Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Asia-Pacific Financial Markets
ISSN 1387-2834 · eISSN 1573-6946 · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
Asia-Pacific Financial Markets: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 200 days to acceptance (55 articles, last 24 months); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asia-Pacific Financial Markets is published by Springer Nature 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 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Stochastic processes and financial applications and Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling, together about 35.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The current remarkable growth in the Asia-Pacific financial markets is certain to continue. These markets are expected to play a further important role in the world capital markets for investment and risk management. In accordance with this development, Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (formerly Financial Engineering and the Japanese Markets), the official journal of the Japanese Association of Financial Econometrics and Engineering (JAFEE), is expected to provide an international forum for researchers and practitioners in academia, industry, and government, who engage in empirical and/or theoretical research into the financial markets. We invite submission of quality papers on all aspects of finance and financial engineering.Here we interpret the term 'financial engineering' broadly enough to cover such topics as financial time series, portfolio analysis, global asset allocation, trading strategy for investment, optimization methods, macro monetary economic analysis and pricing models for various financial assets including derivatives We stress that purely theoretical papers, as well as empirical studies that use Asia-Pacific market data, are welcome. Officially cited as: Asia-Pac Financ Markets
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Editor-in-chief Yuta KoikePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 24, India 3, United Kingdom 2, South Korea 2, United States 1 (37 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.8%
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.4%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Complex Systems and Time Series AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Credit Risk and Financial RegulationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
zbMATHEconLitPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, RePEc
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 220OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.28OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 70LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 123,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 833 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | 8 | 17 |
| 2025 | 74 | 19 | 123 |
| 2024 | 67 | 9 | 316 |
| 2023 | 47 | 10 | 467 |
| 2022 | 40 | 22 | 511 |
| 2021 | 28 | 11 | 535 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
200 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 144 days – 301 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 210 days
- Sample
- 55 articles with submission and acceptance dates (150 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,390 / EUR 2,790 / GBP 2,490 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 1387-2834
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-6946
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Association of Financial Econometrics and Engineering
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asia-Pacific Financial Markets
What CAS zone is Asia-Pacific Financial Markets in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Asia-Pacific Financial Markets 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.
What is the impact factor of Asia-Pacific Financial Markets?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Asia-Pacific Financial Markets?
Based on the dates recorded on 55 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 200 days (interquartile range 144–301 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Asia-Pacific Financial Markets based?
Of the 37 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (24), India (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Asia-Pacific Financial Markets?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asia-Pacific Financial Markets is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists zbMATH and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Asia-Pacific Financial Markets open access, and what is the APC?
Asia-Pacific Financial Markets is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,390.
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: .