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Games and Economic Behavior

pISSN: 0899-8256eISSN: 1090-2473Elsevier BVUnited States
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2026 Journal Metrics Score

1.3

Updated August 2026 · 2-year citation average from OpenAlex data

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Subject Category Quartiles

Quartiles computed within each OpenAlex subfield
CategoryQuartile
Management Science and Operations ResearchQ3
Safety ResearchQ3
Economics and EconometricsQ2

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Games and Economic Behavior current release and quartile

Games and Economic Behavior's 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 1.3, updated August 2026 from OpenAlex citation data. The journal is ranked Q2 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Social Sciences

Ranked #2,328 in Social Sciences by Journal Metrics Score and #391 among Q2 Social Sciences journals. This context helps compare Games and Economic Behavior against journals publishing in the same field.

#2,328
of 7,087 field journals

Games and Economic Behavior publication trend

Published 731 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current Journal Metrics Score of 1.3.

2026 vs 2025: -71
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Journal Details

OpenAlex Works
4,323
H-Index
165
Fully Open Access
No
Recent OA Works
1,121
Indicative APC
$2,540 USD
Subject Areas
Management Science and Operations ResearchSafety ResearchManagement Science and Operations ResearchEconomics and Econometrics

Source: the current OpenAlex source record. OpenAlex works can include multiple work types. Fully Open Access is a source-level flag. Recent OA Works is summed from OpenAlex's counts_by_year series (up to the latest ten years); it is not a lifetime OA percentage. Any APC shown here is an indicative OpenAlex value—verify current charges on the journal's official website.

Article Volume

2022
156
2023
172
2024
162
2025
156
2026
85
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