What to Look for When Choosing a Journal
Before submitting your research, evaluate journals on these key criteria:
- Macroeconomic scope — growth, inflation, unemployment, monetary policy, and fiscal policy
- Empirical and theoretical range — DSGE modelling, VAR analysis, and structural empirics
- Open access to reach central bankers, finance ministries, and international institutions
- Fast review for macroeconomic research tied to policy cycles
- Cross-country and comparative macroeconomic research strongly welcomed
- Development macroeconomics — growth and stabilisation in developing countries
Recommended Journals — Cluster 7: Finance, Accounting & Economics
All journals below are published by Keith Publications — open access, peer-reviewed, and indexed for global discoverability.
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Journal of Financial Economics and Management
(JFEM)
Financial economics, corporate finance, investment management, financial markets, monetary policy, and the economics of financial systems and institutions.
Financial Economics Corporate Finance Investment Management Financial Markets -
Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting
(JAFR)
Financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, corporate governance, financial reporting standards, and the intersection of accounting with regulation and public policy.
Financial Accounting Auditing Corporate Governance Financial Reporting -
International Journal of Banking and Financial Services
(IJBFS)
Banking systems, financial services regulation, fintech, digital banking, risk management, financial inclusion, and the stability of global financial institutions.
Banking Systems Financial Services Fintech Risk Management -
Economics and Social Policy Research Journal
(ESPRJ)
Applied economics, development economics, fiscal and monetary policy, social policy evaluation, labour economics, and the economics of welfare, health, and education.
Applied Economics Development Economics Fiscal Policy Social Policy
Fast Publication: All Keith Publications journals complete initial review within 2–5 business days and full peer review within 2–4 weeks. Articles are published online within 5–10 days of acceptance — making us one of the fastest open access publishers in finance, accounting, and economics.
Core Research Areas in Macroeconomics
Keith Publications macroeconomics journals accept research on: economic growth theory — Solow model extensions, endogenous growth, and total factor productivity; business cycle analysis — recessions, recoveries, and business cycle synchronisation; monetary policy — inflation targeting, quantitative easing, and zero lower bound challenges; fiscal policy — government spending multipliers, automatic stabilisers, and debt sustainability; labour market macroeconomics — unemployment hysteresis, search and matching models, and wage dynamics; international macroeconomics — current account dynamics, capital flows, and exchange rate regimes; macroprudential policy — systemic risk, financial cycles, and credit booms; and structural change — the macroeconomics of technological change, AI, and green transition.
Macroeconomics and the Inflation Challenge
The post-pandemic inflation surge of 2021–2023 — the most severe inflationary episode in advanced economies since the 1980s — has reinvigorated macroeconomics research on inflation dynamics, monetary policy frameworks, wage-price spirals, and the distributional consequences of inflation. Questions about whether central banks should revise their 2% inflation targets, how supply-side shocks interact with monetary policy, and how inflation interacts with fiscal policy and debt sustainability are among the most actively debated in contemporary macroeconomics. Keith Publications provides an open access publication platform for this timely and consequential macroeconomic research.
Tips to Maximise Your Acceptance Chances
- Align your topic with the journal's scope — confirm your research fits the journal's finance, accounting, or economics focus area.
- Establish clear research questions — finance and economics editors expect precise, testable hypotheses or well-defined research questions.
- Address endogeneity and identification — be explicit about your causal identification strategy and its limitations.
- Use appropriate data and methodology — match your econometric or quantitative methods to your research question and data structure.
- Follow formatting guidelines exactly — non-compliant manuscripts are often desk-rejected without review.
- State practical and policy implications — explain how your findings inform investors, regulators, policymakers, or practitioners.
- Ensure robust robustness checks — include alternative specifications, subsample analyses, and placebo tests to strengthen your empirical claims.
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