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Chinese Economy

M.E. Sharpe Inc. · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN1558-0954

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.347

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.086

Total Worksi

1,050

Total Citationsi

7,323

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Chinese Economy publishes research on recent changes to the Chinese economy, focusing on current economic development and issues pertaining to trade, banking, and finances. It aims to provide an objective, impartial, analytical, and up-to-date account of the problems faced and progress made by China in its interaction with the world economy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,050

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

M.E. Sharpe Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1558-0954

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

392

2019

588

2020

545

2021

147

2022

105

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global trade and economicsChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceCorporate Finance and GovernanceGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthInternational Business and FDIEconomic Zones and Regional DevelopmentBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyInternational Development and AidChinese history and philosophy

Frequently asked questions about Chinese Economy

Is Chinese Economy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chinese Economy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Chinese Economy?

Chinese Economy is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.83.

Is Chinese Economy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chinese Economy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.