Forecasting

Forecasting is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on all aspects of forecasting published bimonthly online by MDPI.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), RePEc, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Multidisciplinary Sciences) / CiteScore - Q1 (Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous))
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 23.8 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.9 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Journal Cluster of Economics, Finance and Risk Systems: Commodities, Econometrics, Economies, FinTech, Forecasting, Games, International Journal of Financial Studies, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Platforms and Risks.