Japanese Political Economy

Aims & Scope

Japan is an important laboratory for developing and debating ideas about capitalism and its dynamics.

The Japanese Political Economy approaches the study of political economy and Japanese economy and its international relations.

The journal is a resource for scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners who seek to better understand the contemporary and historical, transnational and internal processes of change in the Japanese and wider Asian economy.

It publishes a broad range of scholarship that draws from multiple theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives.

The Japanese Political Economy covers theory, history, and regional study. 1.

Broader economic theories (including Political economy, Heterodox, Keynesian, Evolutionary, Institutional, and Feminist Economics). 2.

Historical analysis of capitalism (including periodizing stages of capitalist development, analysis of capitalist world system change). 3.

Theoretical and empirical exploration of current political-economic issues, and regional study (crisis, financial instability, socialism, gender, environment and climate change, poverty and income inequality, unemployment, an ageing population, industrialisation of Asia).

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.194

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	11

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21551

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	37

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Run on Daily Foods and Goods After the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Masahiro, Koichiro

• An Analysis of Challenges Faced by Japan’s Economy and Abenomics

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Naoyuki, Farhad

• State involvement in cryptocurrencies. A potential world money?

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Juan J.

• Financialization and income inequality: An empirical analysis

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Kang-Kook, Md Abu Bakkar

• The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the Democratic Party of Japan

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Kenji E.

• Municipal Mergers and Special Provisions of Local Council Members in Japan

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Haruaki, Hideo

• Why do Japanese women suffer from the low status?: The impact of neo-liberalist reform on gender

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Chizuko

• Keynes’ denial of conflict: Why <i>The General Theory</i> is a misleading guide to capitalism and stagnation

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Thomas

• Beyond secular stagnation: A digital and green economy?

  Citation: 7

  Authors: D. Hugh

• Critique of development economics

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Franklin

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