Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Japanese Political Economy
ISSN 2329-194X · eISSN 2329-1958 · Taylor & Francis
Japanese Political Economy: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 75 days to acceptance (43 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 58% (journal website); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Japanese Political Economy is published by Taylor & Francis and is classed under Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Economic Theory and Policy, Political Economy and Marxism and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism, together about 37.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Japan is an important laboratory for developing and debating ideas about capitalism and its dynamics. The Japanese Political Economy approaches the study of political economy and Japanese economy and its international relations. The journal is a resource for scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners who seek to better understand the contemporary and historical, transnational and internal processes of change in the Japanese and wider Asian economy. It publishes a broad range of scholarship that draws from multiple theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives. The Japanese Political Economy covers theory, history, and regional study. Broader economic theories (including Political economy, Heterodox, Keynesian, Evolutionary, Institutional, and Feminist Economics). Historical analysis of capitalism (including periodizing stages of capitalist development, analysis of capitalist world system change). Theoretical and empirical exploration of current political-economic issues, and regional study (crisis, financial instability, socialism, gender, environment and climate change, poverty and income inequality, unemployment, an ageing population, industrialisation of Asia). The Japanese Political Economy continues Japanese Economic Studies, a leading journal published continuously since 1972. From 1997 to 2013, the journal was known as Japanese Economy. Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-chief and/or relevant co-editor and, if found suitable for further consideration, will be sent out for peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymized, and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editor-in-chief Nobuharu YokokawaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 3, United Kingdom 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance15.7%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences11.9%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.5%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Asian Industrial and Economic DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.4%
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences5.1%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedEconLitPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, EBSCOhost Current Abstracts, TOC Premier (Table of Contents), ProQuest ABI/INFORM Collection, ABI/INFORM Global (American Business Information), Asian & European Business Collection, Business Premium Collection Professional, ABI/INFORM Complete Professional, ProQuest Central, ProQuest 5000, ProQuest 5000 International, ProQuest Asian Business
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.22Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 35,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 183 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 25 | 7 | 30 |
| 2024 | 23 | 10 | 51 |
| 2023 | 20 | 10 | 65 |
| 2022 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 2021 | 20 | 3 | 90 |
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
75 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 47 days – 157 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 99 days
- Sample
- 43 articles with submission and acceptance dates (52 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) 2025
- 58%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 67 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted1
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 31 Aug 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The Japanese Political Economy is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis 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 discoverabil…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-chief and/or relevant co-editor and, if found suitable for further consideration, will be sent out for peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymized, and submission is online via Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-chief and/or relevant co-editor and, if found suitable for further consideration, will be sent out for peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymized, and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2329-194X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2329-1958
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 52, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Japanese Political Economy
What CAS zone is Japanese Political Economy in?
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 Japanese Political Economy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 11.
How long does peer review take at Japanese Political Economy?
Based on the dates recorded on 43 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 75 days (interquartile range 47–157 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 58% (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 Japanese Political Economy based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (3) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Japanese Political Economy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Japanese Political Economy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Japanese Political Economy open access, and what is the APC?
Japanese Political Economy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .