Journal of Chinese Governance aims to explore the changing state-society relationship and governance practice in China, and offers up-to-date empirical research, theoretical and policy articles on the state governance capacity and modernization, various local models, practices and politics of governance in China. Topics to be covered include China’s state governance capacity, governance modernization, local governance, corporate governance, non-profit governance, social governance, policy governance, environmental governance, climate governance, digital governance, health governance, urban governance, civic engagement in public affairs and service delivery, China’s engagement in global governance, etc.
The journal will publish special issues, research papers, and book reviews. The journal will make a valuable contribution to the understanding of Chinese governance, and stimulate a growing number of international scholars to study Chinese governance from the disciplines of political science, public administration, public policy, sociology, economics, and many other areas.
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review. In additional original research articles, the journal also publishes book reviews to disseminate comprehensive reviews of emerging topics in all areas of governance.
Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Editorial Manager.
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Journal metrics
Usage
33K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.4 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.3 (2023) 5 year IF
7.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.218 (2023) SNIP
0.796 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
6 days avg. from submission to first
decision
65 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
13 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
5% acceptance rate
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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
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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.
Editors-in-Chief: Jianxing Yu, Zhejiang University, China Sujian Guo,San Francisco State University, USA
Associate Editor-in-Chief: Yongdong Shen,Zhejiang University, China
Editorial Board: Joel S. Migdal,University of Washington, USA Hon Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Bruce J. Dickson, George Washington University, USA Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University, USA Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama, Stanford Unviersity, USA Zengke He, Peking University, China Thomas Heberer, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany David H. Rosenbloom, American University, USA Yuejin Jing, Tsinghua University, China Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Brookings Institution, USA Anthony Saich, Harvard University, USA Gunter Schubert, University of Tuebingen, Germany Gerry Stoker, Southampton University, UK Changjiang Wang, Central Party School, China Puqu Wang, Peking University, China Christine Wong, National University of Singapore, Singapore Jinglian Wu, Development Research Center of the State Council, China Yong Xu, Central China Normal University, China Xianguo Yao, Zhejiang University, China Keping Yu, Peking University, China Xunda Yu, Zhejiang University, China Yongnian Zheng, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China Guanghui Zhou, Jilin University, China Guanglei Zhu, Nankai University, China
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Chinese Governance is abstracted/indexed in SSCI, ESCI, Scopus, RePEC, OCLC and Exlibris.
Open access
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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