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''The Economic Journal'', published in the United Kingdom, was the leading scholarly journal in economics for more than a hundred years.  By the turn of the 21st century, it had declined to the second tier of economics journals.

'''''The Economic Journal''''', published in the [[United Kingdom]], was the leading scholarly journal in economics for more than a hundred years.  By the turn of the 21st century, it had declined to the second tier of [[economics]] journals.

The top four economics journals in the early part of the 21st century are:

The top four economics journals in the early part of the 21st century are:

''Quarterly Journal of Economics''

*''Quarterly Journal of Economics''

<br>''Journal of Political Economy''

*''Journal of Political Economy''

<br>''American Economic Review''

*''American Economic Review''

<br>''Econometrica''

*''Econometrica''

Several of these journals reflect the trend in academic economics towards mathematical or political treatments.

Several of these journals reflect the trend in academic economics towards mathematical or political treatments.