economic-research

Submission to 《经济研究》 (economic-research)

Journal positioning

China's comprehensive flagship journal in economics; full lifecycle support is already implemented in Economic-Research-Journal-Skills . Here we provide quick triggers within the target pack and desk-reject/redirect judgments.

This skill is apositioning / journal selection / rewriting frameworktool; it does not replace the journal's latest official submission guidelines. Before formal submission, you must re-check the latest templates published on the official website, editorial system, or by the editorial office.

When to trigger

• The user explicitly states the target journal is 《经济研究》 or Economic Research Journal
• The manuscript topic is close to this journal, but it is uncertain whether the problem orientation, methodological strength, and readership match
• Need to rewrite a general Chinese economics/management manuscript into a narrative more acceptable to 《经济研究》
• Before submission, need to list this journal's high-frequency rejection risks and alternative submission directions

Topic preferences

• China economic issues with a clear theoretical contribution
• Quasi-experimental or theoretical-empirical work that can dialogue with recent articles in this journal
• Topics in macro, industry, public finance and finance, institutional economics, etc. with generalizable implications

Methods and evidence

• Preferentially invoke the complete er-* lifecycle skill; this skill only does journal selection and quick positioning
• Identification strategy, mechanisms, heterogeneity, tables, and pre-submission checks are handled by the dedicated skills in the complete 《经济研究》 pack according to their division of labor
• If merely judging whether it fits this journal, first check whether the theoretical contribution, China issue, and marginal contribution hold

Structure and writing

• Place the theoretical contribution in the early part of the introduction and literature review; do not write policy implications as departmental recommendations
• Contributions should be split into several non-overlapping sentences covering theory, identification, mechanism, and policy implications
• The abstract and main text need to reflect an economics problem rather than a mere policy evaluation

Routing to prevent mis-submission

• This journal's quick positioning belongs to the "comprehensive economics" channel; only when the manuscript's core contribution satisfies "economic problem orientation, mechanism explanation, and extrapolatable theoretical/policy contribution must all hold" should 《经济研究》 be taken as the first choice.
• For similar profiles, first compare:economic-perspectives(《经济学动态》) / economic-problems(《经济问题》) / economic-review-cn(《经济评论》) / economic-science(《经济科学》). If these journals' readership is closer, do not force submission to this journal just because of similar names, regions, or variables.
• Common mis-submission: if it is only an industry background or local case, compare narrower industry, public finance, finance, or regional journals. Before formal advice, you still need to go through the official verification checklist.

Official verification checklist

• Before formally giving submission format/process advice, first read ../../resources/source-basis.md and ../../resources/official-source-map.md, start verification from the official source anchors therein or the entry points of the same hosting/publishing system, and state the verification date in the answer.
• Confirm whether it should be transferred to Economic-Research-Journal-Skills/skills/er-workflow
• Check the latest submission guidelines, anonymity requirements, abstract/JEL, references, and attachments
• Search for "《经济研究》 submission guidelines / call for papers / author guide" and rely on the latest page; do not follow second-hand agent submission website formats
• Check whether anonymized main text, author information page, separately listed funding information, data/programs/supplementary materials, copyright agreement, or no-fee statement are required
• If this skill conflicts with the latest official requirements, the official requirements shall prevail

Pre-submission self-check

• Explain in one sentence why this manuscript falls within the core readership scope of Economic Research Journal
• The first 3 paragraphs of the introduction already present the level of the question of interest to this journal, the theory/mechanism, and the main evidence
• The literature review engages in dialogue with at least 2-3 articles on the same topic published in this journal or Chinese journals of the same tier in recent years
• The format of methods, data, figures/tables, and references has been reviewed against the latest official manuscript guidelines
• Policy/management implications are derived from the evidence in this paper, rather than being vague slogans

High-frequency rejection pitfalls

• Only policy evaluation or phenomenon description, lacking theoretical contribution
• The literature review does not engage in dialogue with Chinese classics and recent articles in this journal
• Mechanisms and heterogeneity are weak, yet significance is treated as a contribution

Submission transfer judgment

If step-by-step writing/submission checks are needed, use er-workflow; if the practical policy emphasis is stronger, switch to management-world.

Output format

【匹配度】高 / 中 / 低（一句话理由）
【目标期刊】《经济研究》
【选题标签】<最贴近的 2-3 个主题>
【方法证据】<当前方法是否够本刊标准>
【最大风险】<最可能导致退稿的一点>
【需核验官方要求】<投稿系统/匿名/摘要/图表/数据等>
【改投建议】<若不匹配，给出更合适期刊>