About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies ( JCEBS) is dedicated to publishing original research that addresses key aspects of sustainable development, with a particular focus on the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our multidisciplinary approach spans economics, finance and business, with an emphasis on research that contributes to our understanding of global challenges such as climate change, the integration of big data and financial technology into economic systems, and the promotion of equality and diversity. We particularly value research that provides insights into the dynamics of financial development, economic growth, and the role of inclusive institutions in promoting sustainable and equitable development.
Although the journal has historically published content focused on and around China, we welcome submissions that extend beyond China and the journal provides a platform for research that has implications for developing and developed economies alike. We seek articles that not only align with the broader SDGs, but also contribute to the discourse on how economic policies and business practices can be aligned with sustainable development goals.
JCEBS is committed to a rigorous, double-anonymised peer-review process that ensures the publication of high-quality full papers, short research letters and review articles.
JCEBS serves as an academic forum for researchers and practitioners to explore and disseminate findings that have the potential to inform policy and practice, and advance the agenda for a sustainable future.
Examples of topics include but are not limited to:
- Eradicate poverty (SDG 1): What are the empirical impacts of targeted poverty reduction programmes on household income in developing countries?
- Zero Hunger (SDG 2): How do agricultural policy reforms in developing countries affect food security and nutrition levels?
- Good health and well-being (SDG 3): What is the relationship between health financing mechanisms and health outcomes in low-income countries?
- Quality education (SDG 4): How does investment in education affect labour market outcomes and economic mobility in emerging economies?
- Gender equality (SDG 5): What is the impact of gender-responsive economic policies on women's labour market participation in developing countries?
- Clean water and sanitation (SDG 6): What are the economic benefits of investing in water and sanitation infrastructure in urban and rural areas of developing countries?
- Affordable and clean energy (SDG 7): How do subsidies for renewable energy affect energy access and economic development in under-electrified regions?
- Decent work and economic growth (SDG 8): What are the determinants of sustainable and inclusive economic growth in post-conflict societies?
- Industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9): How does the development of digital infrastructure affect economic growth and innovation in low-income countries?
- Reducing inequalities (SDG 10): What is the impact of fiscal redistribution policies on income inequality in emerging economies?
- Sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11): How does urban planning affect economic opportunities and quality of life in rapidly growing cities?
- Responsible consumption and production (SDG 12): What are the economic impacts of implementing circular economy principles in industrial sectors?
- Climate action (SDG 13): What is the cost-effectiveness of different climate adaptation and mitigation strategies in vulnerable economies?
- Life below water (SDG 14): How do economic incentives for sustainable fisheries affect livelihoods and marine biodiversity?
- Life on land (SDG 15): What are the economic impacts of land degradation on agricultural productivity and rural livelihoods?
- Peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16): How does the strengthening of political and legal institutions affect economic development and foreign investment in transition economies?
- Partnerships for the Goals (SDG 17): What is the role of international trade agreements in facilitating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries?
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double anonymized peer review.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 65K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 1.9 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.528 (2023) SNIP
- 0.472 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 77 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 135 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 23% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
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-in-Chief:
Wenxuan Hou MAE
University of Edinburgh
Business School
29 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh, EH8 9JS
United Kingdom
Co-Editors:
Yizhe Dong - University of Edinburgh, UK
Jiandong Chen - Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
Xiaobing Wang - University of Manchester, UK
Yuan Li - Shandong University, China
Ali Kutan - Southern Illinois University, USA
Alessandra Guariglia - University of Birmingham, UK
Douglas Cumming - Florida Atlantic University, USA
Managing Editor:
Senmao Xia - Coventry University, UK
Editorial Assistant:
Qianhui Tu - Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, China
Associate Editors:
Yuning Gao - Tsinghua University, China
Jing Zhang - University of Nottingham, UK
Jian Chen - University of Nottingham, UK
Yukun Shi - University of Glasgow, UK
Yi Cao - University of Edinburgh, UK
Martin Kahanec - Central European University, Austria
Jaifu An - University of Aberdeen, UK
Hisham Farag - University of Birmingham, UK
Saeed Akbar - The University of Bradford School of Management, UK
Bing Xu - Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Sofia Johan - Florida Atlantic University, USA
Ding Li - Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Collins Ntim - University of Southampton, UK
Maggie Xiaoqing Fu - University of Macau, Macau
Sai Ding - University of Glasgow, UK
Editorial Advisory Board:
Prof. Xiaolan Fu - University of Oxford, UK ( Chair of Editorial Advisory Board)
Chris Adcock – University of Sheffield, UK
Jonathan Batten – RMIT University, Australia
Peter J Buckley - Leeds University, UK
Iftekhar Hasan – Fordham University, USA
John Knight - University of Oxford, USA
Chen Lin - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Justin Lin - Peking University, China
Xiaming Liu - University of London, UK
Brian Lucey – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Dwight Perkins - Havard University, USA
Dani Rodrik – Princeton University, USA
Jeffrey Sachs - Columbia University, USA
Jason Xiao – University of Macau, China
Yongding Yu - CASS, China
Klaus Zimmermann - Bonn University, Germany
Editorial Board Members:
Andrew Tylecote - University of Sheffield, UK
Ding Lu – Fudan University, China
Eric Girardin - Aix-Marseille University, France
Fang Lee Cooke - RMIT University, Australia
Harry X. Wu - Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Hengyuan Zhu - Tsinghua University, China
Hong Bo - University of London, UK
Jian Chen - University of Nottingham, UK
Jin Chen – Tsinghua University, China
Jin Zhang – Cambridge University, UK
Jing Zhang – Nottingham University, UK
Jun Li – Essex University, UK
Laixiang Sun - University of Maryland, USA
Mammo Muchie – Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Mark Schaffer - Heriot-Watt University, UK
Paulo Negreiros Figueiredo – Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Brazil
Pei Sun - Fudan University, China
Peter Li Ping - Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Philipp Böing - ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Germany
Pierre Mohnen - Maastricht University, UNU-MERTI, The Netherlands
Ping Lin – Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Poh Kam Wong - National University of Singapore, Singapore
Robin Sickles – Rice University, USA
Sheng Yu – Australian National University, Australia
Shi Li - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
Shujie Yao - University of Nottingham, UK
Xiaobo Zhang – Peking University and IFPRI, China and USA
Xiaohui Liu - Loughborough University, UK
Xinzhong Xu - Sun Yat Sen University, China
Yanrui Wu – University of West Australia, Australia
Yingqi Wei - University of York, UK
Yu Xiong – University of East Anglia, UK
Yuan Li - University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Yue Ma - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yundan Gong – Kings College London, UK
Zhichao Zhang - University of Durham, UK
Zhongmin Wu- Nottingham Trent University, UK
Yun Zhang- Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, China
Abstracting and indexing
Open access
Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies 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, offers and calls for papers
Calls for papers
- Special Issue: Progress or Passivity? Exploring East-West Sustainability, Peace, and Inter-Cultural Exchanges
- Special Issue: Illuminating Progress: Night Light and Economic Dynamics in Emerging Economies
- Special Issue: The 16th Chinese Economic Association Europe and 35th Chinese Economic Association UK Annual Conference
- Special Issue: Contemporary Studies in Vietnam Economics and Business
- Special Issue: Applications of Spatial Econometrics in Economic and Social Fields
- Taking History as a Mirror: Insights for Modern Development
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