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Journal of Risk and Financial Management

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2008

ISSN1911-8074

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total51

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

Removed from DOAJ (2023-06-21). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ 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 50% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.506

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.906

Total Worksi

4,042

Total Citationsi

50,236

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Accounting; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Economics and Econometrics; Finance.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 608 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,042

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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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

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1911-8074

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

191

2019

340

12k

2020

616

11k

2021

630

10k

2022

512

5.7k

2023

580

4.2k

2024

731

2.4k

2025

477

131

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.

AccountingQ2

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q2

Economics and EconometricsQ2

FinanceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics and EconometricsAccountingBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Market Dynamics and VolatilityCorporate Finance and GovernanceFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceFinancial Risk and Volatility ModelingBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthComplex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Risk and Financial Management

Is Journal of Risk and Financial Management a predatory journal?

Journal of Risk and Financial Management was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2023-06-21). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Risk and Financial Management?

Journal of Risk and Financial Management is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.506.

Is Journal of Risk and Financial Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Risk and Financial Management is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Risk and Financial Management?