Risks

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2005

ISSN2227-9091eISSN2227-9091

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.374

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.966

Total Worksi

1,826

Total Citationsi

17,614

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Risks is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly open access journal that publishes research and studies on insurance and financial risk management. It welcomes material that bridges, focuses, or augments classical disciplines within its scope.

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General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 224 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,826

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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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?

2227-9091 / 2227-9091

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

127

2.6k

2019

143

1.7k

2020

226

3.9k

2021

244

3.2k

2022

218

2.1k

2023

205

1.2k

2024

250

704

2025

193

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, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

AccountingQ3

Strategy and ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Strategy and ManagementAccounting

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementInsurance and Financial Risk ManagementFinancial Risk and Volatility ModelingMarket Dynamics and VolatilityStochastic processes and financial applicationsProbability and Risk ModelsFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyCredit Risk and Financial RegulationsGlobal Health Care Issues

Frequently asked questions about Risks

Is Risks a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Risks: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Risks?

Risks 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 2.21.

Is Risks indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Risks is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.