Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Banks and Bank Systems
ISSN 1816-7403 · eISSN 1991-7074 · Business Perspectives · Ukraine
Banks and Bank Systems: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 11 weeks (community reports); 85 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Banks and Bank Systems is published by Business Perspectives and is classed under Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 39.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal focuses on the results of scientific researches on monetary policy issues in different countries and regions all over the world. It also analyzes the activities of international financial organizations, central banks, and bank institutions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting17.2%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance16.3%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.3%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Economic Issues in UkraineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Business and Economic DevelopmentEnvironmental Science3.6%
- Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDecision Sciences3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: OCLC
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)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.62Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.24Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 271OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 84LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 3,962Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 818 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 60 | 19 |
| 2025 | 85 | 85 | 335 |
| 2024 | 78 | 78 | 491 |
| 2023 | 80 | 80 | 599 |
| 2022 | 70 | 70 | 797 |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | 905 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,395 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 595 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 595 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,395 / EUR 995 / EUR 895 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- editorialAll manuscripts submitted to the "Banks and Bank Systems" Journal are double-blind peer reviewed. Limited Liability Company “Consulting Publishing Company “Busi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Conflicts of interest ESG disclosure and financial performance: Empirical study of Vietnamese commercial banks
Bui Thi Thu Loan , Tran Thi Lan Anh , Trang Hoang doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/bbs.19(1).2024.18 Banks and Bank Systems Volume 19, 2024 Issue #1 pp. 208-220 Views: 12395 Downloads: 3440 TO CITE АНОТАЦІЯ Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure becomes vital for banks to be transparent and accountable for their investments and lending decisions to shareholders, regulators, and soci…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Editorial Policies and Publication Ethics
All manuscripts submitted to the "Banks and Bank Systems" Journal are double-blind peer reviewed. Limited Liability Company “Consulting Publishing Company “Business Perspectives” is the publisher of the Journal. The Company is a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and follows Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. The Journal is a membe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
LLC “CPC "Business Perspectives” protects your rights as an author and guarantees that any juridical information and questions regarding author’s right will be regulated. Open-access articlesAuthors whose articles are published in open-access retain copyright to the content of the articles. The publisher is granted the right to make the first publication of the article. Open access articles can be…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
Journal is committed to full open access for scholarly publications. All articles are available to all users immediately upon publication (without registration on the site and embargo period). By "open access" to this [research] literature, we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Statement
All manuscripts that are being sent for an external peer review, are screened for originality. By submitting their manuscripts to the journal authors are agreeing to any necessary originality checks the manuscript may have to undergo during the publication process. The Publishing Company "Business Perspectives" advocates adherence to the principles of ethics and integrity of science, which is why …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Policy
The Journals self-archiving policy is presented on the SHERPA/RoMEO site. The author may deposit pre-print version of the paper (manuscript by the author, submitted to the journal, before peer-review and without any editorial amendments) to any platform anytime with acknowledgement to the Publisher and the Journal (acknowledgement should be made as follows: "This is a pre-peer-reviewed version of …
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
- Business Perspectives
- Country or region
- Ukraine
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1816-7403
- Electronic ISSN
- 1991-7074
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Banks and Bank Systems
What CAS zone is Banks and Bank Systems in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Banks and Bank Systems?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Banks and Bank Systems?
Authors report an average review time of about 11 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Banks and Bank Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Banks and Bank Systems is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Banks and Bank Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Banks and Bank Systems is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .