Rating System
Each submission will be considered simultaneously in one of the four tiers of The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. A submission will, however, be accepted by at most one of these tiers. Approximately 56% of papers are rejected. The publication rates and descriptions follow (note that publication rates represent the percentage of overall submissions that wind up being published in each tier).
The Frontiers tier: Frontiers articles are at the frontier of macroeconomics. They are suitable for publication in a top general interest journal, e.g. the American Economic Review, Econometrica, the Journal of Political Economy, or the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Papers should be of interest to everyone in macroeconomics, of general interest in the profession, or of comparable quality and importance. Papers published in Frontiers will require the approval of two editors. The publication rate is less than 1%.
The Advances tier: Advances articles make significant advances in macroeconomics. They are suitable for publication in a top field journal, such as the Journal of Monetary Economics. Papers should be of interest to everyone who is working in the area the paper is concerned with (consumption, for example, and of general interest in the field of macroeconomics. The publication rate is 6%.
The Contributions tier: Contributions articles make important contributions to specific literatures within macroeconomics. They are suitable for publication in a very good general-interest or field journal, such as the European Economic Review or the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. Papers should be of interest to everyone working on the subject of the paper and of general interest in the area with which the paper is concerned. The publication rate is 16%.
The Topics tier: Topics articles make a valuable contribution and will interest those working on similar topics within macroeconomics. They would be suitable for a good general-interest or field journal, such as Economic Inquiry. The publication rate is 22%.