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Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1974

ISSN1468-5957

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.202

H-Indexi

148

SNIPi

1.832

Total Worksi

3,307

Total Citationsi

107,666

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business, Finance; Accounting; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Finance.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

FrequencyFive No. A Year, <Nov./Dec. 2002->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,307

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1468-5957

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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

1.8k

2019

1.8k

2020

1.4k

2021

1.1k

2022

760

2023

334

2024

156

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

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

FinanceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

FinanceAccountingBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corporate Finance and GovernanceAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesFinancial Reporting and Valuation ResearchMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactCorporate Taxation and AvoidanceCapital Investment and Risk AnalysisBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyHousing Market and EconomicsMarket Dynamics and Volatility

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Is Journal of Business Finance and Accounting a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Business Finance and Accounting: 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 Business Finance and Accounting?

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 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 1.79.

Is Journal of Business Finance and Accounting indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Business Finance and Accounting?