Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

APE focuses on Empirical research and practical experience of a wide range of research areas including politics, political theory, political philosophy, political economy, comparative politics, international relations, intellectual history, cultural studies, economics, banking, war, marketing, accounting, finance and other relevant fields.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The journal adopts double-blind peer review (also called anonymous peer review). On one hand, the reviewers do not know the author's identity. On the other hand, the authors do not know who accept to review their manuscripts. After accepting the review task, the external reviewers should return the review result in two weeks.

 

Publication Frequency

2025 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2024 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2023 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2022 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2021 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2020 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2019 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2018 Semiannual, published in June and December

 

Index/List/Archive

 

Anti-plagiarism

The editor will check the similarity rate of each submission by iThenticate.