Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Annals of Financial Economics
ISSN 2010-4952 · eISSN 2010-4960 · World Scientific
Annals of Financial Economics: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2019 (Volume 21): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Financial Economics is published by World Scientific and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Market Dynamics and Volatility, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, together about 35.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editor-in-chief Alan Wing-Keung WongPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.9%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.8%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.6%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.2%
- Complex Systems and Time Series AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.69%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 346 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 25 | 3 | 35 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1 | 75 |
| 2023 | 19 | 2 | 150 |
| 2022 | 35 | 2 | 624 |
| 2021 | 25 | 8 | 363 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- World Scientific
- ISSN
- 2010-4952
- Electronic ISSN
- 2010-4960
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21 (2019)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Financial Economics
What CAS zone is Annals of Financial Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Financial Economics is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Annals of Financial Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Financial Economics is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Annals of Financial Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Financial Economics is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .