Issues in Economics and Business

Issues in Economics and Business(IEB) is an international, double-anonymized peer-reviewed, open-access journal published annually by Macrothink Institute. The journal publishes original research on economic activity, financial systems, and business organizations. It welcomes theoretical, empirical, and applied studies in economics, accounting, finance, management, entrepreneurship, and economic policy.

Research areas include, but are not limited to:

• Microeconomics and macroeconomics
• Business economics
• Corporate finance and banking
• Accounting and financial reporting
• Management and organizations
• Markets and economic institutions
• Applied economic research and policy evaluation
• Business strategy and operations
• Market regulation and economic policy
• Entrepreneurship and business development

Article submissions are accepted via the journal’s online system or by e-mail. 

Indexes

CNKI Schloar
EconPapers
Google Scholar
LOCKSS
RePEc
PKP Open Archives Harvester
WorldCat


Each paper published in this journal is assigned a DOI® number, which appears beneath the author's affiliation in the published paper. Click HERE to know what is DOI (Digital Object Identifier)? Click HERE to retrieve Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for journal articles, books, and chapters.

 

Paper Selection and Publication Process

a). Upon receipt of paper submission, the Editor sends an E-mail of confirmation to the corresponding author within 1-3 working days. If you fail to receive this confirmation, your submission/e-mail may be missed. Please contact the Editor in time for that.

b). Peer review. We use double-anonymized system for peer-review; both reviewers and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be peer-reviewed by three experts; two reviewers from outside and one editor from the journal typically involve in reviewing a submission. The review process may take 4-10 weeks.

c). Notification of the result of review by E-mail.

d). The authors revise paper and pay article processing charge (100USD).

e). E-journal in PDF is available on the journal’s webpage, free of charge for download.

NOTE:

The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. We check the plagiarism issue through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (ithenticate.com).

All submissions will be checked by iThenticate before being sent to reviewers.

Announcements

 

IEB: Call for Papers

  

Issues in Economics and Business (IEB) is calling for submission for the issue of Vol. 12, No. 1, 2026. The submission deadline is November 1, 2026.

Welcome you to submit manuscripts to this journal. You may submit your manuscript online at http://ieb.macrothink.org. You may also submit it via email ieb@macrothink.org

It is appreciated if you could share this information with your colleagues and associates.

  
Posted: 2026-10-21 More...
 

IEB: Recruitment for Reviewers

  

Status: Part time 
Working language: English
Working style: Internet-based 
Payment: Volunteer job, no payment

How to apply

1. Find details and download application form at: http://www.macrothink.org/recruitment.htm 
2. Send your application to: ieb@macrothink.org

  
Posted: 2026-10-18 More...
 
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