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China Finance Review International

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN2044-1398eISSN2044-1401

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.818

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.876

Total Worksi

463

Total Citationsi

7,540

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business, Finance; Finance.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications463

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2044-1398 / 2044-1401

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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

563

2019

635

2020

1.8k

2021

841

2022

1.1k

2023

744

2024

410

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.

FinanceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

Finance

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesCorporate Finance and GovernanceMarket Dynamics and VolatilityFinancial Risk and Volatility ModelingAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthHousing Market and EconomicsMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactComplex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Frequently asked questions about China Finance Review International

Is China Finance Review International a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for China Finance Review International: 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 China Finance Review International?

China Finance Review International 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 6.85.

Is China Finance Review International indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

China Finance Review International is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of China Finance Review International?