Issue 1 masthead
The inaugural number will carry research articles, at most one policy synthesis, and a book review section. Pagination, DOIs, and author accepted manuscripts will appear on this site as soon as production schedules allow.
- Double-anonymised peer review; decision letters that engage with referee logic
- Open access under terms to be posted before Issue 1 (no submission fees in the launch cycle)
- Replication packages and pre-submission data deeds consistent with mainstream economics norms
Independent scholarship on the UK economy
Research at the intersection of theory, evidence, and British economic policy
The Journal of British Economics (JBE) publishes empirical and theoretical work in macroeconomics, labour, public finance, regions and housing, and British economic history when the UK question is central—not decorative. We write for faculty, doctoral researchers, and readers who need careful evidence, not slogans.
3 issues / year
Spring, summer, and autumn volumes (from 2026)
Turnaround
Target first decision within 90 days of reviewer acceptance
UK stake
Data, institutions, history, or policy must speak clearly to Britain
UK economics in the press
Recent headlines when the story has a clear British economic angle (filtered RSS from national outlets and the Bank).
- London IPOs dry up in 2026 as firms fear global volatility and AI bubble
- Co-op set to take over hundreds of UK shops amid huge shake-up
- Is Australia headed for a recession? A growing number of economists think so. Here’s why I’m not one of them | Greg Jericho
- Why windfarms and electricity pylons have become a major issue in the Welsh election
Journal notices
Updates from the editorial office and milestones toward first publication. (RSS headlines live on News.)
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28 March 2026
Manuscript system cut-over
Editorial IT is completing reviewer identity checks and export paths for decision letters. Corresponding-author accounts will not unlock until the editor-in-chief and managing editor are named on the masthead.
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14 February 2026
Discovery & DOI workstream
Crossref registration, RePEc archive deposits, and abstracting applications are sequenced after Issue 1 metadata is frozen. The DOI prefix and member number will appear alongside the publisher imprint.
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6 January 2026
Symposium prospectus — UK regional resilience
Guest editors considering a bundle on shocks, diversification, and devolved finance should send a two-page outline via the contact form by 30 June 2026; no commitment to a fixed issue slot until MOU.
Highlights
Forthcoming material, author resources, and policy cornerstones.
Special collections
Proposals should identify guest-editors, a realistic submission window (usually 12–18 months), and how papers will be evaluated against ordinary JBE standards. We do not guarantee workshop bundling without desk review.
Ethics & integrity
Allegations travel through documented triage: editor-in-chief, publisher integrity officer when needed, and clear public outcomes for corrections versus retractions. Conflicts and funding are collected at submission.
Forthcoming articles
Working titles only; citation should wait until version-of-record metadata exists. Page numbers are provisional.
- Article Monetary–fiscal interactions after 2008: evidence from the United Kingdom
- Article Regional productivity dispersion and transport investment: a long-run perspective
- Policy synthesis Housing supply elasticities and local political constraints
- Article Wage compression and the NHS pay review bodies: a quantitative anatomy
Fields we publish
Representative areas; send interdisciplinary work if the British economic question is sharp.
- Macroeconomics & finance
- Labour & education
- Public economics
- Urban, regional & housing
- Trade, firms & productivity
- Economic history & cliometrics
- Health & public service delivery