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Journal of Behavioral Finance

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1542-7579

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.482

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.172

Total Worksi

734

Total Citationsi

16,161

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Behavioral Finance publishes research in the areas of behavioral economics and stock. Its papers aim to foster the development of research in financial economics, actuarial science, investment, and the stock market.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications734

Publisher OrgRoutledge

Visit Journal Website

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1542-7579

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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

1.2k

2019

977

2020

542

2021

215

2022

130

2023

2024

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.

FinanceQ2

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceEconomics

Scopus Categories

FinanceExperimental and Cognitive Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesCorporate Finance and GovernanceDecision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceComplex Systems and Time Series AnalysisMarket Dynamics and VolatilityHousing Market and EconomicsStock Market Forecasting MethodsExperimental Behavioral Economics StudiesFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Behavioral Finance

Is Journal of Behavioral Finance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Behavioral Finance: 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 Behavioral Finance?

Journal of Behavioral Finance 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 1.41.

Is Journal of Behavioral Finance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Behavioral Finance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.