On July 7, 2025, the Economic Review was once again included in the *FMS High-Quality Journal Recommendation List 2025*, jointly released by three national first-class academic societies: the Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics, the Society of Management Science and Engineering of China, and the Systems Engineering Society of China. This marks the journal's third consecutive recognition following its selections in 2020 and 2022.

The 2025 list adheres to rigorous evaluation principles of "peer-review foundation, value orientation core, and equivalent application standards," assessing journals based on publication quality and academic contribution through a combination of bibliometric analysis and expert review. The list comprises 94 recommended Chinese journals, with the Economic Review's repeated inclusion demonstrating sustained academic excellence.

Since its inception, the Economic Review has upheld its mission to "let ideas guide scholarship and let scholarship refine ideas." Rooted in China's economic reform and development, the journal employs cutting-edge theories and methodologies to address critical economic issues. Its accolades include:

• National Social Science Fund-supported Journal (excellent/outstanding in annual evaluations four times since 2012)

• China’s Most Internationally Influential Academic Journal (four-time recipient)

• CSSCI Source Journal, AMI Core Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, and National Outstanding Economics Journal

• Part of the "Chinese Top Scholarly Journals Foreign Language Digital Publishing Project" (2016), with 210 English papers published on CNKI’s bilingual platform, expanding its global reach.

Through innovative practices, the Economic Review has focused on major real-world issues in China, pioneering an open-review system. It has organized 20 workshops at top universities (e.g., Sun Yat-sen University, Hunan University) and 10 "China Economic Growth and Development Young Scholars Forums." Additionally, it hosts editorial open days (10 sessions) and academic salons (24 sessions) at Wuhan University, nurturing young scholars and supporting the university’s "Double First-Class" initiative. These efforts amplify China’s development narrative, promoting its economic model and wisdom globally.

Looking ahead, the Economic Review remains committed to its founding principles: upholding academic rigor, fostering open review mechanisms, and bridging discourse with scholarly and disciplinary systems. It aims to advance the standardization, modernization, and internationalization of Chinese economics research, contributing high-quality scholarship to the global academic community.

Reporter: Yang Liyan | Reviewer: Huang Minxue