Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Pacific Economic Review
ISSN 1361-374X · eISSN 1468-0106 · Wiley-Blackwell
Pacific Economic Review: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.49; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,760; median 601 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 21% (journal website); 16 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Authors must choose which of the editorial offices they would like their article to be considered by – Pacific Economic Review has editorial offices in the US, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. The Japan office is no longer accepting new submissions from January 2024 onwards. Authors who have no particular preferences of editorial offices can adhere to the following guidelines Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pacific Economic Review 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, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, together about 32% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal, inaugurated in 1994 and publishing five times a year since 2007, is of interest to academics, policy-makers, and corporate economists. The journal is the official publication of the Hong Kong Economic Association and has a strong editorial team and international board of editors. The October issue, edited and published with sponsorship from National Taiwan University, welcomes empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented contributions from all fields of economics, with special focus on applied econometrics. The December issue, edited by the Center for Advanced Policy Studies at the Institute of Economic Research at Kyoto University, welcomes all areas of economics with a special focus on economic issues and policies relating to the Asia-Pacific region. All issues maintain the same high standards of quality. Pacific Economic Review is a double-blind refereed journal. Abstracting and Indexing Information ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) American Business Law Journal (Academy of Legal Studies in Business) Business Premium Collection (ProQuest) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) Current Index to Statistics (ASA/IMS) EconLit (AEA) GEOBASE (Elsevier) Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) ProQuest Proquest Business Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) RePEc: Research Papers in Economics SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 20%); most named Hong Kong, China 3, Mainland China 1, Taiwan, China 1 (5 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 Finance11.2%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.5%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
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 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 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
EconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher 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
- 1.49LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 356OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 9Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 32,027Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,217 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 16 | 6 | 16 |
| 2024 | 22 | 14 | 14 |
| 2023 | 34 | 19 | 117 |
| 2022 | 36 | 7 | 83 |
| 2021 | 34 | 11 | 261 |
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
601 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 244 days – 842 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (35 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 672 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (47 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
- 230 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 230 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 675 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,760 / EUR 2,280 / GBP 1,840 | — | — | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data availability statement required; data expected in public repository. Model summary
This journal expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the dat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Obtaining Permission to Reproduce Material.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Subscription journal with Open Access option. Model summary
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an Open Access option. You’ll have the option to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here. You may also be eligible to have your APC covered by your institution via a Transformational Agreement. Check your eligibility here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Submissions and Peer Review Process
Double-anonymized peer review model. Model summary
Thank you for your interest in Pacific Economic Review.Papers are accepted for publication on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication in another journal. Pacific Economic Review does accept articles that have been published on preprint servers or as working papers (i.e. unrefereed contributions). Please refer to our “Preprint Policy” for more informat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Accepts preprints and working papers. Model summary
Pacific Economic Review does accept articles that have been published on preprint servers or as working papers (i.e. unrefereed contributions).
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
- 1361-374X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0106
- Society / sponsor
- Hong Kong Economic Association and focuses on economic issues in the Asia-Pacific region
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pacific Economic Review
What CAS zone is Pacific Economic Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pacific Economic Review is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 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 Pacific Economic Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.49; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 56.
How long does peer review take at Pacific Economic Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 601 days (interquartile range 244–842 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 Pacific Economic Review based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 20%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (3), Mainland China (1) and Taiwan, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Pacific Economic Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pacific Economic Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Pacific Economic Review open access, and what is the APC?
Pacific Economic Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,760.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .