Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Asian Economic Journal
ISSN 1351-3958 · eISSN 1467-8381 · Wiley-Blackwell
Asian Economic Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.78; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,810; median 425 days to acceptance (31 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 21% (journal website); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asian Economic Journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global trade and economics, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, together about 30.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Asian Economic Journal provides detailed coverage of a wide range of topics in economics relating to East Asia, including investigation of current research, international comparisons and country studies. It is a forum for debate amongst theorists, practitioners and researchers and publishes high-quality theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions. The Asian Economic Journal strives to facilitate the exchange of information among researchers on a worldwide basis and offers a unique opportunity for economists to keep abreast of research on economics pertaining to East Asia. For those with an interest in Asian Studies, this kind of vital information makes the Asian Economic Journal an essential resource. The Asian Economic Journal is published on behalf of the East Asian Economic Association . Abstracting and Indexing Information ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) Business Premium Collection (ProQuest) CAB Abstracts® (CABI) EconLit (AEA) GEOBASE (Elsevier) Horticultural Science Abstracts (CABI) Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) Proquest Business Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Politics Collection (ProQuest) RePEc: Research Papers in Economics Rice Abstracts (CABI) Rural Development Abstracts (CABI) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) World Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology Abstracts (CABI)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 3, Taiwan, China 2, South Korea 1, Singapore 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance14.9%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.5%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsEconLitPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, RePEc
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.78LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 316OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.79%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 21Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 27,199Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,050 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 33 | 15 | 12 |
| 2024 | 33 | 20 | 41 |
| 2023 | 33 | 17 | 71 |
| 2022 | 32 | 10 | 112 |
| 2021 | 35 | 2 | 129 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
425 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 290 days – 502 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 49 days (33 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 478 days
- Sample
- 31 articles with submission and acceptance dates (51 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 120 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 120 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 433 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 55 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,810 / EUR 2,370 / GBP 1,880 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- USD 50
- Submission fee
- USD 100
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing expected; authors must include a data accessibility statement with repository link. Model summary
The journal expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Journal is a member of and subscribes to COPE principles. Model summary
This journal is committed to integrity in scientific research and recognizes the importance of maintaining the highest ethical standards.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright COPYRIGHT, LICENSING AND OPEN ACCESS
Authors may choose standard copyright transfer agreement or Wiley Open Access option. Model summary
Accepted papers will be passed to Wiley’s production team for publication. The author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login to the Wiley’s Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be asked to complete an electronic license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access COPYRIGHT, LICENSING AND OPEN ACCESS
Accepted papers will be passed to Wiley’s production team for publication. The author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login to the Wiley’s Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be asked to complete an electronic license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Proofs provided online as HTML; must be returned within 48 hours of receipt. Model summary
Authors will receive an e-mail notification with a link and instructions for accessing HTML page proofs online.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1351-3958
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-8381
- Society / sponsor
- East Asian Economic Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 40, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asian Economic Journal
What CAS zone is Asian Economic Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Asian Economic Journal is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Asian Economic Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.78; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 49.
How long does peer review take at Asian Economic Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 31 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 425 days (interquartile range 290–502 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Asian Economic Journal based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (3), Taiwan, China (2) and South Korea (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Asian Economic Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asian Economic Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Asian Economic Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Asian Economic Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,810.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .