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Applied Finance Letters

Tuwhera Open Access Publisher · New Zealand · Est. 2012

ISSN2253-5799eISSN2253-5802

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

151

Total Citationsi

381

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Applied Finance Letters publishes empirical research with implications and relevance for academia and the finance industry. The aim is to encourage high-quality contributions that foster discussions among academics, policymakers and financial practitioners. The Journal welcomes submissions from all fields of finance and is especially interested in innovative and original contributions.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyContinuous publication

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications151

Publisher OrgTuwhera Open Access Publisher

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Tuwhera Open Access Publisher

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2253-5799 / 2253-5802

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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?

LOCKSS, 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

2019

113

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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesMarket Dynamics and VolatilityCorporate Finance and GovernanceBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyComplex Systems and Time Series AnalysisFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisBlockchain Technology Applications and SecurityStock Market Forecasting MethodsMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance

Frequently asked questions about Applied Finance Letters

Is Applied Finance Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Finance Letters: it is indexed in 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 Applied Finance Letters?

Applied Finance Letters is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.65.

Is Applied Finance Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Finance Letters is indexed in DOAJ.