American Economic Review
American Economic Association
Primary Field
Economics
ISSN Number
1944-7981
Publish Time
107 weeks
Impact Score
597 H-Index
Annual Volume
10.1k papers
Last Verified
Apr 5, 2026
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Production
67w
Acceptance to final pub
Total Pipeline
107w
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American Economic Review currently has an estimated total publication timeline of about 107 weeks, including roughly 40 weeks for peer review and 67 weeks for production. Use this as a planning estimate rather than a guarantee.
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