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Annals of Finance

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 2002

ISSN1614-2454

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.343

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.709

Total Worksi

476

Total Citationsi

6,639

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Annals of Finance is a comprehensive resource for original research across all areas of finance. Publishes rigorous theoretical reasoning and applied research in finance and interdisciplinary areas. Encompasses a wide range of areas, from financial economics to corporate finance. Offers a special category "Finance Notes" for short papers of substantial interest in finance.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications476

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1614-2454

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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

103

2019

278

2020

2021

2022

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

FinanceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Stochastic processes and financial applicationsFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomic theories and modelsFinancial Risk and Volatility ModelingBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyComplex Systems and Time Series AnalysisCorporate Finance and GovernanceRisk and Portfolio OptimizationCredit Risk and Financial RegulationsMarket Dynamics and Volatility

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Finance

Is Annals of Finance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of 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 Annals of Finance?

Annals of 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 1.53.

Is Annals of Finance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Finance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.