Dear Radovan,

I have used graphics from EVIEWS and MATLAB in my publications. The journal editors never complained about them. EVIEWS is more integrated with the econometric models, but I find I have to program MATLAB. I also find exporting results in EVIEWS to EXCEL very convenient. Another high quality graphic program i noticed is IGOR PRO, which is a favorite program in the Math and Stats areas. 

Thank you both very much! I will give it a try (EViews +IGOR PRO), R/R-Studio is great too (I'm already using it, but not all the opportunities you mentioned, so thank you, I'll try to "play with it" more).

+also bought this few months ago (how-to use Python/Anaconda distribution for scientific purposes & data visualization):

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Python-Visualization-Transformation-Professionals/dp/1430218436

Thanks for the advice too (I will definitely give it a try)!

Have a look at ggplot2 in R

I love ggplot2 in R. I haven't seen anything comparable. The graphs are beautiful. And, what is more important, you can create very complex (yet easily readable) graphs in an extremely elegant way.

See http://docs.ggplot2.org/current/

Thank you too!

I use eviews too, but I was amazed from what excel can do for you if your are familiar with its more advanced properties, watching a statistician, colleague of mine.

Thank you a lot!

As an economist I would say: it depends on your ability and your knowledge of different software. eViews is very easy, but not very flexible. R (add packages, e.g. lattice) is maybe the most powerful, but not very easy. Stata is in between. I would definitely not use RATS.

Thank you! As for EViews I've used it very little so far (only during studies/few classes), R/R-Studio I use regularly (advanced user), but as for visualizations of data there is still a lot to learn (for everybody). And Stata (I use it regularly) is great tool too, thanks!

I would suggest using R, since you can manipulate almost everything in a plot. I would also recommend using the ggplot2 package (for general visualization) and the dygraphs package (for time series).

At datacamp you can find free online courses regarding R, for ggplot2 use the following link: https://www.datacamp.com/courses/data-visualization-with-ggplot2-1

Thank you (also +for the useful link/course)!

try gincker.com that allows you to create charts/graphics without write any code. for example, this is a live 3d parametric chart: https://gincker.com/3d-parametric-chart