About the Journal

Virtual Economics is an international, peer-reviewed, open access scholarly journal publishing research on the economic, managerial and societal implications of digital transformation. The journal provides a platform for rigorous, evidence-based studies examining how digitalisation, information and communication technologies and data-driven processes reshape organisations, markets, institutions and public policy.

The journal places particular emphasis on the relationship between technological development and sustainable development. It welcomes research analysing how innovation, scientific and technological progress and digital infrastructures contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as well as studies addressing economic, institutional, environmental and social implications of these transformations. Sustainable development is treated as a long-term framework guiding economic and organisational change in contemporary societies.

The journal publishes original research articles, review articles, conceptual and methodological contributions, analytically grounded case studies and scholarly perspectives that advance academic understanding and inform policy and professional practice.

All submissions undergo an initial editorial assessment, including scope verification and basic quality screening. Manuscripts that pass this stage are evaluated through a double-blind peer review process by at least two independent reviewers. As part of its editorial quality assurance procedures, the journal uses similarity-checking tools, including iThenticate and StrikePlagiarism.

Virtual Economics was established in 2018 through an academic initiative jointly developed by the Institute for International Cooperation Development, 24–26/1 Kazimierza Wielkiego Street, 61-863 Poznań, Poland, and The London Academy of Science and Business, Unit 3, Office A, 1st Floor, 6–7 St. Mary at Hill, London EC3R 8EE, United Kingdom. The Institute for International Cooperation Development served as the original publisher of the journal, and the publishing responsibility was subsequently transferred to The London Academy of Science and Business, which is now the sole publisher responsible for the journal’s publication and website maintenance.

The journal participates in international initiatives supporting responsible scholarly communication and is listed as a participant in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact.

Virtual Economics follows an interdisciplinary profile encompassing economics, management, digital technologies and their institutional, environmental and societal implications in the context of development and sustainability transitions.