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Journal of Credit Risk

Incisive Media Ltd. · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1755-9723
SJR Q4WOS SSCIScopus / 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.206
H-Indexi
30
SNIPi
0.236
Total Worksi
517
Total Citationsi
3,457
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.29
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Risk Journals deliver academically rigorous, practitioner-focused content and resources for the rapidly evolving discipline of financial risk management. Each quarter, Risk Journals provide peer-reviewed research and technical papers, delivered to a global audience online. The Risk Journals portfolio has been serving broad and international readership communities that bridge academia and industry for over 25 years. The mission of Risk Journals is to equip readers with the tools to fulfil their professional potential. Risk Journals publishes original and innovative papers, ensuring subscribers are kept up-to-date with the ever-changing complexity behind the science of risk management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2004
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications517
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind peer review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Incisive Media Ltd.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1755-9723
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
12
61
2019
17
43
2020
14
69
2021
15
15
2022
17
34
2023
13
8
2024
19
5
2025
7
0
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 and EconometricsQ4
FinanceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Credit Risk and Financial RegulationsBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyFinancial Distress and Bankruptcy PredictionInsurance and Financial Risk ManagementStochastic processes and financial applicationsHousing Market and EconomicsFirm Innovation and GrowthRisk and Portfolio OptimizationInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementCorporate Finance and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Credit Risk

Is Journal of Credit Risk a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Credit Risk: 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 Credit Risk?

Journal of Credit Risk 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 0.29.

Is Journal of Credit Risk indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Credit Risk is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Credit Risk?

Risk Journals deliver academically rigorous, practitioner-focused content and resources for the rapidly evolving discipline of financial risk management. Each quarter, Risk Journals provide peer-reviewed research and technical papers, delivered to a global audience online. The Risk Journals portfolio has been serving broad and international readership communities that bridge academia and industry for over 25 years. The mission of Risk Journals is to equip readers with the tools to fulfil their professional potential. Risk Journals publishes original and innovative papers, ensuring subscribers

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref