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