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Review of Financial Studies

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1988

ISSN1465-7368

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

17.406

H-Indexi

391

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

4.522

Total Worksi

3,258

Total Citationsi

603,439

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencyBimonthly, 2007-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,258

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1465-7368

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

147

24k

2019

152

15k

2020

133

8.7k

2021

4.7k

2022

102

4.5k

2023

2.1k

2024

111

462

2025

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceEconomics

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics and EconometricsAccounting

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesCorporate Finance and GovernanceBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyHousing Market and EconomicsAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceEconomic theories and modelsMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesStochastic processes and financial applicationsFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Review of Financial Studies

Is Review of Financial Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Review of Financial Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Review of Financial Studies?

Review of Financial Studies 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 9.38.

Is Review of Financial Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Review of Financial Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Review of Financial Studies?