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China Finance and Economic Review

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2012

ISSN2196-5633

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2018-07-05). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.387

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.235

Total Worksi

484

Total Citationsi

938

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications484

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2196-5633

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2019

2020

142

2021

2022

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

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthGlobal trade and economicsLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceEconomic Growth and ProductivityEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthRegional Development and EnvironmentMarriage and Sexual RelationshipsGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesCorporate Taxation and Avoidance

Frequently asked questions about China Finance and Economic Review

Is China Finance and Economic Review a predatory journal?

China Finance and Economic Review was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2018-07-05). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of China Finance and Economic Review?

China Finance and Economic Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.387.

Is China Finance and Economic Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

China Finance and Economic Review is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of China Finance and Economic Review?