Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
She Ji
ISSN 2405-8726 · eISSN 2405-8718 · Tongji University Press · Netherlands
She Ji: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
She Ji is published by Tongji University Press and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Design Education and Practice, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience, together about 43.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
She Ji is a peer-reviewed, trans-disciplinary design journal. We focus on economics and innovation, design process, and design thinking in today’s complex socio-technical environment. We are an open access journal with no fees. Our mission is to further design innovation in industry, business, non-profit services, and government through economic and social value creation. Innovation requires integrating ideas, economics, and technology to create new knowledge at the intersection of different fields. She Ji provides a unique forum for this inquiry. Articles in She Ji address the creation, development, distribution, and use of goods and services by societies, organizations, and individuals; the creation and control of socio-technical systems; the strategic and managerial issues these entail; the way that organizations use design; and how design thinking informs wider social, managerial, and intellectual discourses. We also publish articles in research methods and methodology, philosophy, and philosophy of science that support our core journal area. She Ji welcomes articles on a wide range of topics. These include: Design for complex socio-technical systemsScientific, technical, and philosophical problems in fourth-order designDesign driven innovation for social and economic changeDesign practices in management, consulting, and public serviceDesign for alternative economies and industrial transformationDesign for sustainabilityDesign for social innovation, organizational change, and educationDesign, computation, and algorithmsDesign and cyberneticsCultural and societal aspects of design and innovationPhilosophy of designPhilosophy of science for design researchDesign theory, methods, and methodologyResearch methods and research skills for the design field She Ji encourages three new dimensions in the literature of design and innovation: (1) rigorous research in design using the methods of the natural sciences, social sciences, and economics; (2) economic and management inquiry; (3) methodological contributions that deploy innovative research methods and processes. She Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles move through double-blind peer review. Following peer review, She Ji works with authors on a final round of copy editing to ensure highly readable articles that will reach and influence a wide audience of scholars, researchers, and professional
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
Editor-in-chief Ken FriedmanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 23 in mainland China (about 21%); most named United States 27, Mainland China 23, Netherlands 9, Italy 8, Finland 8 (112 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering23.1%
- Innovative Human-Technology InteractionComputer Science11.1%
- Creativity in Education and NeurosciencePsychology9.6%
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting8.3%
- Information Systems Theories and ImplementationSocial Sciences5.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Complex Systems and Decision MakingDecision Sciences4.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ScienceDirectPublisher website
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)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 135OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.26OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 411 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 34 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 67 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 256 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 197 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 504 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 / EUR 1,400 / GBP 1,200 / JPY 186,050 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Highlights
- Required
Article types accepted20, with length limits
- book reviewShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- book reviewsBooks reviews focus on analysis and discussion of individual books as well as extended book reviews covering several books. She Ji also publishes short book not…Length not stated
- commentaryShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- discussion articlesDiscussion articles include interviews, opinion leader commentary, and dialogues. Discussion articles are not subject to peer review.Length not stated
- editoriala separate file uploaded in the online editorial system: a manuscript (Microsoft Word ONLY) containing 5,000–8,000 words (excluding footnotes, references, table…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- letterShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- lettersShe Ji encourages written responses to articles and original comments on issues relevant to the journal. Letters to the editor are limited to 1,500 words. All l…Length not stated
- letters to the editorShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- literature reviewShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- opinionShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- original articleShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- original research articleShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- original research articlesShe Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are subject to double-blind peer review.Length not stated
- project articlesShe Ji welcomes reports on innovative projects involving careful design reasoning and in-depth reflection. We see these as the practitioner’s viewpoint by artif…Length not stated
- research articleShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- reviewShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- review articleShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- review articlesShe Ji encourages literature review and research review articles. Review articles use double-blind peer review.Length not stated
- viewpointShe Ji publishes seven types of articles: Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are…Length not stated
- viewpoint articlesViewpoint articles involve informed opinion and comments by distinguished experts. While viewpoint articles present expert opinion, these articles use double-bl…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper. Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use. Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Language policy; accepted articles published in U.S. English under Chicago Manual of Style. Model summary
All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: The conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data.Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content.Final approval of the version to be submitted. Authors should appoint a corresponding author to communicate with the journal during the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
Corresponding authors, on behalf of all the authors of a submission, must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications, patent registrations, and grants o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Supports Mendeley Data for depositing research data. Model summary
This journal supports Mendeley Data, enabling you to deposit any research data (including raw and processed data, video, code, software, algorithms, protocols and methods) associated with your manuscript in a free-to-use, open access repository.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Follows Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Policy; automatic plagiarism screening with iThenticate's CrossCheck; high similarity papers desk rejected. Model summary
Authors must follow ethical guidelines stated in Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Policy. Submissions to KeAi journals are automatically screened using iThenticate's CrossCheck within the editorial system to detect plagiarism issues including instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. High similarity papers will be desk rejected.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
She Ji is a gold open access journal. Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a “Journal Publishing Agreement”. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the “Journal Publishing Agreement” form or a link to the online version of this agreement. In addition to the Journal Publishing Agreement, authors will be asked to complete a “License Agree…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access journal; all articles immediately and permanently free to read and download. Model summary
This is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. For more details please visit link intensively.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double-blind peer review for research articles Model summary
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor’…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Preprint referencing policy; formal publication preferred; preprints clearly marked. Model summary
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Tongji University Press
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2405-8726
- Electronic ISSN
- 2405-8718
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about She Ji
What CAS zone is She Ji in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, She Ji is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary / Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of She Ji?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at She Ji?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of She Ji?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: Chicago; Highlights: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of She Ji based?
Of the 112 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 23 (about 21%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (27), Mainland China (23) and Netherlands (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index She Ji?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, She Ji is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is She Ji open access, and what is the APC?
She Ji is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .