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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282

• Q1Quartile
• 23.00SJR
• 399h-index
• 26papers summarised

About this journal

American Economic Review is a Q1 journal by SCImago Journal Rank (2025 data), with an SJR of 23.00 and an h-index of 399. Most of its papers in the Pofolia pool fall under General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Pofolia holds AI summaries of 26 paper(s) from this journal; the most cited is “The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply” (6146 citations).

The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's percentile position within its subject area by SCImago Journal Rank; Q1 is the top 25%. What is a Q1 journal?

Papers we summarise from this journal

• The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply2012 · 6146 citations
• Two-Way Fixed Effects Estimators with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects2020 · 4646 citations
• The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States2013 · 4373 citations
• Measuring Uncertainty2015 · 2940 citations
• Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How2020 · 2253 citations
• US Food Aid and Civil Conflict2014 · 1963 citations
• New Trade Models, Same Old Gains?2012 · 1669 citations
• Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure2018 · 1582 citations
• Markups and Firm-Level Export Status2012 · 1401 citations
• The Surprisingly Swift Decline of US Manufacturing Employment2016 · 1332 citations
• Risk Shocks2013 · 1214 citations
• Consumer's Surplus Without Apology2016 · 1137 citations
• How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments2015 · 1078 citations
• Cross-Country Differences in Productivity: The Role of Allocation and Selection2013 · 1058 citations
• Inequality at Work: The Effect of Peer Salaries on Job Satisfaction2012 · 1056 citations
• Staggered Wage Setting in a Macro Model2016 · 961 citations
• The “Out of Africa” Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development2013 · 950 citations
• Fiscal Volatility Shocks and Economic Activity2015 · 935 citations
• Imported Inputs and Productivity2015 · 891 citations
• WTO Accession and Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms2017 · 855 citations
• Measuring the Upstreamness of Production and Trade Flows2012 · 834 citations
• The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit2012 · 833 citations
• Trade Liberalization and Embedded Institutional Reform: Evidence from Chinese Exporters2013 · 814 citations
• Disaster Risk and Business Cycles2012 · 772 citations
• The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets2013 · 739 citations
• The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya2015 · 648 citations

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