Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics (HJE), initiated in 1960, is a general-interest journal that publishes high-quality and innovative research in all disciplines of economics, edited jointly by Hitotsubashi Universityʼs Faculty of Economics and Institute of Economic Research. Building upon the strong tradition of Hitotsubashi University, established in 1875 as the first business school in Japan, HJE aims at striking a good balance of theoretical and empirical research by publishing a wide range of theoretical and empirical papers. We welcome papers that articulate their novel and significant contributions to the literature in clear and plain language. Papers published in HJE, an open access journal included in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) journal list, attract wide international readership and citations, reflected in its growing impact factor.
Included in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) journal list.
5 Year Impact Factor
2021: 0.766, 2020: 0.473, 2019: 0.569, 2018: 0.415, 2017: 0.179
Turnaround Time (2020-2021 average)
Mean time to rejection in the first round: 1.02 months
Mean time to first decision: 0.76 months
Mean time from submission to acceptance of final version: 6.40 months
Mean time from receipt of final version to print publication: 6.58 months
Manuscript should be sent as an e-mail attachment to: hje-ed@econ
Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics is an open access journal, published twice annually. Table of contents for each issue and all the papers published in the journal are downloadable in pdf format for free of charge from HERMES-IR.
Web page of Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics in HERMES-IR
Hitotsubashi Journal Editorial Office: Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601, Japan.
E-mail: hje-ed@econ
Hodaka Morita
Nobuhiko Nakazawa Motohiro Sato Toshitaka Sekine Kensuke Teshima Yohei Yamamoto
Eiji Kurozumi Yosuke Okada Reo Takaku Yuta Takahashi Eiichi Tomiura Takashi Ui Naoki Wakamori Naoki Yoshihara
Ikuko Fujishiro