Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice
The Department of Economics, University of Calcutta first published its journal Arthaniti in 1957. Publication of this journal discontinued in 1988 for the time being. It has resumed publication as the Arthaniti (New Series) from 2002. Eminent economists like Amartya Sen, Sukhamoy Chakravarty, J. K. Sengupta, Graciela Chichilnisky, Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Ira Gang, C.P. Chandrasekhar, Ranjan Ray, Kajal Lahiri and others have published in this journal. The Arthaniti’s editorial board consists of prominent scholars with different areas of specializations from across the world. SAGE Publications has started publication of this journal in collaboration with the Department of Economics, University of Calcutta since 2018. It has been renamed as Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice. The frequency of its publication is bi-annual. The first issue of the journal is published in the month of June while the second issue is published in the month of December, every year. All the issues of this journal published since 2002 are available online at https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/atha. The journal adopts a double-blind peer-review policy. The editors work towards a common goal to give a first decision within three months from the date of receipt of submission. In the case of desk-rejection, the policy of the journal is to make a decision within seven days from the date of receipt of submission.
Link to the First issue - https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/atha/1/1-2
Endorsement:
"Ever since its inception, Arthaniti has enjoyed an impressive reputation as a vehicle for high-quality research in economics. The journal has consolidated this reputation even further over recent years."
Prasanta K. Pattanaik
Emeritus Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of California,
Riverside, CA 92521,
U.S.A.
The aim of Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice is to contribute to the development of the science of economics and its applications, as well as to improve communication between academic researchers, teachers and policy makers. The journal has no commitments with any school of economic thought or specific areas of research, and is guided solely by academic excellence. Papers across the entire field of economics, including econometrics, economic history, and political economy will be considered for publication. Both theoretical and empirical manuscripts are welcome. Occasionally, it publishes Special issues or topical sections in regular issues to emphasize new research directions. This journal also publishes selected book reviews. In addition, specially invited papers by internationally reputed economists are featured. Manuscripts are judged solely on the basis of quality of their content. It adopts a double-blind peer-review process. The Editor and/or Co-editors send submitted papers to the referees only after an initial scrutiny. The editorial board reserves the right to reject any paper without sending out to the referral process, if the quality of the submission is not good enough to worth publication in an international journal.
| Sukanta Bhattacharya | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar | Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
| Arijita Dutta | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Anirban Mukherjee | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Sajal Lahiri | Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA |
| Indrajit Ray | Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK |
| Md Nazmul Ahsan | Saint Louis University, USA |
| Sajid Anwar | University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia |
| Pranab Kanti Basu | Department of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, India |
| Arpita Chatterjee | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India |
| Shankha Chakraborty | Department of Economics, University of Oregon, USA |
| Mahalaya Chatterjee | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Siddhartha Chattopadhyay | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India |
| Gouranga Gopal Das | Department of Economics, Hanyang University, South Korea |
| Panchanan Das | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Sukanya Das | Department of Policy Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies, Delhi, India |
| Sanjit Dhami | School of Business, Economics Division, University of Leicester, UK |
| Soumyananda Dinda | University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India |
| Huw Dixon | Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK |
| Ira Gang | Department of Economics, Rutgers University, USA |
| Jyotsna Jalan | Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, India |
| Priyaranjan Jha | Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, USA |
| Pushkar Maitra | Department of Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia |
| Kumarjit Mandal | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Arijit Mukherjee | Business School, University of Nottingham, UK |
| Ishita Mukhopadhyay | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Chiranjib Neogi | Emeritus Professor, Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India |
| Manoranjan Pal | Emeritus Professor, Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata |
| Ranjan Ray | Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia |
| Anindita Sen | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Partha Sen | Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India |
| Pasquale M Sgro | Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Australia |
| Anutechia Asongu Simplice | University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Chetan Subramanian | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India |
| Aviral Kumar Tiwari | Rajagiri Business School, India |
| Sudakshina Gupta | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Biswajit Ray | Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Rajat Acharyya | Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India |
| Asis Kumar Banerjee | Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Calcutta and Honorary Visiting Professor, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, India |
| Dipankar Coondoo | Professor of Economics Emeritus, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India |
| Manash Ranjan Gupta | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India |
| Pradip Maiti | Professor of Economics Emeritus, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India |
| Sugata Marjit | Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India |
| Prasanta Pattanaik | Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside, USA |
| Shyama V Ramani | United Nations University, Maastricht, Netherlands |
| Ajitava Raychaudhuri | Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India |
| Jayati Sarkar | Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research, Mumbai, India |
| Soumyen Sikdar | Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, India |
| Richard Wolff | Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York |
| Shigemi Yabuuchi | Aichi University, Japan |
Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice (henceforth, Arthaniti)
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice is hosted on Sage Peer Review; a web based online submission and peer review system. Please read the Manuscript Submission guidelines below, and then visit https://peerreview.sagepub.com/ath to login and submit your article online.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Arthaniti will be reviewed.
The title page of a paper must be separated from the anonymous manuscript.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this Journal. Open Access options are available - see section 3.3 below.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you, that you are submitting the work for first publication in Arthaniti and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere.
If you have any questions about publishing with Sage, please visit the Sage Journal Solutions Portal
1.1 Aims & scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgements
2.4 Funding
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
2.6 Research data
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor’s publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplemental material
4.4 Reference style
5.1 Information required for completing your submission
5.2 Permissions
6. On acceptance and publication
6.1 Sage Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article
1.1 Aims & scope
Before submitting your manuscript to Arthaniti, please ensure you have read the ‘Aims & Scope’ of the journal.
1.2 Article types
There could be three to five sections in the journal, though remain unchanged.
Unchanged Sections
- Research Articles: only the research articles are refereed.
- Book Reviews: vary from number to number invariably guided by limits to the size of the manuscript
Changed Sections
- Communication/Discussion
- Profession
- Review Article
Full-fledged papers may be within 10,000 words, including figures, tables, and Brief write-ups of 1,000 to 2,500 words may also be sent; these will be considered for inclusion in other sections.
1.3 Writing your paper
The Sage Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources. Sage Author Services also offers authors a variety of ways to improve and enhance their article including English language editing, plagiarism detection, and video abstract and infographic preparation.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
For information and guidance on how to make your article more discoverable, visit our Gateway page on How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online
2. Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
Arthaniti adheres to a rigorous double-anonymize reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed.
The manuscripts submitted for publishing in Arthaniti undergo first the editorial assessment to determine whether these are worthy of consideration for publication following which the manuscripts undergo double anonymize peer review.
2.2 Authorship
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.
If the named authors for a manuscript change at any point between submission and acceptance, an Authorship Change Form must be completed and digitally signed by all authors (including any added or removed) . An addition of an author is only permitted following feedback raised during peer review. Completed forms can be uploaded at Revision Submission stage or emailed to the Journal Editorial Office contact (listed on the journal’s manuscript submission guidelines). All requests will be moderated by the Editor and/or Sage staff.
Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Important: Changes to the author by-line by adding or deleting authors are NOT permitted following acceptance of a paper.
2.3 Acknowledgements
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text to facilitate anonymous peer review.
2.3.1 Writing Assistance
Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance. It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.
2.4 Funding
Arthaniti requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page the Sage Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state: ‘This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
Arthaniti encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the Sage Journal Author Gateway
lease ensure that a ‘Declaration of Conflicting Interests’ statement is included at the end of your manuscript, after any acknowledgements and prior to the references. If no conflict exists, please state that ‘The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest’.
The journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages.
Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to:
- share your research data in a relevant public data repository
- include a data availability statement linking to your data. If it is not possible to share your data, we encourage you to consider using the statement to explain why it cannot be shared.
- cite this data in your research
3.1 Publication ethics
Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway
3.1.1 Plagiarism
Arthaniti and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a Sage journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the Sage Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contributor’s publishing agreement
Before publication, Sage requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. Sage’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants Sage the sole and exclusive right and to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case, copyright in the work will be assigned the author to the society. For more information, please visit the Sage Author Gateway
3.3 Open access and author archiving
Arthaniti offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Access. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted. A LaTex template is available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
The manuscript should be structured as follows:
- Cover page: Please provide the cover page showing of the paper, name of author, author’s affiliation and institutional address with pin code and email id. In case there are two or more authors, then and address details must be clearly specified on the first page itself.
- Keywords/JEL codes: The contributors should provide 5–6 keywords and at least 2 JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) Codes for online searchability. The link to the AEA webpage is as follows: https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php
- Abstract: An abstract of up to 200 words must be provided.
- Text should start on a new page, and must not contain the names of authors.
- Roman numbered headings must be used for Level A headings only.
- References: References should come at the end of the manuscript. All the references mentioned in the reference list should have cross citation in the main body of the manuscript.
Important note: There is no limit on the number of references allowed.
Please Note: For each text citation there must be a corresponding citation in the reference list and for each citation there must be a corresponding text citation.
- Tables should be provided in editable format. Both tables and figures should be referred to in the text by number separately (e.g., Table 1) not by placement (e.g., see Table below).
Please Note: All figures and tables should be cited in the text and should have the source (a specific URL, a reference or, if it is author’s own work, ‘The author(s)’) mentioned irrespective of whether or not they require permissions.
- Mathematical formulae, methodological details, etc. given separately as an appendix, unless their mention in the main body of the text becomes essential.
- Only essential mathematical notations should be used. All equations and statistical formulae should be neatly typed and numbered consecutively throughout the text in Arabic numerals.
- The language and spellings used should be British (UK), with ‘s’ variant, for example, instead of globalization, instead of labor. For non-English and uncommon words and phrases, use italics throughout the text. Meaning of non-English words should be given in parentheses just after the word when it is used for the first time.
- Articles should use non-sexist and non-racist language.
- Spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures. However, for exact measurement (e.g., China’s GDP growth rate 9.8 per cent) use numbers. Very large round numbers, especially sums of money, may be expressed by a mixture of numerals and spelled-out numbers (India’s population 1.2 billion).
- Single quotes should be used throughout. Double quote marks are to be used within single quotes. Spellings of words in quotations should not be changed. Quotations of 45 words or more should be separated from the text.
- Notes should be numbered serially and presented at the end of each page. Notes must contain more than a mere reference. However, mere URLs may be incorporated in the
- Use ‘per cent’ instead of % the text. In tables, graphs, etc., % can be used. Use ‘twentieth century’, ‘the 1990s’.
- Number ranges should not be truncated, for example, 2017–2018.
- The initials must be separated by dots and should be closed up in case of proper nouns in the text.
- Abbreviations are spelled out at first occurrence. Very common ones (US, GDP, BBC) need not be spelled out.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit Sage’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines
- All photographs and scanned images should have a resolution of minimum 300 dpi/1500 pixels and their format should be TIFF or JPEG.
- Due permissions should be taken for copyright protected photographs/images. Even for photographs/images available in the public domain, it should be clearly ascertained whether or not their reproduction requires permission for purposes of publishing (which is a profit-making endeavour).
- All photographs/scanned images should be provided separately in a folder along with the main article.
Please Note: All figures and tables should be cited in the text and should have the source (a specific URL, a reference or, if it is author’s own work, ‘The Author’) mentioned irrespective of whether or not they require permissions.
- Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article.
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g., data sets, podcasts, videos, images, etc.) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information, please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files
4.4 Reference style
adheres to the APA reference style. View the APA guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
- References: A consolidated listing of all books, articles, essays, theses and documents referred to (including any referred to in the tables, graphs and maps) should be provided at the end of the article.
- Arrangement of references: Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work. In each reference, authors’ names are inverted (last name first) for all authors (first, second or subsequent ones); give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work unless the work has more than six authors. If the work has more than six authors, list the first six authors and then use et al. sixth author’s name.
- Chronological listing: If more than one work by the same author(s) is cited, they should be listed in order by the year of publication, starting with the earliest.
- Sentence case: In references, sentence case (only the first word and any proper noun are capitalized—for example, ‘The software industry in India’) is to be followed the titles of papers, books, articles, etc.
- Title case: In references, Journal titles are put in title case (first letter of all words except articles and conjunctions are capitalized— e.g: Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice).
- Italicize: Book and Journal titles are to be italicized.
5. Submitting your manuscript
Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice is hosted on Sage Peer Review; a web based online submission and peer review system. Please read the Manuscript Submission guidelines below, and then visit https://peerreview.sagepub.com/ath to login and submit your article online.
5.1 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. The affiliation listed in the manuscript should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a manuscript note at the end of the paper. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
5.2 Permissions
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the Sage Author Gateway
6. On acceptance and publication
6.1 Sage Production
Your Sage Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be made available to the corresponding author via our editing portal Sage Edit or by email, and corrections should be made directly or notified to us promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate.
6.2 Online First publication
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the Sage Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
Sage provides authors with online access to their final article.
6.4 Promoting your article
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as The Sage Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.
7. Further information
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the Arthaniti editorial office at the following address:
E-mail: sbheco@caluniv.ac.in; bsukanta@gmail.com