Journal of Chinese Governance

Journal of Chinese Governance is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance, Public Policy and Administration Research and Local Government Finance and Decentralization, together about 43.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

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. Special Terms for Authors & Researchers (STAR) Taylor & Francis/Routledge are committed to the widest possible dissemination of its journals to non-profit institutions in developing countries. Our STAR initiative offers individual researchers in Africa, South Asia and many parts of South East Asia the opportunity to gain one month’s free online access to 1,300 Taylor & Francis journals. For more information, please visit the STAR website

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief Jianxing YuPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 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

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

ESCIWeb of SciencePublisher website

Other: OCLC, RePEc, Exlibris

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.

Impact

Impact factor

5.49LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

5.5Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.5Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

5.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

5.6Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.92LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.92Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

1.21LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.21Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

32OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

138OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

5.6OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

30.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

7.79%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

38LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

58,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

9%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

7 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

105 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

15 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

2381-2346

Electronic ISSN

2381-2354

Society / sponsor

Zhejiang University

Latest issue on the website

Volume 11, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website