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Journal of Credit Risk

Incisive Media Ltd. · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1755-9723

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.206

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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

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

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Incisive Media Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1755-9723

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind peer review

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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

2019

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 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. 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 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.