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Annual Review of Financial Economics

Annual Reviews Inc. · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1941-1367eISSN1941-1375

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

8.229

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.59

Total Worksi

339

Total Citationsi

23,416

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Annual Review of Financial Economics provides comprehensive, forward-looking and critical reviews of the most significant theoretical, empirical, and experimental developments in financial economics, including the fields of capital markets, corporate finance, financial institutions, market microstructure, and behavioral and experimental finance.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications339

Publisher OrgAnnual Reviews

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Annual Reviews Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1941-1367 / 1941-1375

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

881

2019

875

2020

1.5k

2021

1.6k

2022

716

2023

241

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 EconometricsQ1

FinanceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceEconomics

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesCorporate Finance and GovernanceHousing Market and EconomicsCredit Risk and Financial RegulationsGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesInsurance and Financial Risk ManagementStochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomic theories and modelsFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Financial Economics

Is Annual Review of Financial Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annual Review of Financial Economics: 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 Annual Review of Financial Economics?

Annual Review of Financial Economics 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 4.64.

Is Annual Review of Financial Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annual Review of Financial Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.