Abstract This paper utilizes data from the official American Economic Association (AEA) website, previously unexplored in literature, to investigate the choice of economic topics across all AEA journals. Employing bibliometric analysis and Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) Codes, we discern that micro-related papers are more prominently featured in AEA journals. Furthermore, through an examination of selected topic trends over time, we observe a sustained increase in the proportion of papers related to microeconomics and mathematical and quantitative methods in the American Economic Review (AER). Overall, our findings suggest that researchers should take into account the topic preferences of specific journals when selecting journals for paper submission, even those purportedly accepting papers on a wide range of economic topics. Additionally, for success in academia, junior researchers should start considering aligning their research interests with prevailing hot topics in academic journals. JEL Codes: A11, A14
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