2012年SSCI期刊源共有期刊2175种，经济类306种，现在上财使用的经济类国外学术期刊，集中于部分经济学主干类SSCI期刊（共125种），还有很多专业类SCI、SSCI期刊未包含在内。
例如，利用Science Direct和JSTOR数据库，以Public Utility（公益企业）、供水、供电、公共交通等为关键词进行检索，国外近期相关研究集中在下列专业类期刊，该类期刊未在财大目录中出现，但期刊排名及文章质量较高，主要有：Utilities Policy（SCI、SSCI）Journal of Public Economics（SSCI）Management Accounting Research（SSCI）Transportation Research（Part A: Policy and Practice；SCI、SSCI）Resources, Conservation and Recycling（SCI）International Journal of Project Management（SSCI）The Electricity JournalHabitat International上财常任轨期刊（部分属于SSCI期刊源）Top Tier（顶级）：EconometricaAmerican Economic ReviewJournal of Political EconomyQuarterly Journal of EconomicsReview of Economic StudiesFirst Tier（第一类）：Economic JournalGames and Economic BehaviorInternational Economic ReviewJournal of EconometricsJournal of Economic TheoryJournal of FinanceJournal of International EconomicsJournal of Labor EconomicsJournal of Monetary EconomicsJournal of Public EconomicsJournal of the European Economic AssociationRand Journal of EconomicsReview of Economics and StatisticsTheoretical EconomicsSecond Tier（第二类）：AEJ：Applied EconomicsAEJ：Economic PolicyAEJ：MacroeconomicsAEJ：MicroeconomicsAmerican Journal of Agricultural EconomicsAEA Papers and ProceedingsBrookings Papers on Economic ActivityCanadian Journal of EconomicsEconometric TheoryEconomic TheoryEuropean Economic ReviewExperimental EconomicsJournal of Applied EconometricsJournal of Business & Economic StatisticsJournal of Comparative EconomicsJournal of Development EconomicsJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization Journal of Economic Dynamics & ControlJournal of Economic EducationJournal of Economic GrowthJournal of Economic HistoryJournal of Economic LiteratureJournal of Economic PerspectivesJournal of Economics & Management Strategy Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Journal of Financial EconomicsJournal of Health EconomicsJournal of Human ResourcesJournal of Industrial EconomicsJournal of Law & EconomicsJournal of Mathematical EconomicsJournal of Money, Credit and BankingJournal of Population EconomicsJournal of Real Estate Finance and Economics Journal of Regulatory EconomicsJournal of Risk and UncertaintyJournal of Urban EconomicsMacroeconomic DynamicsReview of Economic DynamicsReview of Financial StudiesSocial Choice and WelfareThird Tier（第三类）：Applied EconomicsCambridge Journal of EconomicsChina Economic ReviewContemporary Economic PolicyEconometrics JournalEconometric ReviewsEconomics and PhilosophyEconomic InquiryEconomicaEconomic Development and Cultural Change Economic History ReviewEconomic PolicyEconomic RecordEconomics LettersEconomic ModellingEconomics of Education ReviewEconomics of TransitionEmpirical EconomicsEnergy JournalEnvironmental and Resource Economics Europe-Asia StudiesExplorations in Economic HistoryFrontiers of Economics in ChinaHealth EconomicsIndustrial & Labor Relations ReviewIndustrial RelationsInternational Journal of Game Theory International Journal of Industrial Organization International Monetary Fund Staff Papers International Tax and Public FinanceJournal of Accounting and EconomicsJournal of Agricultural EconomicsJournal of Banking & FinanceJournal of EconomicsJournal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics Journal of Law Economics & Organization Journal of MacroeconomicsJournal of Productivity AnalysisJournal of Regional ScienceJournal of Transport Economics and Policy Labour EconomicsLand EconomicsMathematical Social SciencesNational Tax JournalRegional Science and Urban EconomicsOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Oxford Economics PapersOxford Review of Economic PolicyPublic ChoiceResource and Energy EconomicsReview of Economic DesignReview of Income and WealthReview of Industrial OrganizationReview of International EconomicsScandinavian Journal of EconomicsScottish Journal of Political EconomySouthern Economic JournalThe B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & PolicyThe B.E. Journal of MacroeconomicsThe B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (Contributions tier)Theory and DecisionWorld Bank Economic ReviewWorld DevelopmentWorld Economy注：①标红为财政类、政策类期刊；②该目录未涵盖所有经济类、管理类SSCI期刊；③部分经济类、管理类SCI期刊不在SSCI期刊源中。
日本主要经济类学会和高水平期刊日本国内高水平学术期刊一般隶属于各领域学会，需将论文在各学会定期举办的学术会议上向相关领域学者公开报告后，方可投稿，由学会所属期刊择优筛选，经2-3次修改后决定录用发表。
在日本各大学图书馆一般利用CiNii数据库（该数据库为日本国立情报研究所运营的日本最大的学术论文数据库，我国北京大学图书馆有相关链接，类似于中国知网数据库）进行检索。