Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Asian Economic Papers
ISSN 1535-3516 · eISSN 1536-0083 · MIT Press
Asian Economic Papers: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.74; subscription journal; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asian Economic Papers is published by MIT Press and is in Zone 3 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, Global Financial Crisis and Policies and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, together about 38.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AEP’s articles focus on rigorous analysis of key economic issues of a particular Asian economy or of the broader Asian region, and offer creative solutions to these Asian economic issues.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editor-in-chief Wing Thye WooPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20.4%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSocial Sciences5%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2024
- 17Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 211OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,352 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 54 | 2 | 24 |
| 2024 | 44 | 4 | 100 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5 | 52 |
| 2022 | 16 | 4 | 165 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4 | 109 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- ISSN
- 1535-3516
- Electronic ISSN
- 1536-0083
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asian Economic Papers
What CAS zone is Asian Economic Papers in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Asian Economic Papers is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Asian Economic Papers?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.74; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 46.
Which databases index Asian Economic Papers?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asian Economic Papers is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Asian Economic Papers open access, and what is the APC?
Asian Economic Papers is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .