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Finance Research Letters

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1975

ISSN1544-6131

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

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.672

H-Indexi

168

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.918

Total Worksi

9,036

Total Citationsi

184,837

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Finance Research Letters publishes concise research papers on all areas of finance. It emphasizes the rapid dissemination of important new results, preliminary findings, or experimental insights of broad interest.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,036

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1544-6131

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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

327

15k

2019

411

35k

2020

550

21k

2021

732

27k

2022

1.2k

27k

2023

1.6k

19k

2024

2.5k

8.3k

2025

837

195

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.

FinanceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

Finance

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corporate Finance and GovernanceMarket Dynamics and VolatilityFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingFinancial Risk and Volatility ModelingMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactComplex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Finance Research Letters

Is Finance Research Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Finance Research Letters: 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 Finance Research Letters?

Finance Research Letters 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 5.01.

Is Finance Research Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Finance Research Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.