Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Global Financial Crisis and Policies, together about 29.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (JAPE) is concerned primarily with the developing economies within Pacific Asia and South Asia. It aims to promote greater understanding of the complex factors that have influenced and continue to shape the transformation of the diverse economies in this region. Studies on developed countries will be considered only if they have implications for the developing countries in the region. The journal's editorial policy is to maintain a sound balance between theoretical and empirical studies. JAPE publishes research papers in economics but also welcomes papers that deal with economic issues using a multi-disciplinary approach. Submissions may range from overviews spanning the region or parts of it, to papers with a detailed focus on particular issues facing individual countries. JAPE has a broad readership, which makes papers concerned with narrow and detailed technical matters inappropriate for inclusion. In addition, papers should not be simply one more application of a formal model or statistical technique used elsewhere. Authors should note that discussion of results must make sense intuitively, and relate to the institutional and historical context of the geographic area analyzed. We particularly ask authors to spell out the practical policy implications of their findings for governments and business. In addition to articles, JAPE publishes short notes, comments and book reviews. From time to time, it also publishes special issues on matters of great importance to economies in the Asia Pacific area. Peer Review Statement: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous double-anonymized refereeing by two referees. "JAPE will deal with the most important problems facing the most important growth area in the world. It promises to be a good guide for entry into the next millennium" Professor Paul Streeten, United Nations Development Programme "There is an important need for a forum of this kind in the changing world economy, and I am therefore delighted that JAPE has been launched" Professor Amartya Sen, Department of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS

Editor-in-chief Leong LiewPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• 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

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Impact

Impact factor

1.44LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

4.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

4.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.48LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.48Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.89LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.89Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

58OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

461OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.8OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

1.49%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

71LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

82,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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)

5%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

26 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

124 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

17 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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

1354-7860

Electronic ISSN

1469-9648

Latest issue on the website

Volume 31, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

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