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Aims and scope

Journal of Contemporary China is the only English language journal edited in North America that provides exclusive information about contemporary Chinese affairs for scholars, business people and government policy-makers. It publishes articles of theoretical and policy research and research notes, as well as book reviews. The journal's fields of interest include economics, political science, law, culture, literature, business, history, international relations, sociology and other social sciences and humanities.

Peer Review Statement

All research articles in this journal have undergone an editorial screening and double-anonymized peer review process.

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Journal metrics

Usage

346K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

2.4 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
3.5 (2023) 5 year IF
5.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.000 (2023) SNIP
0.707 (2023) SJR

Understanding and using journal metrics

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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.

For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.

Journal metrics in brief

Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).

Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.

Citation Metrics

Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.

Speed/acceptance

From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.

For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.

*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus

Editorial board

Editor:

Suisheng Zhao - Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, USA

Editorial Advisory Board:

Jean-Philippe Béja - French Centre for Research on Contemporary China

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard - Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations

Jean-Pierre Cabestan - Hong Kong Baptist University

William A. Callahan - London School of Economics

Jacques deLisle - University of Pennsylvania

Lowell Dittmer - University of California, Berkeley

Lee Feigon - Colby College

Joseph Fewsmith - Boston University

Edward Friedman - University of Wisconsin, Madison

John W. Garver - Georgia Institute of Technology

Bates Gill - National Bureau of Asian Research

Bruce Gilley - Portland State University

Thomas B. Gold - University of California, Berkeley

Avery Goldstein - University of Pennsylvania

David S. G. Goodman - Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Carol Hamrin - Global China Center

Reza Hasmath - University of Alberta

Liu Hong - Nanyang Technological University

Richard Weixing Hu - University of Macau

Gary H. Jefferson - Brandeis University

Hsin Chi Kuan - The Chinese University of Hong Kong

David M. Lampton - Johns Hopkins University

Nicholas Lardy - Peterson Institute for International Economics

Kenneth Lieberthal - Brookings Institution

Perry Link - University of California, Riverside

Richard Madsen - University of California, San Diego

Melanie Manion - Duke University

Margaret Maurer-Fazio - Bates College

Andrew Nathan - Columbia University

Barry Naughton - University of California, San Diego

Wang Ning - Tsinghua University

Kevin J. O'Brien - University of California, Berkeley

Suzanne Ogden - Northeastern University

Margaret Pearson - University of Maryland

Minxin Pei - Claremont McKenna College

Dwight H. Perkins - Harvard University

Elizabeth J. Perry - Harvard University

Jonathan D. Pollack - Brookings Institute

Jia Qingguo - Peking University

Shelley Rigger - Davidson College

Stanley Rosen - University of Southern California

Robert Ross - Boston College

David Shambaugh - George Washington University

Yitzhak Shichor - University of Haifa

Ding-li Shen - Fudan University

Chih-yu Shih - National Taiwan University

Susan Shirk - University of California-San Diego

Robert Sutter - George Washington University

June Teufel Dreyer - University of Miami

Steve Tsang - SOAS University of London

Jonathan Unger - Australian National University

Peter Van Ness - Australian National University

Ezra F. Vogel - Harvard University

Shaoguang Wang - The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Lynn T. White, III - Princeton University

Brantly Womack - University of Virginia

Qiang Xin- Fudan University

Dali Yang - University of Chicago

Zhong Yang - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Shujie Yao - University of Nottingham

Ji You - University of Macau

Quansheng Zhao - American University

Xufeng Zhu - Tsinghua University

David Zweig - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Contemporary China is currently noted in:

American History and Life
Bibliography of Asian Studies
British Humanities Index (BHI)
CSA Abstracts

Directory of Periodicals

EOBASE

Historical Abstracts

International Development Abstracts

International Political Science Abstracts

MLA International Bibliography

Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI)

Open access

Journal of Contemporary China is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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News and offers

John and Vivian Sabel Award of the Best Article
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Society information

Members of the following groups can receive an individual print subscription to Journal of Contemporary China at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.

American Political Science Association
Association for Asian Studies
International Studies Association

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Journal metrics in brief

Citation Metrics

Speed/acceptance

Editorial board

Abstracting and indexing

Open access

Why choose open access?

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

Calls for papers

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