Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Critical Finance Review
ISSN 2164-5744 · eISSN 2164-5760 · Now Publishers Inc
Critical Finance Review: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 22 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Critical Finance Review is published by Now Publishers Inc 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, Corporate Finance and Governance and Housing Market and Economics, together about 41.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance22.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting12.5%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
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 | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | 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
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 6.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 190 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5 | 34 |
| 2024 | 15 | 2 | 151 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 | 62 |
| 2022 | 18 | 3 | 723 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1 | 229 |
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
- Now Publishers Inc
- ISSN
- 2164-5744
- Electronic ISSN
- 2164-5760
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Critical Finance Review
What CAS zone is Critical Finance Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Critical Finance Review is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance. 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 Critical Finance Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Critical Finance Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Critical Finance Review open access, and what is the APC?
Critical Finance Review 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; 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: .