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JournalTopic1Topic2Journal H-indexEcon RankingDetailsWebsiteExample 1Example 2My experience
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Panel A: Journals that explicitly list a short paper option
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AER InsightsEconomics2726,000-7,000 words (depending on number of exhibits), up to 5 figures or tableshttps://www.aeaweb.org/journals/aeri/submissions/guidelines
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Agribusiness: An International JournalAgricultureEconomics47490Letter: 2500 word limithttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15206297/homepage/forauthors.html#:~:text=Ethics%20Guidelines.-,2.%20Article%20Types,-Article%20TypeDynamics of industrial concentration and technical inefficiency in the Indonesian food and beverage industryFood product launch and positioning in China—Do claims of credence attributes matter?
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Applied Economics LettersEconomics51452≤ 2,000 words
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Atlantic Economic JournalEconomics23646"Total length of the double-spaced Word document must not exceed 800 words."http://www.iaes.org/aej-anthology-style-instructions/
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B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and PolicyEconomics39206"There is a 2,500 word limit on 'letters'."https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/BEJEAP/downloadAsset/BEJEAP_Instructions%20for%20Authors.pdf
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Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationHealth168Policy and practice (3000 words); lessons from the field (1500); perspectives (1500)https://www.who.int/publications/journals/bulletin/contributors/guidelines-for-contributors
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DemographyDemography129215Research notes: 2,000 wordshttps://www.springer.com/journal/13524/submission-guidelinesA Note on the Effect of Religiosity on FertilityA Research Note on the Prevalence of Housing Eviction Among Children Born in U.S. Cities
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Econometrics JournalEconometrics3657"...Short Communications of preliminary, but significant, results will be considered."https://www.mdpi.com/journal/econometrics/instructions
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Economic JournalEconomics160246,000 words, up to 5 figures or tableshttps://academic.oup.com/ej/pages/General_Instructions
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Economic Theory BulletinEconomics932"Short papers/notes of substantial interest."https://www.springer.com/journal/40505/aims-and-scope
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Economics BulletinEconomics31673"Notes, commentary, or preliminary results": 7 printed pages (single spaced)http://www.accessecon.com/Store/Economics%20Bulletin%20author%20guildlines-2012.pdf
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Economics LettersEconomics100181≤ 2,000 words"Challenges in educational reform: An experiment on active learning in mathematics""Are cash transfers made to women spent like other sources of income?"Rejected here twice.
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Economics of Education ReviewEconomicsEducation85188"Manuscripts should be at most 6,000 words, with at most 5 exhibits (tables or figures)."https://www.elsevier.com/journals/economics-of-education-review/0272-7757/guide-for-authorsHow to measure student absenteeism in low- and middle-income countriesSchool bullying is positively associated with support for redistribution in adulthoodRejected here twice. Accepted once (see Example 1).
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Education Finance and PolicyEducationEconomics25378Policy Briefs: 12 pages double-spacedhttp://www.aefpweb.org/journal/submission-guidelines
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Educational Evaluation and Policy AnalysisEducationEconomics78Briefs: <2,500 words (excluding references). <=3 total figures or tables.https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/EPA"How Big Are Effect Sizes in International Education Studies?"One accepted (see Example 1)
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Educational ResearcherEducation124Briefs: <= 1,000 words, <= 2 tables/figures, <=6 references"Gender Test Score Gaps Under Equal Behavioral Engagement""A Matter of Measurement: How Different Ways of Measuring Racial Gaps in School Discipline Can Yield Drastically Different Conclusions About Racial Disparities in Discipline"Rejected here once.
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Environmental Research LettersEnvironment124Research letters: <4,000 wordshttps://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1748-9326/page/about-the-journal#types"Can economic incentives enhance adoption and sustained use of a household energy technology? Evidence from a pilot study in Cambodia"
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Explorations in Economic HistoryEconomicsHistory44301Short articles: "Short articles are typically 10-14 manuscript pages plus 2 or 3 tables and figures."https://www.elsevier.com/journals/explorations-in-economic-history/0014-4983/guide-for-authors"Reconstruction of the Spanish money supply, 1492–1810""When Cape slavery ended: Introducing a new slave emancipation dataset"
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Finance Research LettersFinanceEconomics39395Manuscripts cannot exceed 2500 words.https://www.elsevier.com/journals/finance-research-letters/1544-6123/guide-for-authors
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Games and Economic BehaviorEconomics98104Publishes notes/short communications, although not listed in the guide for authors. "On identifying subgame-perfect equilibrium outcomes for timing games""Information design in sequential procurement"
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Health EconomicsEconomicsHealth109186≤ 2,000 words"Health‐care quality and information failure: Evidence from Nigeria"One accepted (see example 1).
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International Advances in Economic ResearchEconomics251009Research notes: "Total length of text must not exceed 800 words."https://www.springer.com/journal/11294/submission-guidelines#Instructions%20for%20authors_Research%20Notes%20Instructions
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Journal of Agricultural EconomicsEconomicsAgriculture61142Notes and comments: 1,500 wordshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14779552/homepage/forauthors.html"Reducing Cropland Abandonment in China – Do Agricultural Cooperatives Play a Role?"
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Journal of Development EconomicsEconomics
Development
142356,000 words (AER Insights model). Limited revisions.https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics/0304-3878/guide-for-authors
One short paper rejected (this one, specifically). Editor was supportive but comments were too extensive and JDE is trying to only allow limited revisions in the short paper series.
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Journal of EconometricsEconometrics15918"full length papers, or short papers less than 15 pages"https://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505575?generatepdf=true
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Journal of Economic PsychologyEconomicsPsychology97164Brief Articles are short research articles, limited to 4,000 words in length.https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-economic-psychology/0167-4870/guide-for-authors
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Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
EconomicsEnvironment11937Notes and short papers: 3,000 wordshttps://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management/0095-0696/guide-for-authors
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Journal of Industrial EconomicsEconomics
Industrial organization
7782"The Editors are ready to publish exceptionally shorter notes which report significant new data or results."http://www.jindec.org/?q=page/journal
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Journal of International DevelopmentDevelopment431"The journal no longer accepts submissions of ... Field Reports or Short Reports."https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991328
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Journal of Policy Analysis and ManagementPolicy analysisEconomics84407"Policy Insights" is a dedicated space within JPAM for the rapid dissemination of short articles (3,000 words or less) addressing vital policy issues. This new section is designed to serve as a platform to foster rapid and impactful discussions on pressing policy topics. Unlike our traditional peer-reviewed articles, submissions to this section will undergo expedited consideration by the editor-in-chief and our editorial team. The goal is to make publication decisions promptly, either without the need for revisions or with only minor revisions, ensuring that timely insights reach our audience.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15206688/homepage/forauthors.html
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Journal of Public EconomicsEconomicsPublic142306,000 words, up to 5 figures or tableshttps://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-public-economics/news/journal-of-public-economics-to-create-a-new-short-paper-subm
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Journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
EconomicsAgriculture"JAAEA embraces a shorter article format (under 6,000 words) to convey key insights as effectively as possible."https://www.aaea.org/publications/journal-of-the-agricultural--applied-economics-association
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)Health680Brief Report (1200 words); Research letter (600 words)https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/pages/instructions-for-authors#SecArticleTypeBriefReport01
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JAMA Health ForumHealthResearch letter (600 words)https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/pages/instructions-for-authors"Association of Childcare Facility Closures With Employment Status of US Women vs Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
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JAMA Network OpenHealth39Research letter (600 words)https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/pages/instructions-for-authors"Association of Mask Mandates and COVID-19 Case Rates, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in Kansas""Association of Unexpected Newborn Deaths With Changes in Obstetric and Neonatal Process of Care"
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JAMA PediatricsHealth183Research letter (600 words)https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/pages/instructions-for-authors#SecResearchLetter"Trends in Pediatric Hospitalizations for Coronavirus Disease 2019"
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Journal of the Economic Science AssociationEconomics
Experimental
257"Original Papers and Experimental Tools must not exceed 5,000 words, including references, tables, figures and abstract."https://www.springer.com/journal/40881/submission-guidelines
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Journal of Urban EconomicsEconomicsUrban109536,000 words, up to 5 figures or tableshttp://media.journals.elsevier.com/content/files/covid19calljueinsights-30060958.pdf
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LancetHealth762Letters: 400 words (1 table/figure, 5 references)"Lifting bans on pregnant girls in school""West African Ebola crisis and orphans"
Two accepted (see examples 1 and 2); several rejections. Usually reasonably quick turnaround except one submission during COVID (which was ultimately accepted), in which case delay was understandable.
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Lancet Global HealthHealth88Letters: 400 words (1 table/figure, 5 references)"Health-care worker mortality and the legacy of the Ebola epidemic"One accepted (see example 1), several rejections.
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Management ScienceManagement25592Fast-track papers: 6,000 words (including references)https://pubsonline.informs.org/pb-assets/FastTrack-1547827885703.pdf
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Nature Climate ChangeClimate189Brief communication: "The main text is typically 1,000-1,500 words, excluding abstract, references and figure legends, and contains no headings."https://www.nature.com/nclimate/about/content"Coastal climate change, soil salinity and human migration in Bangladesh"
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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and StatisticsEconomics7960Contributions not exceeding 6000 words (calculated as above) may be submitted for consideration by the editorshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14680084/homepage/forauthors.html
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Review of Economics and StatisticsEconomics165226,000 words, up to 5 figures or tables (or 7,000 words without exhibits or tables)https://www.mitpressjournals.org/journals/rest/sub
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ScienceBroad1186Reports: ≤ 2,500 words (4 figures/tables, 30 references)
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Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Political Economy
46371"Short notes should not exceed 2000 words."https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14679485/homepage/forauthors.html
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Social Science and MedicineHealth
Social Science
243594"Peer-reviewed short communications of findings on topical issues or published articles of between 2000 and 4000 words."https://www.elsevier.com/journals/social-science-and-medicine/0277-9536/guide-for-authors"Motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: An online experiment""Incarceration rates and hospital beds per capita: A cross-national study of 36 countries, 1971–2015"
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SSM - Mental HealthMental healthShort communications: 2,000-4,000 wordshttps://www.elsevier.com/journals/ssm-mental-health/2666-5603/guide-for-authors#:~:text=short%20communicationsTools to measure the impact of early childhood development interventions on maternal mental health in low- and middle-income countriesOne accepted (see example 1). Good comments.
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Stata JournalStatisticsEconomics76159Notes and comments are normally short (about one page or less). Notes may include, for example, explanation of a neat trick using a few lines of Stata that appears to be worth publicizing.https://www.stata-journal.com/submissions/
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Teachers College RecordEducation89Research notes: 2,000-3,000 words.https://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=17801
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World Development PerspectivesDevelopment101245“Shorter Discussion, Case Report or Opinion pieces should not exceed approximately 1,000, 2,000 or 1,500 words, respectively.”https://www.elsevier.com/journals/world-development-perspectives/2452-2929/guide-for-authors"Success in combating a pandemic: Role of fast policy responses""World librarians: A socio-technical system providing library search services to offline schools and libraries in Malawi"
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World Trade ReviewEconomicsTrade31734Reseach notes: 7,000 wordshttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-trade-review/information/instructions-contributors
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Panel B: Journals that do not explicitly list a short paper option but which are open to publishing short papers
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AEJ: AppliedEconomics8218Tweet from co-editor Seema Jayachandran
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Canadian Journal of Agricultural EconomicsEconomicsAgriculture37605Not explicitly listed, but there is at least one example of a "note". See Example 1."State trading deregulation and prairie durum wheat production"
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Economics and Human BiologyEconomicsBiology57323Not explicitly listed, but a member of the editorial board (Climent Quintana-Domeque) tweeted that they publish "short communications."https://www.elsevier.com/journals/economics-and-human-biology/1570-677x/guide-for-authorshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570677X20302021?via%3Dihub
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Energy EconomicsEconomicsEnergy15261Tweet from editor
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Food Policy102230Tweet from editor
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Games and Economic BehaviorEconomics
Game theory
97100Not explicitly listed, but many examples of "short communications" or "notes" in published issues."Voting on tricky questions""The Trembling Chairman Paradox"
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Journal of Corporate FinanceFinanceEconomics101107Tweet from co-editor in chief Kristine Hankins.
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PLOS OneBroad3321807No restrictions on word count
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World Bank Economic ReviewEconomics
Development
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