On December 4th, International Journal Editor Panel, organized by Fudan Institute for Global Public Policy, LSE-Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy, and School of International Relations & Public Affairs, Fudan University, was held both online and offline. Professor Ting Gong from City University of Hong Kong chaired the panel. The editors who attended online were: Janine O’Flynn from Australian Journal of Public Administration, Yijia Jing from Global Public Policy and Governance，Steven Kelman from International Public Management Journal，Stephen Osborne from Public Management Review, and Edoardo Ongaro from Public Policy and Administration. More than 100 scholars from different universities in China joined this panel.

At the beginning of the panel, Professor Gong first expressed thanks to all the editors and gave a brief introduction about the panel. In the first session, the five editors respectively introduced their journals, sharing the information about journals’ history, content arrangements, publication cycle, rejection rate, etc. Australian Journal of Public Administration is a prestigious journal of public administration, public management and public policy in Australia, which has a long history and great influence, with the publication of its first issue dating back to 1937. Global Public Policy and Governance is hosted by the Institute of Global Public Policy of Fudan University; it covers a broad scope of subjects, such as comparative public policy and governance, domestic public policy and governance with global relevance, public policy diffusion across national borders, and regional/global policy and governance through supranational mechanisms. International Public Management Journal has published high-quality empirical and theoretical work on managing large organizations, particularly public organizations. Public Management Review seeks to draw together and learn lessons from the development of public management across the world and encourages cross-national and comparative research papers, as well as inter-disciplinary work. Public Policy and Administration encourages scientific research aimed at finding new theoretical and practical solutions for the formation and implementation of public policy. Overall, these journals share the common features of internationalization and openness.

In the second part of the panel, the editors first discussed the coming plan and new trends of journal issues amid the pandemic. They then offered some valuable suggestions for Chinese authors who are interested in submitting papers to international journals, such as citation rules and how to respond to peer reviews. Furthermore, the five editors all recommended that authors first read previously published papers of the journal to understand the aim and scopeof the journal and treat the submission as a process of participating in an academic dialogue.

In the Q&A session, the editors responded to some of the audience’s concerns, such as methodology and theoretical contributions. They encouraged Chinese authors to make theoretical innovations by challenging general western theories with nonwestern experience. At the same time, they emphasized the significance of generalizing from the studies of local cases. The panel ended in a heated discussion.

In the future, the Institute for Global Public Policy of Fudan University will continue to deepen the communication and cooperation with domestic and foreign editors of academic journals, and make progress with scholars together, contributing to the academic development of public policy studies.