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Frontiers in Behavioral Economics is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to expanding scientific understanding of human behavior and economic decision-making.

The objectives of Frontiers in Behavioral Economics are to advance scientific understanding of human decisionmaking, investigate how cognitive biases and psychological mechanisms influence economic behavior, promote r...

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Editors

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David Huffman

Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University

United States

Field Chief Editor

Frontiers in Behavioral Economics

Christopher Cotton

Queen's University

Canada

Specialty Chief Editor

Behavioral Public Policy

Michele Belot

Cornell University

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Health Behaviors

Rosemarie Nagel

Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) at the University Pompeu Fabra University

Spain

Specialty Chief Editor

Neuroeconomics

Steffen Altmann

Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg

Germany

Specialty Chief Editor

Behavioral Labor Economics

Subhasish M. Chowdhury

The University of Sheffield

United Kingdom

Specialty Chief Editor

Behavioral Microfoundations

Agne Kajackaite

University of Milan

Italy

Associate Editor

Behavioral Microfoundations

Alec Smith

Virginia Tech

United States

Associate Editor

Neuroeconomics

34 editors · 0 reviewers

About the journal

Scope

The journal covers theoretical and empirical research on the psychological, cognitive, social, and institutional factors that shape economic decision-making. Its scope includes behavioral labor economics, behavioral microfoundations, behavioral public policy, culture and ethics, health behaviors, and neuroeconomics. Research topics may include cognitive biases, bounded rationality, behavioral finance, game theory, decision-making under risk and ambiguity, incentives, cooperation, social preferences, identity, cultural influences, consumer choices, labor markets, and policy design. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary studies using experiments, surveys, econometric methods, field data, theoretical models, and computational approaches.

Aims

The objectives of Frontiers in Behavioral Economics are to advance scientific understanding of human decision-making, investigate how cognitive biases and psychological mechanisms influence economic behavior, promote rigorous theoretical and empirical research, encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between economics and related disciplines, improve the application of behavioral evidence to public policy and organizational decision-making, and support research addressing economic welfare, health, inequality, and social outcomes.

ISSN
2813-5296
Editor-in-Chief
David Huffman
Established
2026
Subject area
Behavioral Economics, Decision Science, Psychology, Public Policy, Neuroeconomics

Sections

  • Behavioral Labor Economics

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-economics/sections/behavioral-labor-economics

  • Behavioral Microfoundations

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-economics/sections/behavioral-microfoundations

  • Behavioral Public Policy

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-economics/sections/behavioral-public-policy

  • Culture and Ethics

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-economics/sections/culture-and-ethics

  • Health Behaviors

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-economics/sections/health-behaviors

  • Neuroeconomics

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-economics/sections/neuroeconomics

Article types accepted

  • Brief Research Report
  • Classification
  • Conceptual Analysis
  • Correction
  • Editorial
  • FAIR² Data
  • General Commentary
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Methods
  • Mini Review
  • Opinion
  • Original Research
  • Perspective
  • Policy Brief
  • Policy and Practice Reviews
  • Review
  • Study Protocol
  • Systematic Review

Fees and currencies

  • Article processing charges (official)
  • - Category A: CHF 1,495 — Original Research, Systematic Review, Methods, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews, Hypothesis and Theory, Classification, Study Protocol
  • - Category B: CHF 990 — Mini Review, Perspective, Conceptual Analysis, Policy Brief, Brief Research Report, General Commentary, Opinion
  • - Category C: CHF 0 — Correction, Editorial
  • Currency: CHF

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

Fees and waivers policy

Editorial policies

Open Access Policy: The journal publishes research under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence, providing free access to published articles and permitting reuse with appropriate attribution.

Peer Review Policy: Manuscripts are evaluated by Associate Editors and Community Reviewers with relevant expertise. The process assesses originality, methodological rigor, scientific quality, and relevance to the selected specialty section.

Publication Ethics: Authors must comply with applicable research ethics standards, report findings accurately, disclose funding and conflicts of interest, and provide correct authorship information.

Originality Policy: Submissions must comply with the publisher's policies concerning plagiarism, duplicate publication, and research integrity.

Human Research and Privacy: Studies involving human participants, personal data, or sensitive information must follow applicable ethical approval, informed consent, and data protection requirements.

Data Availability Policy: Authors should follow the journal's data availability and transparency requirements and provide supporting datasets or repository links where applicable.

Corrections and Retractions: Published articles may be corrected or retracted when necessary to preserve the integrity of the scientific record.

Copyright Policy: Authors retain copyright under the journal's open-access publishing terms and may share and adapt their work in accordance with the CC BY licence.

Instructions for authors

Authors must submit manuscripts through the journal's official online submission system and select the specialty section that best matches their research. Manuscripts should present original, scientifically rigorous work and comply with the journal's requirements for article structure, references, figures, tables, research ethics, data availability, and declarations. Submissions are peer-reviewed by Associate Editors and Community Reviewers associated with the selected specialty section. Authors should clearly describe their theoretical framework, research design, data sources, statistical methods, and limitations. Studies involving human participants or sensitive personal data must comply with applicable ethics and privacy requirements. Authors must follow the specific requirements for their selected article type before submission.

Journal metrics

Citation score
1.1
Impact indicator
0368
Articles
50
Total views
0
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0
Citations
181

Internal metrics, calculated on this platform and maintained by the editorial office.

Official bibliometric indicators

CiteScore
1.8
Citations
200

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-19.