Where National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) Funded Research Is Published: Top 50 Journals

In shortNational Social Science Fund of China (China) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 857 journals we checked, most often in China Economic Review (44 of 200 recent articles). The journals below publish its funded work most often; open a journal for its indexing, review time, reviewer comments and fee waivers.

Journals that publish National Social Science Fund of China funded research most often

#	Journal	Articles naming it	Indexing	Impact factor*	Median review time
1	China Economic Review	44 of 200	SSCI	6.17	n/a
2	Journal of Asian Economics	42 of 200	SSCI	3.82	n/a
3	Technology Analysis and Strategic Management	33 of 200	SSCI	2.75	334 days
4	International Review of Financial Analysis	26 of 200	SSCI	12.20	n/a
5	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	25 of 200	SSCI	6.28	n/a
6	World Economy	24 of 200	SSCI	3.13	274 days
7	Asia Pacific Journal of Management	22 of 200	SSCI	2.89	422 days
8	Review of Development Economics	22 of 200	SSCI	2.24	336 days
9	Pacific-Basin Finance Journal	21 of 200	SSCI	5.15	n/a
10	Research in International Business and Finance	21 of 200	SSCI	8.72	n/a
11	Industrial Management & Data Systems	20 of 200	SCIE	5.75	n/a
12	Journal of Innovation & Knowledge	20 of 200	SSCI	14.00	n/a
13	International Journal of Finance & Economics	19 of 200	SSCI	3.88	374 days
14	International Review of Economics & Finance	19 of 200	SSCI	7.96	n/a
15	China Journal of Accounting Research	18 of 89	ESCI	3.30	n/a
16	Emerging Markets Review	18 of 200	SSCI	4.02	n/a
17	Energy Economics	18 of 200	SSCI	13.65	n/a
18	The Singapore Economic Review	18 of 200	SSCI	1.30	n/a
19	Applied Research in Quality of Life	17 of 200	SSCI	3.18	164 days
20	Archaeological Research in Asia	17 of 163	AHCI	1.02	n/a
21	Brain and Language	17 of 200	SCIE SSCI	2.02	n/a
22	Chinese Management Studies	17 of 200	SSCI	3.04	n/a
23	Economic Analysis and Policy	17 of 200	SSCI	7.49	n/a
24	International Journal of Information Management	17 of 200	SSCI	16.67	n/a
25	Journal of Informetrics	17 of 200	SCIE SSCI	4.32	n/a
26	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	17 of 200	SSCI	1.47	492 days
27	Technovation	17 of 200	SCIE SSCI	9.46	n/a
28	The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance	17 of 200	SSCI	3.42	n/a
29	Environment Development and Sustainability	16 of 200	SCIE	4.93	294 days
30	Information & Management	16 of 200	SCIE SSCI	7.13	n/a
31	Journal of Information Science	16 of 170	SCIE SSCI	2.18	n/a
32	Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics	15 of 147	SSCI	1.28	291 days
33	Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy	15 of 132	SSCI	1.91	241 days
34	Lingua	15 of 200	AHCI SSCI	1.36	n/a
35	Economic Modelling	14 of 200	SSCI	4.05	n/a
36	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	14 of 200	SSCI	2.12	n/a
37	Global Finance Journal	14 of 200	SSCI	6.55	n/a
38	Journal of Asian Public Policy	14 of 171	SSCI	2.84	214 days
39	Journal of Rural Studies	14 of 200	SSCI	5.16	n/a
40	ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews	13 of 200	AHCI	0.07	n/a
41	Electronic Commerce Research and Applications	13 of 192	SCIE SSCI	6.73	n/a
42	Journal Of Vacation Marketing	13 of 189	SSCI	5.01	n/a
43	Journal of Youth and Adolescence	13 of 200	SSCI	5.55	102 days
44	Neohelicon	13 of 130	AHCI	0.19	253 days
45	System	13 of 200	SSCI	10.55	n/a
46	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	13 of 200	SSCI	17.50	n/a
47	Telematics and Informatics	13 of 183	SSCI	8.12	n/a
48	The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher	13 of 200	SSCI	5.37	197 days
49	Applied Economics	12 of 200	SSCI	2.43	n/a
50	Bilingualism Language and Cognition	12 of 200	SSCI	2.33	n/a

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names National Social Science Fund of China. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref.

Funders named alongside National Social Science Fund of China

Other funders that appear in the same journals. Their pages show where their funded research is published.

National Natural Science Foundation of China Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education of China Major Program of National Fund of Philosophy and Social Science of China China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China Japan Society for the Promotion of Science National Research Foundation of Korea European Commission Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences National Key Research and Development Program of China China Scholarship Council Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province National Science Foundation Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

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Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most National Social Science Fund of China funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name National Social Science Fund of China as a funder most often are China Economic Review, Journal of Asian Economics, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, International Review of Financial Analysis, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. In all, 857 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my National Social Science Fund of China grant?

These journals already publish work supported by National Social Science Fund of China, so editors and reviewers know this kind of research. Whether a journal suits your paper still depends on its scope, indexing and review time, shown for each journal in the table.

Does National Social Science Fund of China pay the article processing charge (APC)?

Many funders pay or reimburse open access fees under their open access policy, but the rules differ by funder and by grant. Check National Social Science Fund of China's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every publisher deposits funders, so a journal can be missing.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; spelling variants of a funder are combined. Updated: 29 October 2026. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with National Social Science Fund of China or these journals.