Key Topics for 2026 in “Statistics and Decision”

  2026 The year marks the inaugural year of the 15th Five-Year Plan. This journal will remain firmly aligned with the major strategic plans of the Party and the state, focusing on the further comprehensive deepening of reform and the economic and social practices driving Chinese‑style modernization. It will address pressing real‑world concerns, track cutting‑edge academic developments, and highlight innovations in statistical theory and methodology. To better guide authors’ submissions, we have identified the following priority topics and warmly invite all scholars to submit their work.

Key Topic Selection

1. Construction of a Statistical Monitoring System for China’s Modernization and the Process of Common Prosperity

2. Statistical Measurement of the Cultivation of New‑Type Productive Forces and Economic Growth Potential

3. An Assessment of the Effects of Building a Modern Industrial System and a Strong Domestic Market

4. Evaluation of the Level of Deep Integration and Development between Technological Innovation and Industrial Innovation

5. “Real-number integration,” “artificial intelligence” + Statistical Testing of the Action Empowerment Effect

6. Statistical Evaluation of Agricultural and Rural Modernization, New-Type Urbanization, and Comprehensive Rural Revitalization

7. Empirical Measurement of the Smart Economy, First-Mover Economy, Low-Altitude Economy, and Silver Economy

8. Measurement of the Level of Urban–Rural Integration, Industrial Integration, and Coordinated Regional Development

9. An Empirical Examination of the Stimulative Effects of Emerging Consumption Patterns Such as Digital Consumption, Green Consumption, and Health‑Related Consumption

10. The Policy Effects of High-Level Opening-Up and the Path to Upgrading Global Value Chains

11. Statistical Measurement of Comprehensive Green Transformation, Beautiful China, and Healthy China

12. Testing the Synergistic Effects of Fiscal and Monetary Policies and Evaluating the Efficiency of the “Five Major Financial Sectors”

13. Data elements, data assets, ecosystem value, and carbon emission accounting and statistics

14. Construction of a Statistical Indicator Accounting System to Support High-Quality Development

15. Frontier Theoretical Methods and Applications of Statistical Interdisciplinary Integration in the Digital Intelligence Era

Submission Guidelines

1. The paper must adhere to the correct political orientation, academic direction, and value stance, with a strong emphasis on scholarly innovation. It should feature novel content, clear arguments, sound reasoning, reliable data, and rigorous logic.

2. Adhere to academic ethics and standards. The similarity index (total similarity ratio) on CNKI must not exceed 10%; manuscripts already indexed in databases will not be accepted.

3. The manuscript should be approximately 15,000 words in length, accompanied by an extended English abstract, and adhere to the journal’s formatting guidelines. Submissions must be in Word format; PDF is not permitted. Please include the author’s name, institutional affiliation, a brief biographical sketch, and a contact telephone number with each submission.

4. Submissions should be made through the “Statistics and Decision” submission system (https://tjjc.cbpt.cnki.net).