The Review of Economic Theory, to be launched shortly, aims to be a first-rate theory journal, with standards comparable to those currently used at the Journal of Economic Theory.
The Board of Editors of The Review of Economic Theory comprises:
- (University of Toronto)
(Boston University)
(University of Bonn)
(two more editors are being appointed)
The Advisory Board of The Review of Economic Theory comprises:
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(Princeton)
(Harvard University)
(UCLA)
(University of Pennsylvania)
The Review of Economic Theory (RET) differs from a traditional field journal in two main respects.
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It is committed to operate on a non-commercial basis. (It will be
published by ELSSS, a not-for-profit Learned Society with Charitable
Status under Scottish Law.)
RET will be available at no cost to all University Libraries and non-profit research centres in developing and transition countries. Only institutions based in will be required to purchase subscriptions, which will be priced at the minimum break-even level (currently US$350 for a campus-wide subscription). - Its primary medium of publication will be electronic, though it
will be available also in hard copy. In particular, it will publish
issues quarterly, and will process submitted papers traditionally, using
referees to evaluate them.
Our goal is to provide the quickest possible turnaround time consistent with careful review. To help us achieve this goal, we will pay a US$150 honorarium to referees who return reports within five weeks. Our manuscript management package is designed to speed up all aspects of peer review. RET will publish regularly detailed statistics on the length of time it takes us to process papers.
If you wish to register as a referee for The Review of Economic Theory, please click here.
If you wish to register as an author for The Review of Economic Theory and receive advance notification of forthcoming "Call for Papers", etc., please click here.
Details about subscribing to The Review of Economic Theory, can be found here.
If you have a comment or a query about The Review of Economic Theory, please click here.
If you are interested in learning more about how The Review of Economic Theory aims to achieve substantial improvements compared with the current practices regarding refereeing lags, publication lags, copyright, archiving, etc., please click here.
For a PowerPoint Presentation on The Review of Economic Theory as an example of how an academic-led initiative can achieve substantial improvements in scientific communication and can enhance research productivity, please see the paper presented to the 68th World Congress of the International Federation of Libraries Associations (19 August 2002).
