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Borsa Istanbul Review
ISSN 2214-8450 · eISSN 2214-8469 · Elsevier · Netherlands
Borsa Istanbul Review: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.64; fully open access; APC about USD 1,500; review about 138 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 166 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Borsa Istanbul Review is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 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, Corporate Finance and Governance and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Peer Review under the responsibility of Borsa İstanbul Anonim Sirketi.Borsa İstanbul Review provides a scholarly platform for empirical financial studies including but not limited to capital markets and institutions, investor behavior, financial centers, market structures, and corporate finance. Micro and macro data applications and comparative studies are welcome. Country coverage includes advanced, emerging and developing economies. In particular, we would like to publish empirical papers with significant policy implications and encourage submissions in the following areas:Research Topics:Investments and Portfolio ManagementBehavioral FinanceCapital Markets and InstitutionsMarket MicrostructureIslamic FinanceFinancial Risk ManagementCapital Markets Governance
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 24, United Kingdom 6, Australia 5, Türkiye 3, South Africa 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting10.9%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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
- 5.64LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 13.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 458OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.73%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 141LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 894 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 101 | 101 | 42 |
| 2025 | 166 | 166 | 718 |
| 2024 | 126 | 126 | 1,724 |
| 2023 | 97 | 97 | 1,698 |
| 2022 | 93 | 93 | 4,279 |
| 2021 | 73 | 73 | 4,045 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
138 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 15 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 41 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 138 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 31 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 | USD 1,500 | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 / EUR 1,400 / GBP 1,200 / JPY 186,050 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted6
- original research paperContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publications: Original research papers, review of literature or survey articles, spec…Length not stated
- original research papersContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publications: Original research papers, review of literature or survey articles, spec…Length not stated
- reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publications: Original research papers, review of literature or survey articles, spec…Length not stated
- review of literature or survey articlesContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publications: Original research papers, review of literature or survey articles, spec…Length not stated
- special issue papersContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publications: Original research papers, review of literature or survey articles, spec…Length not stated
- surveyContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publications: Original research papers, review of literature or survey articles, spec…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Changes to authorship
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'License Agreement' (see more information on this). Permitted third party reuse of open access articles is determined by the author's choice of user license.Author rightsAs an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rights to reuse your work. More information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
single anonymized review Model summary
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions are typically sent to a minimum of 1 independent expert reviewer to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers which they have written themselve…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2214-8450
- Electronic ISSN
- 2214-8469
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Borsa Istanbul Review
What CAS zone is Borsa Istanbul Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Borsa Istanbul Review is in Zone 2 of Economics, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Economics / Business, Finance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Borsa Istanbul Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.64; CiteScore 13.1, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at Borsa Istanbul Review?
The publisher reports about 138 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Borsa Istanbul Review based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (24), United Kingdom (6) and Australia (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Borsa Istanbul Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Borsa Istanbul Review is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Borsa Istanbul Review open access, and what is the APC?
Borsa Istanbul Review is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .