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Journal of Risk Finance

Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN2331-2947

SJR Q2✓ 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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📊 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

0.916

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.03

Total Worksi

920

Total Citationsi

20,019

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business, Finance; Accounting; Finance.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications920

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2331-2947

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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

698

2019

368

2020

389

2021

1.4k

2022

381

2023

362

2024

138

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.

AccountingQ2

FinanceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

FinanceAccounting

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesMarket Dynamics and VolatilityCredit Risk and Financial RegulationsFinancial Risk and Volatility ModelingCorporate Finance and GovernanceInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementStochastic processes and financial applicationsMonetary Policy and Economic Impact

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Risk Finance

Is Journal of Risk Finance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Risk Finance: 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 Journal of Risk Finance?

Journal of Risk Finance 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 3.85.

Is Journal of Risk Finance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Risk Finance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Risk Finance?