Academic Journal
Q3Games
About Games
Games is a scholarly journal published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). SCImago 2025 lists it in Q3, with an SJR of 0.29 and H-index of 27.
Coverage: 2010-2025. Research categories: Applied Mathematics (Q3); Statistics and Probability (Q3); Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (Q3).
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- Journal Impact Factor: 0.7 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Contact email: games@mdpi.com — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal editorial office email published by MDPI; manuscript files use the submission system.
- Editor(s): Prof. Dr. Ulrich Berger; Prof. Dr. Kjell Hausken (Editors-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Current chief editor(s) listed on the official MDPI editorial board. Founding and section editors excluded.
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Topics in published research
Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies; Game Theory and Applications; Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation; Auction Theory and Applications; Game Theory and Voting Systems; Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics.
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