Journal of Digital Economy
Journal of Digital Economy
Journal of Digital Economy (JDE) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal. It is the official English-language journal of the Tsinghua University Institute of Economics in China. While the Industrial R...
Journal of Digital Economy (JDE) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal. It is the official English-language journal of the Tsinghua University Institute of Economics in China. While the Industrial Revolution transformed humanity from early agrarian societies to an industrialized age, the 21st century is witnessing the rise of a digital civilization. JDE sheds light on how this digital era is expanding, restructuring and challenging existing knowledge and traditional methodology. It is a platform for both theoretical and empirical contributions to multiple disciplines, including, but not limited to, Economics, Management, Sociology, Political Economy, Computer Science and Environmental Science. JDE examines ways to improve economic well-being, social equity and environmental sustainability in the digital era. It welcomes practice and policy-oriented studies that tackle the challenges and harness the opportunities distinctive to our time.
Specific research areas covered include:
- Digital economy (also known as the internet economy, new economy, web economy and gig economy)
- Digital economics
- Digital transformation strategy and management
- Digital labor
- Digital innovation and entrepreneurship
- Platform economy and business ecosystems
- Adoption and management of digital technologies
- Network economics
- Big data analysis
- Data market
- Data ecosystem
- Data industry
- Internet banking
- The economics of innovation and entrepreneurship
- The use of digitalization and low-carbon economy
- Green economy
- Digital China
- Digital Manufacturing and 3D Printing
- Digital Transformation

Society affiliation
The Institute of Economics was established in December 1993. Its predecessor was the Division of Political Economy, Department of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University. Since its establishment, the faculty of the institute received research grants from various government agencies including the National Social Sciences Vital Projects Fund, the Nati...
Call for papers
Journal of Digital Economy (JDE) – Long Range Planning (LRP) special issue joint call for papers
Submission deadline: 31 Jan 2024
Focused issue on the new era for the digital ecosystem: strategy and theoretical development
Submission deadline: rolling submission
Digital strategy, artificial intelligence and the platform economy
Submission deadline: rolling submission