, #22/745) in: Political Science and International Relations
Q1 (89th, #29/283) in: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
Q1 (77th, #102/456) in: Business and International Management
Q1 (76th, #120/506) in: Strategy and Management

Submission statistics 

Average time for initial manuscript evaluation: 37 days
Average time for reviewing manuscripts: 60 days
Average time an article is published: 180 days

2025

published articles: 45
rejection rate (%): 90%

1. of authors (co-authors): 141 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 91
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 50 of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 9

Countries of origin of authors in 2025: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Hungary, India, Iran, Latvia, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.

number of reviewers: 129   (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 81 (63%)
            incl. domestic reviewers:  48 (37%)

2024

published articles: 45
rejection rate (%): 90%

1. of authors (co-authors): 129 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 85
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 44 of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 4

Countries of origin of authors in 2024: Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

number of reviewers: 142   (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 100 (70%)
            incl. domestic reviewers:  42 (30 %)

2023

published articles: 44

rejection rate (%): 88%

1. of authors (co-authors): 129 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 65
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 64 of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 15

Countries of origin of authors in 2023: Norway, Italy, Denmark, Hungary, Pakistan, Bahrain, Germany, Jordan, Ukraine, Israel, Mexico, Thailand, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Canada, USA, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Malaya, Malaysia, Indonesia

number of reviewers: 200   (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 62 (31%)
            incl. domestic reviewers:  138 (69 %)

2022

published articles: 44

rejection rate (%): 84%

1. of authors (co-authors):  120 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 73%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 27%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 1%

Countries of origin of authors in 2022: Australia, Austria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Vietnam

number of reviewers:  106 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers:  71%
            incl. domestic reviewers:   29 %

2021

published articles: 48

rejection rate (%): 81 %

1. of authors (co-authors):  119 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 68%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 32%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 0 %

Countries of origin of authors in 2021: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam

number of reviewers:  142 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers:  74%
            incl. domestic reviewers:   29 %

2020

published articles: 46

rejection rate (%): 85%

no. of authors (co-authors):  111 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 68%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 32%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 7%

Countries of origin of authors in 2020: Belarus, Cameroon, China, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine. United States, Vietnam

number of reviewers:  162 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers:  54%
            incl. domestic reviewers:   46 %

2019

published articles: 51

rejection rate (%): 75%

no. of authors (co-authors):  106 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 58%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 42%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 13%

Countries of origin of authors in 2019: Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kenya, Lithuania, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam

number of reviewers:  102 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 57 %
            incl. domestic reviewers:  43 %

2018

published articles: 47

rejection rate (%): 56%

no. of authors (co-authors):  98 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 53%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 47%  of which (EIC university-based) local authors: 2%

Countries of origin of authors in 2018: Austria, China, Columbia, Croatia, Estonia, Israel, Italy, Lithuenia, Nigeria, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States.

number of reviewers:  114 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 55%
            incl. domestic reviewers:45 %

2017

published articles: 45

rejection rate (%): 51%

no. of authors (co-authors): 87 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 46%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 54%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 13%

Countries of origin of authors in 2017: Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Korea, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Serbia, UK, USA

number of reviewers: 79 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 60%
            incl. domestic reviewers: 40%

2016

published articles: 45

rejection rate (%): 41%

no. of authors (co-authors): 77 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 35%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 65%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 10%

Countries of origins of authors in 2016:

number of reviewers: 79 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 57%
            incl. domestic reviewers: 43%

2015

published articles: 34

rejection rate (%): 40%

no. of authors (co-authors): 56 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 64%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 36%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 20%

Countries of origins of authors in 2015:

number of reviewers: 56 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 64%
            incl. domestic reviewers: 36%

2014

published articles: 24

rejection rate (%): 37%

no. of authors (co-authors): 44 (100%)

            incl. foreign authors: 68%
            incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 32%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 14%

Countries of origins of authors in 2014: 

number of reviewers: 48 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 62%
            incl. domestic reviewers: 38%

2013

published articles: 24

rejection rate (%): 33%

no. of authors (co-authors): 33 (100%)

           incl. foreign authors: 51,5%
           incl. domestic (country-based) authors: 48,5%  of which local (EIC university-based) authors: 21%

Countries of origin of authors in 2013: Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia 

number of reviewers: 42 (100%)

            incl. foreign reviewers: 52%
            incl. domestic reviewers: 48%