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JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA · US

ISSN0304-405XeISSN1879-2774

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

18.748

H-Indexi

355

SNIPi

6.178

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business, Finance; Economics; Accounting; Economics and Econometrics; Finance; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 129 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0304-405X / 1879-2774

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

160

22k

2019

165

18k

2020

289

25k

2021

101

11k

2022

4.4k

2023

135

3.1k

2024

158

948

2025

497

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

AccountingQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ1

FinanceQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceEconomics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corporate Finance and GovernanceFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceHousing Market and EconomicsFinancial Reporting and Valuation ResearchMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactMarket Dynamics and VolatilityStochastic processes and financial applicationsLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

Is JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS?

JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS?