Chumace o, Rómulo A.
A icle
Hal a cen u y o Es udios de Economía
Es udios de Economía
P o ided in Coope a ion wi h:
Depa men o Economics, Uni e si y o Chile
Sugges ed Ci a ion: Chumace o, Rómulo A. (2024) : Hal a cen u y o Es udios de Economía, Es udios
de Economía, ISSN 0718-5286, Uni e sidad de Chile, Depa amen o de Economía, San iago de Chile,
Vol. 51, Iss. 2, pp. 205-206
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Hal a cen u y o Es udios de Economía
RÓMULO A. CHUMACERO*
Fi y yea s ago, he Depa men o Economics a he Uni e si y o Chile
emba ked on a ema kable jou ney by launching he i s issue o Es udios
de Economía. The o iginal ision o he jou nal was o se e as a pla o m
o he dissemina ion o empi ical esea ch, p ima ily ocused on he Chilean
economy. O e he pas i e decades, he jou nal has unde gone a signi ican
ans o ma ion, e ol ing in o a uly in e na ional publica ion ha p esen s
heo e ical and empi ical esea ch a he on ie o he discipline.
F om i s incep ion, Es udios de Economía has been a wi ness o and
pa icipan in he e olu ion o economic hough in Chile and a ound he wo ld.
I has documen ed he majo economic e en s, challenges, and e o ms ha
ha e shaped Chilean socie y, while also b oadening i s ocus o add ess global
issues in economics.
Today, a e publishing o e six hund ed pape s, Es udios de Economía
has es ablished i sel as a p ominen jou nal in he ield o economics. I is no
longe con ined o Chilean esea ch; app oxima ely one- hi d o submissions
come om Eu ope, one- hi d om he Ame icas, and he emaining hi d om
o he egions o he wo ld. This in e na ional each has g ea ly en iched he
jou nal, enabling i o se e as a o um o di e se pe spec i es on a wide ange
o economic issues.
Be o e he e m “Open Access” became ashionable, Es udios de Economía
was al eady making i s esea ch eely a ailable. Ea ly on, he jou nal adop ed
he in e ne as a means o dissemina ing i s publica ions, and oday all pape s
published since he jou nal’s incep ion can be eely accessed on ou websi e.1
This commi men o open access has allowed he jou nal o con ibu e o
he dissemina ion o knowledge, ensu ing ha i s esea ch is a ailable o
economis s, policymake s, and he gene al public a ound he wo ld.
* Depa men o Economics. Uni e si y o Chile. E-mail: [email p o ec ed]
1 h ps://www.es udiosdeeconomia.cl
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One o he mos signi ican miles ones in he jou nal’s his o y was
achie ing ISI (now Web o Science) s a us. This dis inc ion places Es udios
de Economía among he mos epu able economics jou nals in he wo ld.
Cu en ly, he jou nal is included in nea ly all he majo academic da abases—
Scielo, EBSCO, RePEc, Scopus, and o he s— u he enhancing i s isibili y
and impac in he ield o economics.
The jou nal’s success has been buil upon he quali y o i s pape s and he
dedica ion o coun less indi iduals. Ou anonymous e e ees play a c ucial
ole in main aining he igo ous s anda ds o ou publica ions, o e ing imely
and cons uc i e eedback. I would also like o ex end my since e g a i ude o
he sec e a ies, execu i e edi o s, p oo - eade s, and he 28 edi o s who ha e
se ed o e he yea s. Thei unwa e ing commi men has shaped Es udios de
Economía in o wha i is oday.
To ma k he jou nal’s hal -cen u y miles one, we ha e o ganized a special
issue ha hono s he jou nal’s o igins by ocusing on he Chilean economy.
This issue no only pays homage o he jou nal’s ea ly ocus on Chile bu also
acknowledges he in e na ional ele ance o he Chilean economic expe ience.
The issue co e s a ious aspec s o Chile’s economic his o y, om i s ea ly
economic e o ms o i s cu en challenges in he global economy.
While celeb a ing his anni e sa y, i is also essen ial o look ahead. As
edi o , I am op imis ic abou he u u e o Es udios de Economía. Al hough I
may no be p esen o celeb a e he jou nal’s 100 h anni e sa y, I am con iden
ha i will con inue o h i e, emaining a he o e on o academic discou se,
adap ing o new challenges and inno a ions in he ield.
Ou commi men o quali y, inno a ion, and in e na ional collabo a ion
will ensu e ha Es udios de Economía con inues o p o ide aluable insigh s
in o he economic issues ha shape ou wo ld. We look o wa d o ano he i y
yea s o excellence.
I would like o ex end my hea el hanks o all he au ho s, commen a o s,
and especially he gues edi o s who con ibu ed o his special issue. Thei
dedica ion and con ibu ions ha e made his celeb a ion o i y yea s a
memo able and signi ican miles one.
Thank you o being a pa o his jou ney.
Rómulo A. Chumace o
Edi o , 1999–P esen
