International Studies of Economics (ISE), formerly known as Frontiers of Economics in China, is a general interest open access journal in economics. The journal is double anonymized, peer-reviewed, and edited by the Institute for Advanced Research, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
We welcome theoretical and empirical papers from all fields of economics, with an emphasis on the Chinese economy and other emerging, developing, or transition economies. We’re a platform to help communications between scholars in China and the rest of the world.
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- 0.9CiteScore
- 0.5Journal Impact Factor
- 16%Acceptance rate
- 36 days Submission to first decision
Guoqiang Tian, Editor
Texas A&M University, USAYonghong An, Executive Editor
Texas A&M University, USA
Chunrong Ai, Co-Editor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, ChinaKevin X. D. Huang, Co-Editor
Vanderbilt University, USA
Neng Wang, Co-Editor
Columbia University, USAQuan Wen, Co-Editor
University of Washington, USA
Kai Zhao, Co-Editor
University of Connecticut, USA
Articles
The Effect of Income Polarization on Crime: Evidence From Court Judicial Documents in China
- 17 July 2025
Introduction to the Special Issue: Cities and Economic Development
- 17 July 2025
Housing Security, Relative Deprivation, and Subjective Well‐Being: Empirical Evidence Derived From CFPS Data
- 12 June 2025
Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports
- 14 May 2025
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
Ecology versus economic development: Effects of China's Yangtze River Economic Belt strategy
- 330-352
- 18 February 2024
Government subsidies and corporate environmental, social and governance performance: Evidence from companies of China
- 374-405
- 6 May 2024
The Belt and Road Initiative, political involvement, and China's OFDI
- 459-483
- 19 July 2022
Investigating whether connecting people can promote subnational economic development: Evidence from China–ASEAN friendship cities
- 499-530
- 18 October 2022
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Volume 19, Issue 4Special Issue on Machine Learning and AI in Business and Economics
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